...books...

...I love reading.

A big change from when I was a little kid (I was a notoriously bad speller and hated reading as it took me forever to get through a page).

Later in my teens, I loved reading anything moody, as all teenagers do.  And then as most of the female population did; I picked up Twilight and became obsessed.  Embarrassingly, I must admit it is the only book that I have ever reread (the whole series four times, please don't judge).

Now reading has become the ultimate escape and stress reliever.

I am lucky enough to be one of those people that can pick up and drop a book at anytime, only to pick it back up months later.  Dan Brown books for example, short of being on a plane for ten plus hours, normally take me about two or three years to make it all the way through.  A young-adult fiction, on the other hand, will take me about two days and I will most likely refuse to talk to my husband, eat, or sleep until I am done.  (Again, please don't judge!  I know that at least some of you have read Harry Potter, Twilight, or Hunger Games!)

{reading Inferno by Dan Brown, while driving around a volcano in Kagoshima, Japan}

The format that I like the most for very involved books, aka anything in the Dan Brown category, I need in paper.  There is nothing worse on a electronic reader, than just wanting to quickly double check a name or location, and it taking longer for you to find your way back to your last page.

Electronic readers, I find best for quick reads...think those young-adult novels.  I have a Kindle, and I use the Kindle app on my phone for on-the-go reading.

So if you need a few recommendation for the upcoming summer, see below.

All-time Favorites (The books that I wish I could read for the first time again)

The Martian by Andy Weir 
Runaway Princess by Hester Browne
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Quick Reads

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Selection by Kiera Cass

Beach Reads

Swept off Her Feet by Hester Browne
The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

I am always on the lookout for my next book.  I would love to hear your recommendations!