Thirtysomething living in south-central Idaho, who loves books, music, writing and travel. Just got back from an 89-day road trip across the U.S. (wishing we had some of the great used bookstores here that we found scattered across the country!). (Everyone asks, "What was your favorite place?" I have a hard time answering that, since there...
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Thirtysomething living in south-central Idaho, who loves books, music, writing and travel. Just got back from an 89-day road trip across the U.S. (wishing we had some of the great used bookstores here that we found scattered across the country!). (Everyone asks, "What was your favorite place?" I have a hard time answering that, since there were too many to pick just one. Monument Valley stands out, as do [to a greater degree] the redwood forests of northern California. I think I would also have to add the unexpected places--places I didn't know were going to be as amazing as they were: South Dakota, Indiana [which flies so far under the radar that I only associated it with the Indy 500, not green, rolling hills and Amish settlements], St. Augustine, Florida...you can find a brief-ish blog about our adventures on the road at: http://highwayhobbitseast.blogspot.com/ . I fully intended to blog more, but we couldn't always get good connections and were usually tired enough by the end of the day that we grew very adept at the art of procrastination.)
Went back to school last year to work on my English and Secondary Ed degrees--I'll finish this year with an Associate's Degree in Secondary Ed, and will carry on another couple years till I have a Bachelor's and can actually teach. Eventually I'd like to get a Master's and teach on the junior college level. Ultimate dream, though, is to get published! What I'm working on right now is slightly top secret, but I have high hopes for it.
As far as what I like to read most goes, it depends wholly on my mood. I rarely turn my nose up at anything, with the exception of "bodice ripper" romance novels, which I kind of think are a waste of paper. I tried out some Stephen King this summer and liked them. For humor, I love to read funny travel memoirs (Bill Bryson's are some of the best, I think). A fair dose of "chick lit", I won't lie--they're great when you really don't have a lot of brain power to invest in a book at the time, but can't stand to go without reading *something*. I have quite a few "classics", half of which I've actually read, and I have a healthy collection of young adult literature, which I still love. I also like fantasy, and am working my way into sci-fi a bit. I like thrillers in smallish doses--I'll go through a phase a couple or three times a year wherein I'll read several, and then not look at the genre again for 8 months. At least. And I'm always fielding book suggestions, so feel free to share your favorites! I'll add them to my list!
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