It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

I had to pop into Kmart on the weekend, and I walked past the new book stand to see what was on offer. My heart skipped a beat with excitement - the new Robin Hobb book!!

(You can't tell here, but the cover has a metallic sheen

and is so pretty!)

You may not have even heard of her before, but Robin Hobb is my all-time favourite author! I have loved all her books and have become emotionally involved in them all, especially the Farseer Trilogy, the Liveship Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy. By emotioanlly involved, I mean my heart aches when the books end, and I feel spent with emotional exhaustion. Not that I cry in books, but I sit on the edge of my seat and my head buzzes and my heart races with the rush of the journey. This is why I read.

Non-readers will probably not know what I am talking about. The first time I experienced this reading heart ache was with the Narnian Chronicles, and I definitely did cry at the end of those books! I think it is something that happens when the story goes for a long time, like the seven books in the Narnia set and the three books in a trilogy. I also got this feeling from reading John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War began series, which is seven books, and from Gone With the Wind, which is just long! You get to know the characters so well, and you are so elated/shocked/devastated at the ending that you are overwhelmed. I get this in movies even moreso, and have been known to bawl and bawl at the end of movies (think Benjamin Button, City of Angels, Sommersby, Bicentennial Man.) To me, a great ending MAKES the story.

So I have put aside, for now, the books I planned to read this week, and am straight into the Robin Hobb book, Dragon City. It is the third book in a trilogy, so I expect it to be an involving read, though it is surprisingly not a thick book. So exciting!

Who is your favourite author?

I am linking up with Sheila's Book Journey to see what my reader friends are up to this week!

xx