Recently I came to a decision to read
as many different genre's, authors and books as my brain can handle
in my lifetime. A heavy reader of Y.A fiction and mostly Supernatural
and Erotic based literature I wanted not only to rekindle my love for
other area's of fiction, but try some new ones – Like Westerns and
Christian Fiction. Although exclusively I am not a Christian and I
don't really like the wild west, these are just two of the vast and
wonderful area's of Fiction and Non-Fiction that are available at my
fingertips to taste, to try, to love or to pass on and I want to
share this experience with you.
However let's start at the beginning.
Let's start with today and what I am currently reading [not including
the big crate by my bedside table of books I am dipping in and out
off- but the few select ones I am working my way through before the
Bout of Books Read-a-thon]
I'm
starting of at 37 page of The Art of Romance Writing- By
Valerie Parv – which at
present is about Characterisation. I just finished the chapters on
Sensuality and Sex and Why Romance? Both which supplied fantastic
information and inspiration. As a lover of Love, Lust and Sex I often
struggle with writing Romance without it being horror filled. So I
love to pick up books that can help me grow in a particular field and
inspire strength in my writing. I also love that is is Australian
published and if I like it enough I might even add it to my
collection. So far it is great for those starting in the field and
for avid readers and writers like myself who want gain skills and
read about an authors journey.
Dipping
into some Young Adult Contemporary I should be working my way towards
finishing Girls Don't fly by Kristen Chandler. I am looking forward
to seeing how it all wraps up in the end and am enjoying the
characters progression as well as learning different things about
birds and ecosystems. I feel a kindred spirit with Myra and her
dependent family, but so far they haven't caused me to throw the book
at the wall.
Then
moving onto a different genre style for me – Historical Romance –
with two books. The first is A Rogue by any other name by
Sarah Maclean – which is
finally heating up a little, and second is Ten Things I
Love About You by Julia Quinn –
It was recommended I don't try this book as my first dive into Julia,
but I like to make my own mind up and borrowed it from the library
[it also being the only one my library had of Julia's books] so far
12 pages in and its a bit redundant, but I need to give it time and I
will – hopefully by Monday [when the Julia Quinn
author event is happening] I will know safely which one to venture
with from there and I will know if Julia is the right fit for me.
Finally
I conclude today's reading plans I will be reading my daily
Devotionals on the site - The Touch Ministries and will read the passages for study from my
Bible. I am not a Christian, but I am finding my way through the
bible [one of my goals is to read it all] and really learning from
the experience. Along with that I am part of an online Women's Bible
Study group that is reading The Faith Dare – by Debbie
Alsdorf [links will be below]
and I am playing catch up with reading the kindle version of the
book. I am about 16% in but so far I am taking notes and things are
resonating deeply with me. I cannot wait to continue with my reading
and study today.
As you can see that is a variety of genre's and topics that I am wildly reading and will continue to do so over the span of today and my reading lifetime. Please Join me tomorrow for another topic and I hope you are all well and I send lots of support and love to you all. - READ HAPPY.
Women's Bible Cafe : http://www.womensbiblecafe.com/
In Touch Ministries - http://www.intouch.org/
You can find me on Twitter: @bittenbook
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