Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke & the Bookish. It’s awesome. Every Tuesday, the lovely ladies over there give us book bloggers wonderful and fun topics to create our lists! Check out what others have posted by going over there!http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com

This week’s topic is-

Top Ten “Gateway Books/Authors”

(maybe a book that got me into reading, or into a certain genre)

1.  Nancy Drew  – First Series

I still have my copies from when I was a little girl, though I am pretty miffed that I seem to be missing a few.  Namely #18 and #22.  I’m not naming any names, but I am pretty sure the middle sister absconded with them just to piss me off.

2.  John Grisham- Crime Thillers

I know that many of you haven’t gotten into Grisham, but for me he is an author who always provides an entertaining read.  I loved The Firm-hated Tom Cruise as Mitch McDeere, though Matthew McConaughey can play Jake Brigance any day for me!

3.  The Lord of the Rings-Fantasy

I had never read any fantasy, and one day soon after we were married my husband came home with a book for me-The Hobbit.  Now, as cool as getting a book is, this was a little strange for hubby-he had NEVER bought me a book before (or read any I suggested to bought for him).  SO this was a first.

Well, I took that bad boy down in two days, and then he ordered The Lord of the REings for me.  I was hooked!  I even went out and bought The Silmarillion for myself and read that too.  I try to do a reread every few years.  As a matter of fact, I think I am due.

4.  The Year of Magical Thinking and The Lost Dogs:MichaelVick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption-Non Fiction

I have stated before on this blog how much these two books meant to me-and more so because they were the first non-fiction books that really drew me in.

5.  Stephen King- Horror/Paranormal

I have already said that a- I am the BIGGEST baby and never wanted to read horror, and b- I read The Shining last October and fell in love with King’s work.  I actually feel stupid labeling King as Horror, since so many of his books aren’t really scary.  I just finished reading The Green Mile last night- perfect example of a King book that isn’t scary.  The Shining, on the other hand, scared the crap out of me!

Seriously, I am really loving discovering this wonderful author, but part of me is cursing him because I am staying up way too late reading.