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- Shyniqua
- When did you fall in love with reading?
- I been in love with books since before I knew how to read. Something from my childhood that I will never forget is that I would always ask my mother to read to me. In kindergarten I would bring home a different Clifford the Big Red Dog book home everyday and beg her to read it to me as many times as I could get away with. That's where it all started, and it has only gotten worse since.
- My favorite place to read or write is...
- I don't have a set place to read or write. I love to read while sitting or lying on my bed, but if I have some free time and a book on me then I could be just about anywhere and lose myself to the pages. The same goes for writing. I try to keep at least some blank paper or a notebook on me now so that wherever I go I can jot down some dialogue or a scene that pops into my head. I have recently discovered that my classrooms are also good places for inspiration.
- What is your favorite word and why?
- I don't have a favorite word off the top of my head, but if I were to pick the first word that came to me it would be fantasy. There is a lot that goes into just the one word. It is a genre, it is an idea or thought, it can be a place. It can be anything. To me Fantasy is the place that I go to when I want to escape from something or just when I want to write or pick up a new book.
- I dwell in
- Virginia, but I vacation in Fantasy
- My favorite writers are
- I'm not really sure if I have favorites. Almost every book that I read for pleasure I fall in love with so I can't say who my favorite writer would be.
- My favorite books are
- My favorite books follow along the same lines as my favorite writers. There are so many writers out there that I haven't read and some writers that I have that to pick a few and classify them as my favorite would seem unfair and completelyo untrue.
- I am a(n)
- Avid reader, aspiring writer
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I guess you could say I "cheat". I'm a book reviewer, so I *have* to read that many books (between 4 and 6 a week for my various clients). I pretty much blow past the 30 books in about 40 days. LOL.
I get most of the books that I read straight from the publishers. I read them, review them, then pass them on to my public library, African American Resource Center, Jail Ministry, etc. so others can enjoy them.
I buy books, too, because I don't like to ask for things I'll just put on my shelf for my own use (I also write features for magazines and I'm in a writer's pool for two book companies). I guess that's just a matter of ethics with me.
There are SO many ways for others to get their books for this event!! The easiest would be to go to a library or bookstore and throw yourself at a librarian or bookstore and plead ignorance, LOL. What most people don't know is that librarians and bookstore people, it's their JOB to help you find a book you'll love. They'll ask you what you like to do, where you live, what you do for work, where your interests lie - they'll tease the info from you, so don't be nervous. They'll recommend books that *they* like, or that someone they know loved. They might even be able to turn you on to a book group, which is FILLED with people who are excited about books!
My best advice is to get excited about reading. I think we've all (unfortunately) been led to believe that reading is "boring", but nothing can be further from the truth.
Terri