nscout

General details


  • nscout

  • Colorado




In short

  • I read ALL THE TIME!  I read for a living (close to 40,000 pages each year) and read 5-7 books each week for fun.

    I've done over 30 different kinds of jobs (paid and volunteer); traveled to many, many countries; speak 2 languages well, and three others somewhat; helped start two schools, and have been involved in theater in one way or another for 40+ years.

My Favorites: Reading and Writing

  • Fiction: Alternative History, Children's, Coming of Age, Family Life & Saga, Gay/Lesbian, General, Historical Fiction, Literary, Multicultural, Mystery, Teen, Young Adult/Juvenile

    Non-Fiction: African-American, Humor, Psychology

    Screenplay: Drama, General, Musical

  • New (in the last 1-5 years):  Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, The Help, The Bridge, Magic Time, Black Swan Green, Harry Potter Series, Mallory series, A Grave Injustice

    Older:  To Kill a Mockingbird, Five Smooth Stones, Prince of Tides, The Mirror, The Threshold
  • 33 juvenile, young adult, and general fiction books for a Book of the Year award.

    Cross-country policing; immunology; project management; and a software book for work.

    Listening to Juliette Naked.
  • Fiction: Children's, Humor/Satire, Teen, Young Adult/Juvenile

    Poetry: General

  • Pearl Cleage, Ann Fairbarin, Pete Hamill, Billie Letts, Diana Gabaldon, Alan Appel, Marlys Millhiser, J.K. Rowling, Carol O'Connell, James Lee Burke, Jonathan King, Stephanie Kallos