I used to read a lot, back before the writing bug bit me last summer. I would devour books, one after the other in quick succession. Sometimes up to 200 or so books a year.
This year, I think I've read three books so far. I'm currently reading Existence by David Brin, which I am greatly enjoying, but it's been weeks and I'm only at 10%. I think the only time I read is when I'm in the loo.
What did I use to read, you ask? Well... let me tell you! Wait. It might be easier to tell you what I don't normally read.
First off, I don't really read romance. I've been told on many occasions that I don't have a romantic bone in my body. I don't know if that's true or not, but I just don't get 99% of romance in non-romance books, so an entire book of romance would be lost on me, I think.
I also don't read erotica. I have a book somewhere in my collection that is pure smut. I think it's called Pick Up/Picked up, written in the 70's or 80's, and it's about a guy with a 12 inch cock. I found it in my grandmother's library when I was ten - I figure it belonged to my uncle when he was living there. Anyway... that was good for a few years, and so were the stories in my dad's Penthouses. But then I started having sex... and then the internet happened, and, well, words just didn't do it for me anymore.
(Porn. Porn does it for me. I'm very visual.)
I don't read YA. Twilight is YA right? I know that Hunger Games is (...right?). I didn't really like either. Though, I also have a hard time identifying with books written from a female perspective, and I think both of these were (...right? Sorry - I really don't know/remember much about either).
(And... what the hell is NA?)
I read everything else. On the very top of that huge list of genres are: Sci-fi, fantasy, distopian, and KGB/CIA/military/conspiracy books.
Some of my favourite books?
- Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett (and pretty much everything else I've read from him has been pretty fucking awesome)
- The Charm School by Nelson DeMille (almost anything he writes floats my boat, but this one's my favourite. Up Country is my second)
- The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice (I know I said above that I don’t really do romance, but I have a thing for opera and the history of the castrati... and the relationship between Tonio and Guido hit something in me. I also rather enjoyed some of her vampire books.)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by HST
Apart from books, I read medical journals. It's a weird hobby that started years ago when I started researching torture techniques used during the Inquisition. I'm absolutely fascinated by medical procedures, both ancient and new. I've also got a thing for genetic disorders and extreme body modification.
Maybe once I finish Spires, and Sword... and the third book in Baal's Heart I'll get back to reading? Maybe?
have you read Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist? yes it’s a vampire story, but it’s truer to the ideals of the original Dracula. it’s gothic & full of sorrow. i know some people couldn’t finish it because part of it is about child abuse…but it’s one of my favorite books of all time.
I love me a good, dark tale, and the Swedes excel at that. I’ve added it to my list on GR. Thank you!
Funny you mention Dracula. Convinced a friend of mine only a little while ago to give it a shot. He’s been enjoying it and telling me all about it. *grin*
I didn’t even know “sissification” was a word. Uh, thanks.
Where’d that come from?
Dude, you put up a link and I clicked it. I can’t be held responsible for that, or can I? ;) Anyway, I learned things. Things…