Danie Tanaka

I classify myself as a BookWyrm. In fact not just a BookWyrm, but an insatiable one as opposed to what you might call your garden variety BookWorm. Why? It is simply because steadily over the past four years, reading has become my absolute favorite form of enrichment and entertainment. I do watch TV from time to time but often I feel this tugging or maybe more like a nag that starts quietly in the back of mind. Sooner rather later it becomes very loud and demands I stop watching whatever tosh is on the television and find something to read among my collection of books. I have developed a quite an expansive collection now between my hardbacks and paperbacks with the addition of my most prized possession: My Kindle Fire that my Beloved Neil gave me the day it came out in November as an early Xmas Present. On it are 308 Electronic Kindle books at my disposal on a whim. It also has been feeding my desire to learn more about the world. I read a great deal of NonFiction just for that purpose. Some of it is for my College Classes. Some of it is just for the fun of learning something new. Learning is indeed another reason I'm not your normal stuck in the mud BookWorm though as well. I enjoy reading NonFiction every bit as much as Fiction. I don't need a tall tale of fantasy to get my mental juices flowing. My favorite topics to read in NonFiction have to do with History, Psychology, and True Crime. But I often find myself reading what would ordinarily be bland to most about culture. Just as I enjoy a good fantasy or sci/fi tale as the person who never misses a Star Trek Convention. With that in mind I've decided to make this blog about my reading exploits. But I would argue with anyone who says there is nothing to learn in Fiction. I feel there is a great deal to learn. I don't really fancy romance novels. If I read a book that has a lot of romance it usually has another selling point to it that I'm much more interested in. I will admit I paid 25 bucks for the first Twilight and I'm still not over the terrible writing skills and bad story telling. I don't mean to hold a grudge but shelling out 25 dollars during the start of Twilight mania right before the first movie came out...I feel duped. And I DO blame myself more than anybody else which is why I'm so bitter about it still. The hardest mistakes to forgive are the ones I've made myself. So being the BookWyrm you can find me on two different book websites where I try to keep track o