Blarg

I read far too many books; I'm on about 3 a week, or 1 every 2 days or so. Really I should have a head that's 3 times the current size, and so crammed full of literacy knowledge that I'm reduced to a blubbering idiot that tries to eat the next book instead of read it.

So, yeah. I read a lot. I have a floor to ceiling bookcase that's fit to bursting, and I've stashed collections of books all round the house so I don't have to get rid of any. I read mostly all genres and will read anything that is placed infront of me, as long as it's in English. Here are some of my favourite authors;

Walter Moers. My mum brought me his first book (The 13 And A Half Lives Of Captain Blue Bear) when I was 10 thinking it was a kids book. She was half right. Walter Moers is a genius with his writing. His books are written to look like they're made for children when really you can't appreciate them enough untill your an adult. When I first read the book as a kid I thought it was alright. Nothing special. When I read it again when I was like 17, it was amazing. I couldn't understand what kind of drugs I must have been on before because this book was the greatest thing in the world.
He's released 2 more books, and believe me none of them are short; they're all in the 800 - 1200 page range, but none of them will compare to the first. It was the beginning, and it was great. I will never forget that book and I've read it about 5 times and still find myself amazed with it.

Raymond E. Feist. He is my favourite author. I got his first every book, Magician, when I was going to Egypt and although it was 800 pages long, I had it read on the million hour flight over there and I was in love. I've had people tell me it's not an overly amazing book, and those people currently residing in Hospital with brain damage. I set out on a quest when I read that book, and it was to introduce as many people to this author as I could. I've done okay so far and got a whole load hooked in school before I left. I have every single one of his books every written (There are like 30) and they take pride of place in the front of my bookcase.

James Clemens. Can't remember how I got his books, but they just arrived one day and the next thing I knew I had everything he'd published. Funny story actually. A few months ago I read this amazing action/adventure/mystery book. It was awesome. The author was called James Rollins, and I went online and got all his other stuff. It was only a few weeks ago that I went onto Wiki to see what else he might have written that I missed and I found out that him and James Clemens are one and the same. Rollins is just a pen name for Clemens, which in turn is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski. The actual authors name. Not only does the guy have an awesome name, he's also a vet. A vet that is a better author than most of the people I've ever read. That's skill.

There are plenty of other authors that I love (Philip Kerr, Trudi Canavan, Frank Herbert, Stephen King) but none of them compare to those guys. They are true kings.