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sandym-icon.jpgSandy M’s Daydream

Once upon a time a TGTBTU reviewer was a young (snort!) girl named Sandy who lived in a lighthouse on the California coastline. Sandy loved to read thanks to an elementary school teacher. She loved Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew as a kid, but after a while, life began to change for her.

Trixie Belden Nancy Drew

One day Sandy discovered romance novels. GASP! These books were so different from what she was used to! She loved how the hero took control and loved the heroine no matter what. Of course, now she knows these are called ’80s bodice rippers that most of today’s romance readers don’t care for. But to Sandy they will always have a place in her heart because they were her first romance books.

Then college intruded. Suddenly, there was a period in Sandy’s life when there didn’t seem to be enough time for reading. College had more of her than the heroes and heroines she loved so much. For years Sandy put her education first (cough::partying::cough) . But she got through them and is now a self-employed court reporter.

Sandy was finally able to pick up more books and get back into the reading habit. She discovered Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, Iris Johansen, Sandra Brown, and she also got into the legal thriller world of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and the like. Thank goodness her occupation gives her some free time, because one day after trading books with an online friend, she found a historical romance chat group and from that moment on her reading world expanded. She learned of such authors as Julia Quinn, Mary Jo Putney, Catherine Anderson, Melody Thomas, Victoria Alexander, and so many others.

Nora Roberts Linda Howard Iris Johansen Sandra Brown John Grisham Scott Turow Julia Quinn Mary Jo Putney Catherine Anderson Melody Thomas Victoria Alexander

Not long after this Sandy picked up a book by one of her favorites, Linda Howard’s Son of the Morning a book that threw the heroine back in time to meet her hero. Sandy was enthralled and began looking for any time travel book there was to find. From there Karen Marie Moning, Diana Gabaldon, Lynn Kurland, Sandy Blair, among others, were added to her wishlist, and then came the werewolves, the vampires, the ghosts, the witches by such authors as Kresley Cole, Amanda Ashley, J.R. Ward, Susan Krinard, and a host of others.

Linda Howard Karen Marie Moning Diana Gabaldon Lynn Kurland Sandy Blair Kresley Cole Amanda Ashley J.R. Ward Susan Krinard

Now with a library of her own in her cozy lighthouse, Sandy reads about 20 books a month while waiting for her knight in shining armor to travel through time and carry her away to their Happily Ever After.

The End