Today I'm hosting a guest post from Jennifer Burrows, author of A Shot In the Dark, as part of her blog tour with ABG Reads Books Tours. There's a tour-wide Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of her post, so be sure to enter!
I love reading books, almost more than I love writing them. A good writer can get me so absorbed in the story and the characters that I won’t put down the book until I’ve finished it. I love the feeling of escaping into another reality especially when I’m stressed, or just need a break from everyday life. Often times, the feelings the characters have are so palpable, it makes me relate to them.
I recently read the Hard Rock Series by C.M. Stunich. Without giving up too much of the story, two rock stars, Naomi and Turner, have a history in which one can’t remember yet he was attracted to the other and wasn’t sure why. Naomi had been hurt very badly by Turner and was trying her hardest to forget about him. There was so much raw emotion with this story, and the pull of the love-hate relationship made me eager for more. Needless to say, I read these books about two months ago and I’m still thinking about them.
I like a book that keeps me guessing. I don’t like when I can figure out the plot and how the story is going to end in the first three chapters. I started a book this week and it was just that, very predictable. I haven’t been able to pick it back up. There are only so many books I can read about womanizing gazillionares who fall for the girl who drastically changes his life for the better. I need more from a book.
While I love the dirty romance books, I also love thrillers. I can’t say enough about Dan Brown’s books. How many books do you read in which you learn something and yet you’re thoroughly entertained the entire way through. Now if Dan could add a little more romance, I’d be all in!
I love finding a good book boyfriend. Who doesn’t? In the Hard Rock Serious, Turner Campbell is dirty. He has a dirty mind, dirty mouth, and he’s physically dirty. I was having a hard time getting into that. But when I looked at the cover and saw what Turner was supposed to look like, I was all in. Turner went from dirty gross to dirty hot in about thirty seconds. That is the power of a great book. Between the story, the cover, and the mental images the reader creates a connection is created with the author and the story.
Many people say they don’t like to read or they don’t have time to read. My personal feeling is they haven’t found the right book. Because when you find the right book, you suddenly love to read and you make the time to finish it.
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