Who am I?

I’m Deb, married to my perfect match and mom to three distinct personalities, aged 7, 5, and 2.  You know how some people have these peaceful children who play quietly and sit still while the grownups talk?  Yeah, mine are nothing like that.  The ones you saw hanging from the railings at the grocery store?  Those ones are mine.  Don’t get me wrong, they’re great kids, the best really, but they just might have inherited my boredom gene, so we’re always looking for creative entertainment around here.

I used to have the super full life as a mom to three, missionary to the slums of Argentina, writer, and general crazy person.  We recently gave up the missionary part, and moved “home” to Indiana, where for the first time my husband works all day while I’m with the kids.  Let me tell you, this whole “normal” thing is really weird.  My new life is a good one, but I’m still trying to figure it out and where the writing (and the rest of me) fits.

What’s on my bookshelf?

I’m an insatiable reader, and I’ll read almost anything that’s fiction, though I have to confess I’m not a fan of crime novels.  I love great literature from around the world, dabble in romance from time to time, enjoy historical fiction, and I’ve finally come to grips with the fact that I’m a sci-fi and fantasy fan.  I read things that are meant for kids and most everything I read, I read over and over again.  There, I think I’ve now admitted all the embarrassing things I can think of in this category.  Here’s a sample of what’s on my shelf:

The Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Every book ever written by Jane Austen

The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Dune (and all its sequels) by Frank Herbert

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

The Anne of Green Gables series by L.M Montgomery

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Ender’s Game (and all its sequels) by Orson Scott Card

Outlander (and all its sequels) by Diana Gabaldon

The Foundation, Robot, and Empire series by Isaac Asimov

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Okay, so I have a whole room of bookshelves.  I’ll stop for now.   But seriously, I’m always on the prowl, so if you have books to recommend, especially if they’re anything like the ones above, bring them on.