They say that most writers tend to read a
lot. In my case, that is somewhat true. I will admit that I read more than the
average person, but not as much as some writers and bigger book worms do. I could definitely read a lot more.
But I did make a list showing most of the books I have read.
Of course I left out the dozens children’s books I plowed through between ages 3 to 12. I can’t remember most of those. Also the many cook books I have owned and used.
You will notice books like The Celestine Prophecy and a list of Richard Bach books. You can thank my Dad for those.
See, after my parents divorced, I lived
with my Dad up in the mountains from age 13 to 22. On weekends and in the
evenings, Dad would break out some of his favorite books and read them to me.
Or if he needed a break, he would hand the book to me and I would read it to
him. It was always something philosophical or inspirational.
And then you will notice a rather long list of steamy Sheikh/Desert/Arab romance novels. I can explain. Around age 23, I was living with my boyfriend at the time. I was browsing through the book aisle of a local supermarket. I kind of had a thing for men with olive skin, dark hair and foreign accents. Plus I adored the “hate-to-love” trope.
So when I saw a Harlequin romance novel called “Possessed By The Sheikh”, I read the synopsis on the back. I felt intrigued. So I bought it and thus read my very first romance novel, cover to cover. I loved it! Over the next 7 years, I would buy up and read as many similar books as I could.
It’s no wonder I later ended up marrying an Eastern man. That 6-year marriage ended in divorce. So I learned the hard way that REAL men are not like the ones in the books.
But reading all those romance novels did give me some foundation to build on in the world of love stories.
I have written dozens of erotica short stories in online forums (anonymous). Readers there would tell me they very much enjoyed them! So I started writing a Sheikh/Desert romance novel of my own. But it has been hiding away in a folder on my external hard drive, unfinished.
Instead, I took up writing a different kind of love story/novel which I want to get published in the future.
Then of course, you will see a few self-help books on the list. That being said, here is the list of books I have read. Please comment if you have read any of them and let me know what you thought:
On
Writing by Stephen King
How To
Write A Page Turner by Jordan Rosenfeld
Jonathan
Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
One by
Richard Bach
Bridge
Across Forever by Richard Bach
Illusion
by Richard Bach
A Gift
Of Wings by Richard Bach
The Never
Ending Story by Michael Ende
Roll Of
Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Let The
Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
The
Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
Barnes
and Noble Collector’s Edition of “Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales”
Peter
Pan by J.M. Berrie
Wizard
Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Harry
Potter Books (all 7 parts)
Scary
Stories To Tell In The Dark (All of them)
Goosebumps
(most of them)
The
Last Vampire by Christopher Pike (all 4 of them)
The 5
Love Languages By Gary Chapman
20/20 Diet
by Dr. Phil McGraw
Dr.
Atkins New Diet Revolution by Dr. Robert C. Atkins
Complete
Keto by Drew Manning
Men Are
From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray
Mars
And Venus In The Bedroom by John Gray
How To
Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love and Steven
Stosny
Possessed
by the Sheikh (Sheikh's Arabian Nights #3) by Penny Jordan
The
Sheikh's Disobedient Bride by Jane Porter
Stolen
by the Sheikh (Clemenger Sisters #2) by Trish Morey
The
Sheikh's Reward (Sheiks #3) by Lucy Gordon
The
Sheikh's Innocent Bride by Lynne Graham
The
Sheikh's Secret Son (Sharjah Sheikhs #3) by Leslie North
In the
Arms of the Sheikh by Sophie Weston
At the
Sheikh's Command by Kate Walker
Traded
to the Sheikh by Emma Darcy
Sheikh
Boss, Hot Desert Nights (Undressed by the Boss, #5) by Susan Stephens
The
Sheikh's Virgin Bride (Sheikh's Arabian Nights #1) by Penny Jordan
Possessed
By The Sheikh by Alexandra Sellers
One
Night with the Sheikh by Penny Jordan
Sleeping
With The Sultan (Sons of the Desert: The Sultans #3; Sons of the Desert #15) by
Alexandra Sellers
The
Fierce and Tender Sheikh by Alexandra Sellers
Daring
the Dynamic Sheikh (The Royal Wager #3) by Kristi Gold
Delaney's
Desert Sheikh (The Westmorelands, #1) by Brenda Jackson
In The
Sheikh's Marriage Bed by Sarah Morgan
Bella
and the Merciless Sheikh (The Balfour Brides #7) by Sarah Morgan
The
Sheikh's Unwilling Wife (The Desert Princes #2) by Sharon Kendrick
Sheikh
Without a Heart by Sandra Marton
The
Sheikh's Virgin by Jane Porter
The
Sheik and the Runaway Princess (Desert Rogues #4) by Susan Mallery
Taken
by the Sheikh (Sheikh's Arabian Nights #5) by Penny Jordan
Desert
Doctor, Secret Sheikh by Meredith Webber
The
Playboy Sheikh's Virgin Stable-Girl (The Royal House of Karedes #2) by Sharon
Kendrick
The
Sheikh's Wayward Wife (Sheikh Tycoons, #2) by Sandra Marton
The
Sheikh's Ransomed Bride by Annie West
The
Sheikh's Chosen Wife by Michelle Reid
The
Sheikh's Captive Bride (Surrender to the Sheikh, #7) by Susan Stephens
Sheikh
Surgeon by Meredith Webber
Fit For
A Sheikh (Texas Cattleman's Club: The Stolen Baby, #6) by Kristi Gold
Undercover
Sheik by Dana Marton
Love-Slave
to the Sheikh by Miranda Lee
For the
Sheikh's Pleasure by Annie West
