My reading profile

I was the child who couldn't wait until library day at school and always had my nose in a book. I was named after Laura Ingalls Wilder and my mother read the Little House on the Prairie books to me too many times to count. I was eight when I started reading the Baby-Sitters Club books and devoured them while impatiently waiting for the next one to be published. I have really great memories of my teen years; laying out in the backyard with a V.C. Andrew's book in hand reading one twisted book in a series after another. I love Jackie Collins and survived my first pregnancy due in part to Lucky Santangelo.  

I still like reading books in series and only in the correct order. I enjoy fast-paced novels and well-developed characters. I really love a book that will make me laugh and cry.  

I like many different authors and types of books, though generally I will choose to read fiction. These are some of my favorites, in no particular order.

• "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. 
• "Room" by Emma Donoghue
• "The Sandcastle Girls" by Chris Bohjalian
• "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls. 
• "Sworn to Silence" by Linda Castillo
• "The Bachman Books" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)

I am looking forward to exploring genres that I would not normally read on my own and sharing thoughts on authors and books!