Hi everyone,
The love for books started at an early age for me, my parents both enjoy reading and transferred that love for books on to me. I can still remember my mother taking me to realms beyond my imagination just before bedtime.
From the moment I could read for myself the library has been a portal to adventure and fairy tales. Later on as I grew older the romance was discovered with my first book: Bertrice Small's, This heart of mine. Also Stephen King and Dean Koontz gave me the thrill of sheer horror with the world's they created.
In my twenties I re-discovered the historical novels when I found out that, This heart of mine, belonged to a series. Also a few years ago I got a book for Christmas, Nora Roberts' Sanctuary and from that moment I started to collect her books. Also Anne Rice with her Witch-hour trilogy, Katherine Neville, Nicolas Sparks, Laurell K Hamilton, they all found a way to my bookshelf.
Only a year ago I got my hands on a English novel, for in the Netherlands the translations couldn't keep up with the way I was reading. So my first novel was bought and a passion ignited to a roaring blaze!
My first series was the one of Karen Marie Moning with Dageus and Cian MacKeltar, but the darkest Fae of ém all, Adam Black, got me hooked to a genre I will always cherish.
As with all first times the series of Karen Moning and it's characters will forever be in my heart and on my "keeper bookshelf". What Karen Moning started, Sherrilyn Kenyon finished as she swept me off my feet with her Dark-Hunters. Still many more authors conquered a place on my "keeper bookshelf" a.o.: Kinley Macgregor, Sandra Hill, Christine Feehan, Angela Knight, Kimberly Raye, Susan Sizemore, Janet Chapman and Suzanne Enoch.
Still I have so many more authors to discover, so if you're an author I can't miss leave me a note! Although I lurk much on the web and my wishlist is miles long the addiction in me commands that I can't miss out on a author.
Authors whom can take me to thrilling worlds is what I cherish most. Interesting and complicated storylines which keeps me drawn into the book just wanting to know how it all ends is a must and the journey of love a sizzling experience. Books that make me cry, laugh or just let me be baffled will be forever loved.
I review books for my co-owned website www.realmsonourbookshelves.com and there we discuss many authors and books, but ofcourse we also play with various characters from precious novels and series. Also we let our creativity flow and for certain books the craving gets the better of us and we support each other to get us to the release date ;-)
If authors want their book reviewed please contact Ashleagh at ashleagh@realmsonourbookshelves.com
Join us in the addiction!!
You can reach me through:
leontine@realmsonourbookshelves.com
www.myspace.com/realmsonourbookshelves
www.hyves.nl
www.realmsonourbookshelves.com
and ofcourse here ;-)
Love,
Leontine ( formerly known as: Dark-Huntress)
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