I Love to Read
My mom taught me how to read when I was about four. I've been in love with reading ever since.
Family legend says that when I was five years old, I was sitting on a chair in the kitchen when one of my aunts walked into the room. She asked me what I was doing and I quite simply said, "Reading." Her reply was, "You can't read!" I am told that at that point, I read an entire newspaper article to my astonished aunt.
I read my first Nancy Drew when I was eight. That was the beginning of my love for mysteries. The first time (there were only 2 times) that I had to take a day off school when I wasn't really sick, was when I stayed up after everyone else had gone to bed and read all night long. I finished the mystery that I was reading at about 4 AM. I was 9 years old. The second time was when I was 16--and the reason was the same.
I read Carrie soon after it was published, but, it was The Shining that made me a true King fan. One of the things I like about King's books is that, while good just about always triumphs over evil, the evil is still in the background, waiting to resurface. Also, the characters are very real, as are their struggles with the voice of their consciences. He is a great storyteller and makes the implausible, plausible...at least until the end of the book. :)
To see what I've read so far this year, click here.
To see what I read last year, click here.
Below are some links to a few of my favorite places. I will be adding more later.
Some Links to Visit
Book Wire--I could (and have) spent some happy hours here
Mysterious Strands--if you love mysteries, you can spend happy days surfing from this giant list of links!
GRANT BOOKS Stephen King page
The Reader's Corner: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy
Black Widow's Web--one of the best mystery sites on the internet
The Mysterious Homepage
The Erle Stanley Gardner Homepage
The Space-Crime Continuum--an interesting bookstore on the web
Murder Must Advertise
When I'm not reading, or working on these pages, I sometimes like
to chat on IRC or visit the homepages of those who also enjoy the
works of Stephen King. Here are the pages of some of my IRC friends, absk [alt.books.stephen-king] newsgroup friends, and
SKEMer [Stephen King E-Mailers] friends.
Andy and the cats
King Kon--in the summer of '97, a group of absk regulars got together to meet and have fun in Chicago. These are pictures
from that gathering.
Lemonjello's Stephen King Resource Page--only he's no longer going by Lemonjello. This precocious youth now goes by the nickname Korban.
missyp's Home Page
Waynes Mom's Home Page
Moonmoth 01--what can I say? He's a sweetheart. And he said the nicest things about me on his links page. He is the moderator for Horror Chat.
Kev's Stephen King House O'Love--this has become one of THE BEST Stephen King sites on the web. Every book has it's own page with critiques and personal observations of this astute young man.
Michelle's Playground
Lilja's Library The World of Stephen King --if your looking for a bibliography of King's work, visit this site.
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