NovelSisters

Alright, I know we were all forced to read books in school growing up. This probably scarred some kids and made them think reading is no fun, it’s just work. But that’s not why people wrote books. It’s not about being bored out of your mind and completely lost as to what is actually happening in the story. It should be fun!

If you are one of those people that doesn’t enjoy reading, I’m glad you’re looking at my blog. But if you love to read, feel free to give your input. I’d love to hear how you got into books, what series you read growing up, anything really.

As for me, I started liking to read at a young age. This could be because my mom let me choose what I wanted to read. The first series I remember reading was the Boxcar Children. Anyone remember those? I loved those books, because I really connected with the characters. There was a group of kids, 2 boys and 2 girls that solved mysteries together. I have a sister and two brothers, so it totally fit my idea of a normal family. Anyway, I read almost every mystery that came out.

Speaking of mystery, the Hardy Boys was my next phase of reading. I sped through those books and went to the library constantly, trying to find one I hadn’t read yet.

The downside to a series though, is it gets repetitive. Basically each story has the same structure. The bad guy changes, a few of the setups are different, but when you start seeing the same chapter titles like “Escape” and “Capture” you start to sense the pattern. So my days of Hardy Boys ended. I still have a few books on my shelf, but just the first few that seemed original.

I’ll write more about my history with novels and reading in my next post. But feel free to give me suggestions for topics. I’m still getting the hang of this blog thing. And I’m sure there’s lots of children’s books and series that were great and I didn’t write about them today.

Hello there, I’m Lydia and this is my attempt at a blog. I’m hoping my sister helps me out a bit. You see, we both really enjoy novels, and not just reading them, but writing them as well.

I think it was about two years ago when Alicia first started writing novels. She did the NaNoWriMo challenge and actually wrote 50,000 words in one month.

I have a different story… I’ve always liked reading novels. I could finish one in a day if I had the free time for it. But one day, back in high school, I started working on my own story. I didn’t know if I could ever finish it. But I wanted to try. So fast forward a few years and you’ve got my younger sister finishing her first novel. She’s written more in a month than I have in 5 years. So I got my butt in gear and started writing, editing, planning… basically I was inspired to actually finish.

And I’m happy to say I’m getting pretty close to being done. I still have some tweaking to do, and some illustrations to make, but the day of publishing is fast approaching me.

So anyway, I went to a conference about writing and one of the big things I took away was having a blog… So here I am.

I’m hoping to review books, spark conversation, and well have some fun. And I hope you are too!

So if you feel like participating please leave a comment, tell me what your favorite novel is, or what the first one you read was.