Any bookworms out there?

I write and I'm also a freelance editor/proofreader. Honestly, I read a TON, but most of the time, the book I'm working on editing or proofing won't be out for at least a year after I've worked on it! For fun, if my eyes aren't too tired after work, I love a good cozy mystery or thriller. Just started a steampunk mystery last night, but I was so tired I fell asleep after a couple pages.

I am!!!

I'm reading Joanne Fluke!!!

I like this topic too! I was recently in Austria so decided to read some old Austro-HUngarian writers: Stefan Zweig and Antal Szerb. Totally atmospheric and really you can get lost in them.
So: is it possible to read a book while pedalling on a exercise bike? I 've never tried but now I'm inspired to try...

I have just finished reading Stuart McBride and now reading Ian Rankin. I love crime/thriller books! I have every one of Kathy Reichs books on my bookcase! Karin Slaughter was good with her first few books but now I can't get into them, so I don't read her books anymore. Patricia Cornwell books are good too! I have most of hers! Have a few more authors I collect!

@nade0069 you're on! Pedal and read and no dropping the book on the floor! Tell me how you get on..,pages per mile?

Fellow bookworm here! Currently reading "Daughter of smoke and bone"

Lucy1771 wrote: »

Hi all! New to MFP, but definitely not to reading. I really enjoyed catching up on this thread.
Just finished Go Set the Watchman (the waiting list for the library e-version was THAT long!) and started The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell and Out of the Shoebox by Yaron Reshef.
Favorite authors include Dee Brown, Agatha Christie, Paul Gallico, Dayton Duncan...the list is really too long to go on typing.
I did see Into Thin Air mentioned above and that was a fantastic read. Also someone mentioned Rick Riordan - great author - if you like him you'll probably like Mary Stewart. I bit more old school with the Arthurian legends, but really good!
So....hello fellow bibliophiles and I hope to see you around MFP!

Welcome. I read the Death of Bees. It was ok.

Someone earlier mentioned the dresden files. I liked the first 8 books or so and then I just couldn't do it anymore. Amazon has all the Lindsay Buroker steam punk books either free or for $.99 right now. I'm reading them. Her books kinda piss me off though. They always start strong and have rushed endings. Like, if there is a trilogy Book 1 is fabulous and hooks you in, Book 2 is great, Book 3 is 100 pages shorter and the end doesn't live up either previous book. It's like when you play a video game and the end bosses are ridiculously easy compared to the regular game play. I hate that.

I'm obsessed with books - I am starting to drown in them again after getting rid of a lot. I always have so many more than I ever have time to read!! I'm currently reading Tete a Tete, a bio of Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir by Hazel Rowley and A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin. There are a ton of others on my nightstand. I love Goodreads to keep track of my reads and Paperback Swap to trade!! Looking forward to going home tonight to get a lot of reading in as it's not a workout night.

Professional bookworm here (librarian). I mostly read genre fiction, especially fantasy and science fiction, as well as romance and mystery. Favorite authors include Patricia Briggs, Diane Duane, Jim Butcher, Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Kerry Greenwood, Lois Bujold, Laurie R. King, Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody!)... I could go on and on. I am also a geek: love Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Buffy, Forever Knight (I'm dating myself), etc. I read a lot of fanfiction and sometimes write it.

I sometimes listen to audiobook while exercising (The Martian got me through a lot of treadmill sessions), but lately have become a convert to Zombies, Run! I don't run, but I do walk briskly (3 mph) from the living dead.

Would love to have other bookworms, geeks, and kindred spirits as friends.

George R. R. Martin, Dean Koontz, Robert Jordan, John Saul, James Patterson... Some of my favorite authors. I have a library in my man-cave consisting of about 1200 books. I read most anything except romance (those aren't really books to me...) and non-fiction. It is tough for me to get through non-fiction books most of the time.

Currently reading Darkness by John Saul.

Definite bookworm here, although I haven't been reading as much lately as I would like. I mostly read fantasy, a little science fiction, and some mystery.

emilycat214 wrote: »

Professional bookworm here (librarian). I mostly read genre fiction, especially fantasy and science fiction, as well as romance and mystery. Favorite authors include Patricia Briggs, Diane Duane, Jim Butcher, Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Kerry Greenwood, Lois Bujold, Laurie R. King, Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody!)... I could go on and on. I am also a geek: love Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Buffy, Forever Knight (I'm dating myself), etc.

Yay Amelia Peabody!! I have been thinking about that series a lot lately, so I may have to read it again once I finish LOTR.

My current favorite author is Mercedes Lackey. Some of my favorite series - Amelia Peabody, Wheel of Time, Death Gate Cycle, Five Hundred Kingdoms, Harry Potter, The Mage Wars, and Enchanted Forest Chronicles.

Huge book nerd here. Not only do I work in a bookstore, but I also have a book blog!

Amazon had a sample of The Girl with All the Gifts. It was the 1st 40 pages and I quite liked it. Been meaning to pick up the full book.

Do you like those Pines books? I read the first one but can't seem to get into the second.