My answer:
Yes.  But I can’t say it bothers me, it just justifies that the 5/5 rating I gave it was accurate. When a book stays with me long after I finish the last page and something in real life triggers a scene that either I created in my mind or reminds me of a particular book, to me means it was a phenomenal read.  Two come to mind right away.  Whenever I see the commercial for, I think it it is, the Marriot Hotel where a man is spinning plates on sticks, Spinning by Michael Baron instantly comes to mind.  And now whenever I hear anything about Nantucket, I think of Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer.  If an author has that ability, that’s an author that try to read every book he/she writes.

My answer:
Unfortunately, not one family member reads.  However, my Mom takes full responsibility for me always having a book in hand.  As she tells it, she would give me a book when trying to “potty train” me or when I was in my “playpen” in front of the TV (this was in the 50s when these upbringing rituals were not taboo.  As for my sons, I don’t know where I went wrong.  I would read to them EVERY night and many times during the day.  We would take walks to the library, had them signed-up for “library school” classes before they went to Kindergarten and anytime we were at a mall, we HAD to stop in the book store and we all got to pick out a book.  When they were younger, they had a few sets of series (can’t remember the title) that they HAD to read, which they did, until they entered HS and reading for enjoyment stopped.  That is why when I found this community of book blogging I was so excited that I found people that loved books as much as me and that I finally could discuss books that I had read and see what other’s thought on the same book.

My answer:
Unfortunately, not one family member reads.  However, my Mom takes full responsibility for me always having a book in hand.  As she tells it, she would give me a book when trying to “potty train” me or when I was in my “playpen” in front of the TV (this was in the 50s when these upbringing rituals were not taboo.  As for my sons, I don’t know where I went wrong.  I would read to them EVERY night and many times during the day.  We would take walks to the library, had them signed-up for “library school” classes before they went to Kindergarten and anytime we were at a mall, we HAD to stop in the book store and we all got to pick out a book.  When they were younger, they had a few sets of series (can’t remember the title) that they HAD to read, which they did, until they entered HS and reading for enjoyment stopped.  That is why when I found this community of book blogging I was so excited that I found people that loved books as much as me and that I finally could discuss books that I had read and see what other’s thought on the same book.

My answer:
I have a few on my list that I just added from reviews I have read on other blogger’s site (I am sorry for those who I forgot to write down where I read the reviews).
*Reunion by Jeff Bennington from a review I saw on Julie’s blog Reading Without Restraint
*Ghelloow Road  by T.H. Waters from a review I saw on Elizabeth’s blog Silver’s Reviews
*Slow Dancing on Price’s Pier by Lisa Dale (which is set in RI where I live)
And the latest books from Wendy Corsit Staub, Karen Rose, Lisa Jackson and Lisa Gardner….thats just to name a few.

My answer:
I have a few on my list that I just added from reviews I have read on other blogger’s site (I am sorry for those who I forgot to write down where I read the reviews).
*Reunion by Jeff Bennington from a review I saw on Julie’s blog Reading Without Restraint
*Ghelloow Road  by T.H. Waters from a review I saw on Elizabeth’s blog Silver’s Reviews
*Slow Dancing on Price’s Pier by Lisa Dale (which is set in RI where I live)
And the latest books from Wendy Corsit Staub, Karen Rose, Lisa Jackson and Lisa Gardner….thats just to name a few.

My answer:
From my HS days, I was always drawn to romance/suspense books, which I can say I read for quite a while.  Then my reading took a turn to strictly mystery/suspense and if there was a bit of romance, that was a bonus.  And today, I have branched out even more, whereas my first draws are still mystery/suspense, but am also enjoying romantic suspense, chick lit, contemporary romance, and even a few true life stories in the way of bios and/or memoirs.  I do know, however, that I am still not ready for PNR and/or UF.

Ironically, I recently modified my “review policy” because I was reading books as I received them.  After a year of this schedule, I found that I was not enjoying the “reading for pleasure” process.  I felt that I was reading like a robot.  Now, I still have a separate “requested review” shelf in my bookcase, and choose the next book to read depending on my mood and have found that I am reading more each month and back to why I read….for pleasure, enjoyment and entertainment.