Journalism allows readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers the opportunity to live it. -- John Hersey

Do you ever get lost in a book?  Do you ever dream about a story?  Do you ever wish you were a character in a book?

I do, all the time.  I love getting into a story and have to invade my dreams.  To me, that's is the highest compliment that I can pay an author.  If your story invades my subconscious, you've made an impact on me.  The same goes for changes in mood.  Sometimes when I read a sad story, I find myself sad for the rest of the day.  When reading At the Scent of Water, I was really depressed.  The ending more than made up for my down mood, but those two days were a bit crazy.

I love nonfiction.  I am constantly reading pop culture books or history books.  However, nothing beats a good fiction story.  Something to take me away to another world.  I love it!