Do you look forward to new books?
@Telynor (1763)
United States
April 7, 2016 7:23pm CST
I am a bibliomaniac. Books are wonderful things, and for someone like me, an utter introvert, they are a godsend. Tomorrow, a book that I really have been wanting to read will drop into my Nook -- Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame -- is writing a new novel in serial form, called Belgravia, with a new chapter every week.
And of course, George R.R. Martin's next book in the Game of Thrones series. Like that isn't going to happen any time soon...
So my question to you, my fellow MyLotters, do any of you out there have books or authors that you look forward to?
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 16
Aren't your eyes fixed up now?
If not you can obviously see to write here so go digital...get a tablet and it's just like reading a book.
If your eyes trouble you you can make the text bigger very easily.
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@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 I really dont have much time to read a book. I think the computer has taken over most of my time.
@1creekgirl (40554)
• United States
8 Apr 16
Yes, I always can't wait for new books from Ted Dekker and Richard Paul Evans, among others.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
8 Apr 16
I also like Ted Dekker, Vicki @1creekgirl. I'm really behind, though. The last one I read was Forbidden.
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@1creekgirl (40554)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@puddleglum I love all his books, but my all-time favorite is "3". Have you read the Left Behind series?
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@Shiva49 (26208)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
Not been a real reader of books for long as my work and family life took much of my time. Wanted to read when I could take life easy but internet and online writing take most of my time now.
I remember the many books I had read when I was young and before I got married - siva
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@Shiva49 (26208)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 My pleasure Erica. I recall Arthur Conan Doyle who created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. He kept me hooked to his thrillers. Then real life stories mostly about hunting man-eating tigers by Jim Corbett. And some comic books, short stories, in few languages apart from English.
I used to read daily newspapers till the news became quite sickening! The headlines tell the same old stories, sort of depicting us as frogs in a well! siva
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@Shiva49 (26208)
• Singapore
8 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 What an assortment of old and new. I have always regretted not reading books for years. Books stimulate us and one is really blessed to be able to read them. My father was a prolific reader and was very proficient in the English language despite being a professor in Microbiology. .
It is time I started to read as it could otherwise end up as never! I should prioritize - siva
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
8 Apr 16
A lot of my favorite authors haven't written anything new in centuries. Haha. But for contemporary reads, I like Jamie Langston Turner (religious fiction) and Victoria Thompson (historical mysteries).
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 I've got plenty of catching up to do also.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
8 Apr 16
I get sent review copies of many books and hunt titles on Amazon so always excitedly waiting for something
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
8 Apr 16
@Telynor me too - I have to be very careful there - often the postage costs are more than the value of the goods so it can add up a lot
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@arthurchappell I have the same problem. Several authors that I love get published first in England, and so I have to pay the extra postage to the US, which can be ruinous. Not to mention trying to get decent tea or chocolate here...
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@just4him (306523)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Apr 16
I'm currently reading the Harry Potter series and am on The Half-Blood Prince. I hope I can be done with book 7 by July when the next book in the Harry Potter series comes out - a prequel this time. Other than that, I'm just working on my own novels and hoping to get them ready for publication soon.
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@Morleyhunt (21736)
• Canada
8 Apr 16
I waited impatiently for the last of the Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer. Then, once I had it in hand, life got in the way and I couldn't get to it right away.
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@Morleyhunt (21736)
• Canada
8 Apr 16
@Telynor I didn't get around to reading the first one until I had read numbers 2,3 & 4.
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@Morleyhunt I do that too -- I've delayed reading some series until I had all of them, and if I had delayed with the Game of Thrones series, I'd still be waiting!
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
8 Apr 16
Thanks for the suggestion, @enlightenedpsych2. Oh, where to begin... I'll have to reincarnate to read all I want to read.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 I already have about 100 print books in the house I have not read, not counting the stuff I have on my kindle. I read at least one short story a day as best I can and review it plus spend time on one print book. I've already been working my down for a couple of years. But then something tempts me—
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
9 Apr 16
@enlightenedpsych2 Or, as the family says, I've had my nose in a book since I was about seven. 
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@Castlerock34 (2259)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
8 Apr 16
I love books! Just owning a hard copy and smelling a new book is so exciting, weird I know. I am actually trying to get my hands on a set of encyclopedias. I used to have a really nice set but they all got damaged in my moms wet basement
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Apr 16
Well, yeah, Tim Dorsey for sure. I can't get enough Serge.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Apr 16
@Telynor - Otherwise, I've been reading musicians autobiographies and stuff.
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@twentysix76 (674)
• Quezon City, Philippines
8 Apr 16
My first book was A Time to Kill by John Grisham and eversince Grisham was my favorite though right now I haven't read a book for quite sometime now. Anyway sure would love to read books in the future.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
8 Apr 16
I mainly look forward to anything from Stephen King. But I have seen a few books that seem to interest me. I have yet to get them. I am not an avid reader, although I like to read. There is another book my girlfriend told me about but I am not sure of the name. I will find that out and get the book and read it. I like books that will keep my interest. Otherwise I don't bother.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
8 Apr 16
These are only a few examples of the types of books I like to read.
Now to read through the mountain of comments I was mentioned in here. 
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@LeaPea2417 (36469)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Apr 16
Yes, because I love to read all the time.
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