Random Friday Fun: Book Blogger Hop & Friday Fill-Ins

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Weekly meme where book bloggers and readers connect
and share in our love for the written word.

This week's question comes from Barb who blogs at Sugarbeat's Books: Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?

I was chatting with a coworker yesterday afternoon and the topics of books came up. She asked me what it was about reading I liked so much. She always sees me reading and has never been much of a reader herself. I gave her my usual answer about how I read for entertainment, escapism, to learn, to feel and to be inspired among other things.

Thinking about it now, it's easy to see how that comes out in my choices of reading material. I enjoy reading a wide variety of books on varying topics. I get something different out of each book I read, whether I am cozying up with a light-hearted or hard boiled mystery, sitting on the edge of my seat and holding my breath as I finish a thriller, visiting imaginative and entirely new worlds in fantasy and science fiction, diving into the past in a historical novel, sharing in the hardships and struggles found in fiction of all kinds, or digging up facts I had not given much thought to before in nonfiction.

Reading allows me to step into someone else's shoes for awhile and experience the world, whether real or make believe, in a way only a book can offer. I believe I am a better observer, more patient, more compassionate and better at solving problems than I might have been had I not been a reader.

I find pleasure and satisfaction in many different types of books, regardless of genre and category. The draw is what lays inside the cover, the stories and characters that I bring into my life, if even for a short while.

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1. Right now I need a book to go with my peace and quiet.

2. The last drop of milk is what's in my glass.

3. A copy of this letter will be sent to the crime reporter at the local newspaper with a request to publish should I meet a foul or suspicious death.

4. When I want to take my enemies by complete and total surprise, I find my attack is best done with a spoon.

5. The best television show I've seen lately is BBC's Sherlock Holmes, in which I've totally fallen in love.

6. Slippers: like; Fuzzy giant socks: love.

7. I am feeling ambitious this morning. I want to spend some time cleaning out draws that haven't been opened in a while and do the laundry. It may not sound like a lot, but you haven't seen what's in those drawers! I have a doctor's appointment as well. I'm now officially in my 8th month of pregnancy. The not so pleasant moments are becoming more frequent, but I can't complain. I still have more good days than bad ones. Nothing a foot massage can't cure! And a good nap when I can fit one in.

What are you up to today? I hope you all have a great weekend and may you find yourself lost in a good book.

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