Welcome & Introduction

Since I bought my first ereader (a Kindle) two years ago, I've read over 3,000 books on my Kindle. I also have a Nook (which I won), and use my Laptop and my Android phone to read as well. Let me just say I'm addicted to reading, and have passed the addiction onto my children as well, luckily they are now all adults and I no longer have to support their habits along with my own.

I don't know about anyone else but for me it is frustrating when there are an abundance of typos, editorial errors, mis-used words (wrong meanings especially), and my biggest pet peeve... the incorrect character name used! If the author can't keep tract of which character is speaking or in the middle of the action, then how is the reader supposed to? It angers me not just that the author made the error but that that poor author then paid for others to proof their book and nobody caught the errors? I've sent authors many emails telling them of the errors that I've found. I prefer to let the author know without plastering the internet with 'slams' about quality. My hope has always been that they want to produce a great product and will fix and re-publish a corrected version, so far the responses I've had have always been positive.

I don't just bitch though and have found many great authors by going through the free books in genres that interest me and just trying them all. One of my favorites that I found this way is , T C Southwell who has a couple of series and I found them all great, but for me started with a free book and ended a week later with all of her current books downloaded, read, and loved.  Because of this habit I decided to try out making my own blog of my reading journey and maybe introducing others to "new" authors that maybe they wouldn't have tried either without a little push.

The genres that I read are Historical, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Crafts, and any variations thereof and I'm always willing to try books from other genres as well. As for the Crafts Genre, I myself knit, crochet, spin, sew, quilt, doll make, bead, embroider, make jewelry, cross stitch, felt, collect old craft books, old cook books, and antique patterns.

Thanks for joining me on  my journey!
Andrea