My Most Read Romance Author

I've been reading pocket books ever since I was about eight years old. Of course, the books I read then were vastly different from what I read now. Back then, my range of books was limited to Sweet Valley High and The Adventures of TinTin. I read during recess and lunch and in the school bus. I was the quiet one (though my friends now would dispute that vehemently) with my nose always in a book. By the time I was in Grade 7, I'd gone through probably half the books in our library but it wasn't until I was in my first year in high school that I got introduced to Julie Garwood.

I was introduced to Julie Garwood by my seatmate when she noticed that I loved to read. She was the one who introduced me to Sidney Sheldon too, but that's for another blog entry. In any case, she leant me an old (older than us, anyway) copy of The Lion's Lady and said that she thought I might enjoy it. Up until that time, I had never read a romance novel in my life. My book selections leaned more towards Runa by J. Alison James and The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. So surprisingly (or perhaps not so much) I did enjoy that first Julie Garwood read, so much so that I now have my own collection of Julie Garwood paperbacks. After reading The Lion's Lady, I scoured our school library for any Julie Garwood books. This was how I found my favorite Garwood book of all-time: Ransom. Again, let's reserve discussion of Ransom for another time.

I was rereading one of my Garwood books when I realized that I didn't know much about my so-called favorite romance author. So I went to her website and was promptly amazed by it. I think (and this is only my thoughts) that it's a recreation of her study. I have to say, the garden just outside the study should prove to be a nice, relaxing place to read.

Let me end this blog entry by directing you to the wikipedia entry about Julie Garwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Garwood), which I found to be an interesting though short read. (: