I read the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit when I was in high school and from then on, I have been a fantasy fanatic! (Lucky for my son, I got him inculcated early, so he doesn't have to wait til high school.) Marion Zimmer Bradley and David Eddings are two other of my favorite fantasy authors.

Besides fantasy, I LOVED Russian authors when I was young, like Dostoyevsky (I don't even know how to spell his name now) and spent all summer long reading those giant epic novels in my backyard instead of playing kickball!

I like a lot of other books, but those are the main ones that "changed" me!

Nan