Then, one summer, I’m visiting my family in Victoria and my
cousin says, “Have you ever read this book?
It is so great!” The book was Guards!
Guards! By Terry Pratchett.
This introduced me to Discworld.
I then introduced my husband’s (then boyfriend’s) family to Terry
Pratchett after I saw their taste in comedy was incredibly similar to my
own. They loved Douglas Adams, but also
Flying Circus & something I had never heard of, Goon Show. I gave my father-in-law my rather tatty copy
of Guards! Guards! and he was
hooked. I think we now have nearly all
of the Discworld series scattered throughout the house although we are trying
to gather them in one spot.
My introduction to Harlequins came via my family in
Kitchener. When we went on vacation, we
would all bring Harlequins to read and then swap. This had become a tradition somewhat earlier
in our lives with Archie comic books, but then we changed our reading habits
once we got older. Whenever I read
Harlequins, I found that I preferred the historical romance novels rather than
contemporary. One of my favorite novels
is Hidden Fires by Sandra Brown. Since I
moved to my current town, I started reading more & more historical
romances, especially Regency. I’ll be
doing separate posts on some of my favorite authors later.
I also started to get really into Teen & Children's books. Although I didn't realize it
at the time, what my high school library had was a highly curated collection of
books chosen to appeal to teens. While
working at the library, I often saw my favorite books from high school placed
in the adult Science Fiction & fantasy section. So I dove right into the teen section which
composes of books written specifically for teens. As for children’s, well, there’s a ton of
fantasy there that I love, Again,
separate posts will be forthcoming for some of my favorite series.
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