i RETIRED AFTER 43 YEARS FROM THE iREDELL cOUNTY dEPARTMENT OF sOCIAL sERVICES IN sTATESVILLE, nORTH cAROLINA. tHIS WAS IN 1998. i AM NOW 69 YEARS OLD AND i READ 20 BOOKS A MONTH, ALL ONE AT A TIME. i LOVE THE bRITISH MYSTERY WRITERS SUCH AS rUTH RENDELL AKA BARBARA VINE , MARGARET YORKE AND NICCI FRENCH. BUT i LOVE CURRENT BEST SELLERS SUCH AS THE LOVELY BONES AND OTHERS. I HAVE AN EMAIL PAL IN RUSSIA, SERGEI, WHO IS A READER AND WE HAVE SHARED STUFF FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. HE IS ONLY 32 BUT WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, BELIEVE IT OR NOW.