Bookworm

I love reading. Always have and always will. I'm very particular about my books. My preference are trade paperbacks though I will read hardcover but never mass market. I love Canadian Literature and anything that involves strong heroines. I have read but don't love typical "chick lit" unless I'm craving pure fluff. I've worked my way through the classics but I prefer to read in the here & now (or recent 50 years or so). I don't lend books unless it's to someone who reads the way I do (leaving behind a book that looks untouched when done) and I rarely borrow. If I take a book from someone, I typically buy my own copy and pass theirs back when I'm done reading my own. Weird & anal, I know.

I was on hiatus from reading for pleasure for too long (you know, having a baby and all can do that to you) but now that I'm taking the TTC to & from work, I've rediscovered & embraced my love. It's like I've become this obsessed & voracious reader once again and I can't get enough. I love it!

I get a lot of book suggestions from my BFF. Without her, I'd probably never have read Tim O'Brien and more recently, Curtis Sittenfeld. I powered through two Sittenfeld books (Prep & American Wife... LOVED them!) and realized I had a copy of Ami McKay's The Birth House that I had not yet read so I'm working my way through that right now. Save for suggestions from my BFF, I browse the bookstore and pick up whatever tickles my fancy. I am that person who in fact judges a book by its cover. I will wander the bookstore and if the cover is too cheesy or just plain bad, I won't read it.

So, long blog short, I need some suggestions. Anyone got any must reads for me?