Author Bio - Ruth Ware

                Obviously this chick is pretty cool, since she wrote The Woman in Cabin 10 which is a fantastic book. But that’s beside the point. Ruth Ware was born in Sussex (United Kingdom) and grew up there. Not much is out there about her childhood. Can’t blame her, I can’t even remember what I ate this morning, much less what happened to me as a child. She ended up graduating from Manchester University (Go Spartans!), after which, she moved to Paris.

                She did a lot of things before becoming a New York Times best-selling author.  She was a waitress. I imagine she was the waitress you get at a restaurant that is so well-spoken you sit there  wondering what else they do with their time when they aren’t pouring you a coffee. She also sold books…very fitting. I can only imagine the amount you end up reading when your job is to sell books (a LOT). Now get this, she taught English as a foreign language. IMPOSSIBLE. I can’t even make my cats meow back at me and some people out there can get people to comprehend a completely different language??? Lastly, she was a press officer. If you’re wondering what exactly a Press Officer does, like I was, allow me to explain. A press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps his or her employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. Fun, right?

                Now I’m sure she had a BLAST with all of that, but, her passion is writing. Specifically, thrillers. Her debut novel was called In a Dark, Dark Wood. It came out in 2015 and hit number 8 on the New York Times Best-Seller list. She followed up with The Woman in Cabin 10 in 2016 and hit number 4 on the best-sellers list. Now, if that isn’t accomplishment I don’t know what is.

                She’s new. She’s rising. She’s extremely talented. Look out.

My Reader Bio

                Have I always been a reader? Ha! The simple answer to that consists of two letters. N and O. Now, I'm not saying I never read but I definitely don’t consider myself a reader. When I’m bored the first thing I think is, “hey there’s probably food in the refrigerator”. Not, “hey there’s a book I have never read, let’s do that!” I wish I was a reader, I really do. My sister is SUCH a reader and I admire the ability to focus in that manner and really delve into a book. I envy those who can.

            I have this infuriating tendency to read the first 50 pages or so of a book, and then without hesitation set it down and never pick it back up. It’s nothing against the book! It isn’t the book’s fault! It’s mine. I don’t care enough. Brutal, I know. It’s true though. I have never cared enough about reading or what it can do for you and the pink mushy stuff in your head.

            Now when I DO read it’s normally fiction and it’s normally a book that everyone and their brother (or sister) has read before. Why? I hate being left out. I want to know what the hype is all about. Harry Potter? Why is he so great? (I read 5 and ½ of those books and I considered that a very large achievement.) Heck, I saw a tweet that was an excerpt from a book that seemed to be the perfect love story. What did I do? I paid 13$ for it, read 32 pages, and never looked back.  

            Then there’s the weird thing I do where I read the last sentence of a book and if it seems intriguing I decide to read it. I’ve probably started 15 books I never finished, using that tactic. Maybe I should stop doing that…

            My goal is to become someone that craves a book every time I don’t have one. That my friends, is what I want. Let’s see how it goes. 

SI