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	Name: Mayra Calvani
	Country: Belgium
	Vocation / Avocation: Author and Book Reviewer
	Website: www.mayracalvani.com

Why I'm a Habitual Reader:

Reading has been my addiction since the age of twelve--and a very expensive addiction until I became a reviewer! Books are my eternal companions, which I take everywhere I go. There's nothing quite like holding a hamburger with one hand and a book with the other. There's nothing like reading in bed until you can't keep your eyes open. As an author, I love to study and dwell on the writers' words, styles, techniques. Reading propels me to write--the more I read, especially a great book, the more I want to rush to the computer and start pounding on the keyboard. A world without books would be unbearable.

My List of Ten: Books to Read and Re-Read Many Times

1. The Awakening
Author: Kate Chopin
Almost a novella, this little book is a gem about a woman's physical and spiritual awakening.

2. Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Bronte
What other book has such an obsessive, dark relationship between the two main characters?

3. Interview With The Vampire
Author: Anne Rice
Rice's first and best book. A dark, beautifully written account of a young man fallen to darkness.

4. Come Closer
Author: Sara Gran
Another little gem and a very scary book.

5. Stepford Wives
Author: Ira Levin
The book is better than the original movie. A masterpiece of suspense.

6. The Historian
Author: Elizabeth Kostova
History, vampires and beautiful prose--all in one.

7. The Ghost Writer
Author: John Hardwood
Who says you have to read the classics to see an exquisite writing style?

8. The Stranger
Author: Albert Camus
Probably the shortest yet most powerful book ever written.

9. The Secret History
Author: Donna Tartt
Dark, smart, sophisticated.

10. The Witching Hour
Author: Anne Rice
One of the best examples of boxes within boxes.

Have you read any of these titles? Review one now.

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