Greetings fellow bibliophiles!

I have considered creating this type of blog ever since I started blogging. I have a couple other blogs, and one thing that unites me with most of my readers is a love of books. Although "Read any good books lately?" has become a small-talk chestnut, I find that if I can talk at length with someone about books, I have discovered a kindred spirit. Most of my conversations with close friends and family include recommendations of good and/or enjoyable books.

For that reason, I have created this blog where we can all come together to talk about what we're reading. My plan is to have a few threads of recommendations from several people, with a main thread discussing one particular book each week. I realize that that means that readers will need to pay attention to more than just the topmost post, so I may be overestimating the blogger community, but I still have high hopes.

To start things off, just for fun, take this Literature Geek Purity Test to find out how much of a literature nerd you are. My result was 37.1% lit-geek pure (62.9% lit-geek corrupt), meaning I am more lit-geek than not. You won't be judged based on your results; it's just for fun.

I've recently begun reading Science Fiction again. I read a lot of it in Middle School and then got away from it in High School. In college I started reading a lot of Horror Fiction. I really started getting into it again when I read Stephen Kings The Tommyknockers in which one of the characters mentions Robert A. Heinlein. I'm always intrigued by literary references within texts. I looked him up and saw that he wrote the novel Starship Troopers. This past summer I worked in housekeeping at a school, and I spent the time at work listening to books on tape. I tried to find Starship Troopers, but my library didn't have it. They did, however, have a another novel of his with the strangely intriguing title, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. It's the story of how the residents of Luna, a Terran penal colony, declare and defend their independence. I was fascinated, especially by the way Heinlein incorporates elements from histprical revolutions as well as different social theories. After reading Moon, I read Troopers, which was pretty good, and Stranger in a Strange Land, which I enjoy reading, but didn't like as much as the other two. I am currently rereading Moon, and am looking forward to discussing it. It's out of print in the US in paperback, but it is available at many libraries. Feel free to follow the discussion even if you are unable to read the book. We may just convince you.

And in conclusion, I promise to never refer to book-lovers who read my blogs on a regular basis as my "large literary following," no matter how appropriate the signifier may be.