I'm not usually one to read for fun. I already have too much reading for school. But there is one author that I just can't get enough of during school breaks. Nora Roberts. For those of you who have never heard of her (which is impossible unless you've never picked up a romance novel before, or any novel for that matter) she is a fictional genius. She is known primarily as a romance novelist, but she is so much more than that. Her books involve romance as well as mystery, suspense, sex, fantasy, magic, action, and total awesomness. 

My mom turned me on to her a long time ago. She gave me her book titled Midnight Bayou, and I LOVED it because I was just expecting a mushy romance novel, but instead I got a suspense/mystery/action novel with a side of romance. Next I read her Key trilogy. AMAZING! 

 

If you have never read a book by her, I demand that you do. I turned a couple of my friends on to her, and they love her too. I recommend reading her Sign of Seven trilogy, and her Circle trilogy (both pictured on the left). Those are my favorites.. so far. She makes characters that you end up caring about, and you almost cry when the trilogies end. I actually did cry. After both trilogies. I didn't want them to end! That's how amazing Nora's writings are.

 

I am currently reading Bed of Roses, which the second book of her Bride Quartet. There isn't any mystery or action, but there is fun, friendship, and romance with characters that you love and relate to.