tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post697578497241979848..comments2023-05-15T08:18:31.299-04:00Comments on Kristie Cook: My True AddictionKristie Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649966564896771373noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-15202863347649132862011-04-21T20:24:50.028-04:002011-04-21T20:24:50.028-04:00Heather, Wow, you have no idea how much your comme...Heather, Wow, you have no idea how much your comment means to me. I'm so glad you loved the books and Alexis and Tristan. I'm just glowing right now. LOL And I know what you mean about de-stressing with a book. It's like taking a mini-vacation. Thanks for reading!Kristie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649966564896771373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-28257192400583330972011-04-21T20:21:07.397-04:002011-04-21T20:21:07.397-04:00Dawn, glad you're getting back into reading. I...Dawn, glad you're getting back into reading. It really is a must for writers. I have American Gods on my TBR list, as well as some of Gaiman's others. There's just not enough time...Kristie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649966564896771373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-55245730259964330602011-04-21T20:19:52.159-04:002011-04-21T20:19:52.159-04:00Inga, I TOTALLY read to escape the real world. And...Inga, I TOTALLY read to escape the real world. And write, too. LOL Seriously, a couple people, possibly well-meaning but I don't know, have asked when I plan to write something "real" as in real-life. They really want me to write about my childhood, but I so don't want to go there. I write what I do and read what I do for a reason - to escape!Kristie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649966564896771373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-34143474400174326072011-04-20T21:14:11.188-04:002011-04-20T21:14:11.188-04:00Hi! I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BOOKS :) I just read your...Hi! I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BOOKS :) I just read your Soul Saver books & fell in love-- Literally COULD NOT put them down. I am an obsessive reader like yourself & it is SO hard for me to get out of the world it puts me in. I completely relate to your post. ( I had to show it to my friends because they never understand my relationship with books) No one ever understands when I say that I NEED to be in a book. I don’t care if I read one page, I need a world to think about during my day and put the characters in..which I do. I will be doing daily things and my mind is all in the book. It’s a stress reliever for me as well. I love fiction/sci fi /fantasy because of the way it takes me out of reality. If I’m ever having a stressful day I just go right into reading my books and I calm down and get into a whole new mindset. I have a kindle so it’s with me everywhere that I go. (oh do I love that kindle.) I wanted to say thank you for writing Alexis and Tristan. I had feeling that I would LOVE your books and immediately fell into them hard and fast and loved them more than I even imagined. I could NOT put them down & read them both in almost two days. Your characters were relatable and yet untouchable which made them even more intriguing to me. I love them as much as Jace & Clary or Edward & Bella. <3 Soul Savers series has definitely reserved it’s spot up in my top five favorite books & love stories. Thank you for creating this lovely world for every one!<br />heather booksfilm@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-25994337633855473662011-04-19T22:13:50.020-04:002011-04-19T22:13:50.020-04:00Graceling was a good book. I haven't read Fire...Graceling was a good book. I haven't read Fire yet and wonder how Kristin Cashore has been doing on the book from Bitterblue's pov. And guess what: I met Kristin at a conference in 2009. She's really nice and autographed the book too. :-D<br /><br />I'm probably addicted to the Internet but I have been reading more thanks to the book review blog. Plus, I've gotten used to reading again since I was out of practice. I haven't read many books over again though, not like I used to when I was younger. I did read Neil Gaiman's book, American Gods, twice during college. But there are many books I still can remember the characters and world even now.<br /><br />Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce was always a favorite of mine. Then there is Dragonlance series by Weis and Hickman (though I think I missed one book in it). I don't have many yet, but there will be more in the future I can imagine.Dawn Embershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00214560861614476799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096879887407785226.post-71375751410315560762011-04-19T18:13:56.138-04:002011-04-19T18:13:56.138-04:00Oh dear!!
I just wrote a post in one blogging comm...Oh dear!!<br />I just wrote a post in one blogging community which started with similar words:<br />"Hi! I am Inga and I am a reading addict..."<br />And I did not feel guilty at all!<br />I absolutely understand what you are saying. The proof of it is probably that it is 1 am here where I live and I'm still reading (and writing). It's just whenever I find a book, which I truely love, it is very difficult for me not to come back to it. I made some statistics for 2010 about how many books I've read and how many books I've re-read during the year. Believe me, there were some books which reappeared more than twice.<br /><br />The reason for re-reading a book is mostly because of the characthers and because of the world whihc writers have created. It's somehow like escapism. I'm not saying that I read to escape from the real world, but it is so interesting, comforting, fascinating.<br /><br />I can name few books which I kept coming back to.<br />1. Master and margarita by Bulgakov. It is just amazingly written, it's funny, crazy, deep - and all of it in the same time. Bulgakiv was capable of creating a world filled with fantasy and combine it with religion.. I have no words!<br /><br />2. Black Daggger Brotherhood series by J.R.Ward - I have read the books of Wrath, Rehvenge, Vishous at least three times, and when I'm saying 3 times, I mean during 2010.<br /><br />3. Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Book 4 Dead to the World - I would be embarrased to tell how many times I read it! I love the whole series, but especially this book. The relationship between Eric and Sookie is just so well written and intense!<br /><br />4. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I keep coming back to Bella and Edward. Can't help it. No wonder I'm a TwiMOM. <br /><br />Huh, I could go on and on.<br /><br />Very, very good topic by the way! Makes me wonder myself what it is that keep me going back to some books.IngaSilberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598360761034826028noreply@blogger.com