I love to read. The older I get the less time I have to read, but I hope that trend will start to reverse as I reach my "twilight" years. I'm trying to use Audio Books to fill in until then, but now I drive less and can't even find time for them.

My mom started me off as a reader, she's from England and in England kids start school and reading earlier than in the US. We used to go to the library and take out stacks of books for me to read. Sometimes the librarian would give us a hard time about how many books we were taking out at one time. More than once we heard "How can he read 30 books in just one week". When that happened, mom would just ask the librarian to quiz me on one of the books we had just returned. What I read I remember, so we never lost that contest. Not bad for a 4 year old.

Mom worked at a nursing home and one of the patients was a voracious reader of Sceince Fiction. As soon as John finished a book he gave to my mother for me to read. I'll never be able to thank him enough for all those books. I never would have been able to buy all those books for myself. The first book he gave me was Anton York, Immortal, by Eando Binder. I was hooked and never looked back,

My all time favorite authors are Allen Dean Foster, Stephen R. Donaldson, Arthur C. Clarke...... dang, I have too many to list, each one has a special skill or style.

Here is a list of some great books, if you get the chance pick one up and read it. I know you'll be glad you did. If you have a great book you've just read, tell me about it.