About

About Me

My name is Keis­hon and I’ve been an avid reader for 18+ years. The first book I read was by V.C. Andrews, Flow­ers In the Attic. I went on to read the entire series about a group of kids whose mother aban­dons them in their grandmother’s attic.

Next came romance. I started with a gothic romance title called, The House of a Thou­sand Lanterns by Vic­to­ria Holt and even­tu­ally read her entire back­list (or as much of it as I could find at the time) then I moved onto LaVyrle Spencer, Judith Ivory, Laura Kin­sale, Judith McNaught, Diana Gabal­don, Mary Balogh, Amanda Quick and so on and so forth. I am always look­ing for new authors to try.

Romance Fic­tion Today

My atti­tude about romance today is this: I’ve been there and done that. Any romance writ­ten today has to really impress me. I’ve learned to find romance else­where, how­ever — in my mys­tery read­ing (Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series or Dana Stabenow’s now defunct Liam Camp­bell series) and fan­tasy where Cather­ine Asaro’s work usu­ally has a strong roman­tic sub­plot like Pri­mary Inver­sion and young adult nov­els like Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About For­ever or Annette Cur­tis Klause’s Blood and Choco­late.

Blog

This is a reader blog with one blog author. I may have guest review­ers upon occa­sion. I started this blog because I enjoy read­ing and dis­cussing books and I plan to do that for as long as I find it fun to do so. I do have a full-time job and a social life. I post about books/commentary at my leisure. I do try to post reg­u­larly but it won’t be an every­day thing. Also, this is not a romance blog or a mys­tery blog. I read every­thing which is why I use the moniker: avid book reader. If you’re look­ing for reviews of new books then this blog may not be to your lik­ing. I read/post what­ever I’m in the mood for reading/posting. All opin­ions are welcome.

Rec­om­men­da­tions

My opin­ion on books won’t mean any­thing to you unless we enjoy the same books. Do we enjoy sim­i­lar authors? Check the archives. Read my reviews.

Where Do My Books Come From?

The major source of the books that I read and review on this blog come from my own per­sonal library of books unless I spec­ify oth­er­wise. I own a lot of older books that I would like to read and get rid of.

Con­tact Me

I actu­ally enjoy receiv­ing email (if it’s not spam). Got a rec for me? Want to leave me feed­back? Just drop me a line if you want to get in touch.

January 2, 2008 0 Comments