I enjoy all sorts of books: historical fiction, contemporary fiction, biography, fantasy and biographies. I attend Berea where I am majoring art. I am back in school as a thirtysomething and it is challenging being a nontraditional student. I speak some Japanese and Spanish. I intend to pursue gradate studies as we can afford it. I am happily...
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I enjoy all sorts of books: historical fiction, contemporary fiction, biography, fantasy and biographies. I attend Berea where I am majoring art. I am back in school as a thirtysomething and it is challenging being a nontraditional student. I speak some Japanese and Spanish. I intend to pursue gradate studies as we can afford it. I am happily married to David, the best friend of my younger years. I feel so lucky to have been with the same person for so many years--we met just before I turned 19! He is not much of a reader (it requires sitting still) but he likes it when I read to him. I have a beautiful daughter, Rowan Ruth, who I am sharing my love of reading with. She already has quite the little library of books and it keeps growing! She was born April 2, 2009 and is the love of my life!
I am also a magazine junky and I would love to work with one doing an arts and crafts column. I want to travel the world. I am a humanist by philosophy. I am a spiritual person but not necessarily a religious one since I find truth in all religions and cannot say I think any one is "the one". If you had to put a label on me I suppose you could call me a Deist. I am moderate politically and generally think people should be allowed to live as they wish provided they are not hurting anyone. I have friends of all different religious, ethnic, and regional backgrounds who are of different genders and sexual orientations. I am very easy going but cannot stand judgmental people. I find value in knowing all these different kinds of people even if their livestyle or beliefs are not exactly the same as my own.
My favorite book is Anna Karenina. It was the first adult book I ever read as a kid so it mantains a special place in my heart even though it is not the most relaxing read. I have a great love for all the Jane Austen novels. I too had love right in front of my face and was too daft to see it at first. I love to read biographies so I can learn more about the lives of people. Truth is often stranger than fiction. I love poetry as well everything from W B Yeats to Shel Silverstein. I like childrens books as well as adult books. I am not too big on romance novels but V C Andrews is a guilty pleasure. I own most of Stephen King's novels. I collect fairy tales, folk tales and mythology from around the world. Make a suggestion because I am willing to branch into new genres and try anything once.
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