Well, only a select few really know that I LOVE reading. I could spend hours upon hours just losing myself in a romance novel. I love them all. It could be trashy, sentimental, sweet, erotic, heart-breaking, bittersweet, and I'd still devour it. I just can't abide horribly written ones, I mean--who does? My favorite authors include THE Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Christina Dodd, Katie MacAlister, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Anne Stuart, Christine Feehan, Johanna Lindsay, Iris Johansen, Julia Quinn. Those are just a few. I'd never PART with any of their books UNLESS they are just tortuously BAD. You'd probably NEVER EVER SEE me part with a Nora Roberts book and rarely any other author I have listed because each and everyone of them kills a part of me. My cynical part :-) You see, I read romance because I know deep down that love--the lasting kind--will likely skip most of us. By reading romance, I indulge my sentimental streak. So that when I wake up and face another dreary morning, I could say that last night I was someones queen, mother, lover, sister, wife. That I had for a brief moment savoured the lips of my prince--or better yet with my taste..the beast. It keeps a girl perky, you know? Most of the books in my collection have a 3 to 5 star rating in amazon. UNLESS it's one of my BC books (BC- Before Computers) These days, I usually check up on a book before I go and buy them. I rarely settle for a 3. I don't know how I ever survived without my book review sites! I'd probably go stark raving mad reading all kinds of trash. I do like to talk---if you haven't noticed? Haha I hope I meet aLOT of my fellow readers and swappers! I'd love to do business with anyone!