Hello, my name’s Amy and I’m a new (official) bookblogger. I’m 25 years old and living in Vermont. I’ve always had a love of reading. I can remember when I was young, I would spend my summer days on a farm devouring Babysitter’s Club and then moving on to the R.L. Stine/Christopher Pike scary books. Oh man, the Fear Street books were the best. Stine had titles like The Snowman ("A cold blooded killer."), The Girlfriend ("When she was good, she was very good... but when she was bad, she was murder.") and don't forget The Dead Girlfriend ("She loves him. She loves him NOT."). While these books were considered Stephen-King-in-Training, I’m not into horror now that I’m older. Must have gotten it all out of my system by the age of 12.
I like books that take imagination to read. Neil Gaiman is at the top of my favorite authors list. The Sandman series is the most impressive, wonderful, awesome and remarkable story I’ve ever read. AND it’s a comic book. I’m very into graphic novels. The first graphic novel I ever read was the Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind Collection by Hayao Miyazaki (director/creator of Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away). More favorite authors: Charles Bukowski, Hubert Selby Jr., Phillip Pullman, Garth Nix, David Sedaris, Tom Robbins, Alexander McCall Smith, Chris Ware and (when I want trashy beach reading) Nora Roberts. I love all books.
Peace!
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