It’s Reading Time!
Monday, January 7th, 2008
I’m in between books, which means I am in heaven because (drumroll, please) I have FREE TIME to read!
We blog about so many things, but often we lose sight of how we all came together: our love of books!
Well, it just so happens that the plotmonkeys are coming up on their annual retreat together - can anyone say PARTY? 
Anyway, I started reading while on vacation in Florida. You all know I am a contemporary reader at heart and will go to any lengths to find what I love (short of reading my own work, LOL!). So while browsing the bookstore, I found an author that’s new to me that I really enjoyed:
Shirley Jump’s Really Something.
It was … really something. It had lightness and humor and incredible depth.
I also have this tendency to find an author and go back and read everything they ever wrote. That’s how I started reading romance. Over the years, I read so much, I began to read the authors I liked AS the books came out. But as my writing and kids took over my life, my schedule became very hectic and I read less. Just on vacations or between books. All this to say, there is an author who I’ve known for years, wrote for the same line as me, and yet I never read her books except early on. So when I’m on vacation, I tend to have what I call Lori Foster binges and read 2 or 3 in a row. I’m midst one of those binges now.
Yep, I’m having fun, people. Just pure reading. I’m going to read (teasing you now) Julie’s Phantom Pleasures because I can (and can’t wait until you all can too!). This way we can help Julie plot her next Phantom book next week.
So what I’d love from you all is this. Recommend some great contemporaries or DVD movies or TV shows I can buy to watch on the laptop to kill time on the flight, I’d really appreciate it!
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Oh! I’m blogging at Romance Vagabonds today, so please check it out!
