# [Breakdown](https://imgur.com/uTTttVY.png)
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Ever since childhood I’ve been an avid reader and this has never changed (nor, I hope, will it ever).
I started my journey with Goosebumps which cultivated my love for horror. I also read Tolkien at about age 10 which permanently fostered my love of his world. I was too young to appreciate it at the time, but I’ve gone back to it countless times since then.
My teen years saw me branch into those labelled adventure. These are the fast paced shoot-em-up Indiana Jones style novels like Matthew Reilly. I kind of grew out of these after a time and went back into horror via Stephen King.
For years all I read was King, until I’d exhausted his massive catalogue. Then I branched out to some of the other big names like Dean Koontz and Richard Laymon. It took me far too long to expand beyond these names, but now I’ve read 100+ unique authors – there’s nothing I enjoy more than trying somebody new nowadays.
As far as the manga side of things – typically I’ll watch an anime and then find myself impatient once a season ends, so then I’ll grab the manga and read it in its entirety. I’m an absolute sucker for Dragon Ball (RIP Toriyama).
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What’s your favourite book?
by SJ-Patrick