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I came across this article on Book Scrolling and had to share it. I love lists and I am always looking out for new ones, “The Best books of all time”, “The Best Mystery novels”, “The Best Horror”, etc. I have seen many lists for the Scariest books or the Best Horror novels but this one took a more analytical approach. It went through the top 15 horror novel lists and ranked the books based on how many different lists they appeared on. The number one scariest book, was on 9 lists!

Of the 227 books on the list (they do have a few listed twice), I have read 10, and only 2 in the top 30! I love a good scary book too but clearly I have not been reading the best. I must get to work on that. I do have 3 on the docket for this year though (Dracula, Frankenstein, and 1984).

I don’t have a favorite horror novel but Stephen King will always be the King of Horror for me. Whenever I see a King book at a thrift store it makes it’s way to my house without any questions asked.

Do you have a favorite horror novel?

Sometimes I walk by my library and I just have to stop and admire it. It’s not Belle’s library but I think I have done a pretty damn good job with it. My husband occasionally sees me and asks what I’m doing and I respond with “I’m just looking at them”. Thankfully he already knows I’m odd, so this statement doesn’t phase him. Every once in awhile the shelves get overcrowded and I have to rearrange. It is almost that time again, as you can see. This is a chore that I do not mind doing. It gives me pleasure to add order to the books and declutter the shelves. “How better to see you, my dear” although “my precious” is a more accurate phrase, if I’m being totally honest. You know when you walk by the baby aisle in the store and you just can’t help it you have to touch the fuzzy blankets; it’s kinda like that. I have to pick a few up, shuffle through the pages, smell them. Very obsessive and Gollumy, I know. Does anyone else feel this way? I hope I’m not the only one.

As I am sure all book lovers have, I have been asked on several occasions “What is your favorite book?” This is an impossible question to answer. I could never narrow it down to just one. So, in no particular order, here is my top 10:

1. The Wheel of Time series – Robert Jordan
2. The Dark Tower series – Stephen King
3. Eve Duncan series – Iris Johansen
4. This Bright Beauty – Emily Maine Cavanagh
5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer
6. The Marriage Pact – Michelle Richmond
7. Reconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreight
8. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon – Stephen King
9. Stephanie Plum series – Janet Evanovich
10. Sky in the Deep – Adrienne Young

These are books that I regularly recommend and lend to my friends and family. There are several series on the list, you can’t pick just one of them, I love the whole lot together. Go check them out!

I have been thinking and talking about starting a blog for years now. I have finally pulled the trigger and done it! I am so very excited to start this new adventure and share my wonderful experiences to those you want to read about them.

I have always loved reading, and knew that I wanted to write one day. What do they say about starting to write… write what you know. Well, I know books. I have been reviewing books for a couple years now on goodreads.com. At first it started out as just something fun to do that I thought made sense. “Hey, I read a lot of books, maybe I should start to review them”. Just seemed like the logical next step. It has become something that I find as much joy in as the reading itself. I know that I look to ratings and reviews to decide if I should buy a book or not. I would love to believe that my reviews would do that for someone else.

So, here we go! Welcome to the A show!

Check out this years reading challenge and my Ratings and Reviews pages.