Writer's Block: R.E.A.D. in America Day
[Error: unknown template qotd] For fun: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (hilarious and irreverent) and The Return of the King.
For fun and work: Flight by Sherman Alexie (I love it when I can find a way to "research" by reading books I want to read)
For work: The Canterbury Tales and other assorted things.
I love reading, and have been an avid reader for most of my life. During the school year, my "fun" reading gets pushed to the side but I am constantly reading a ton of stuff for my classes. My love of literature bleeds into my love for writing, and I do believe that reading is the best way to learn how to write.
As for what I would recommend, well, that's a huge question. A few of my favorites, off the top of my head though:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, The Poisonwood BIble by Barbara Kingsolver, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, anything by Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials...the list goes on. Oh, and my favorite short story writers are Kelly Link (uber-weird and gorgeous) and Sherman Alexie (funny and heartbreaking and just astonishing. And for the graphic novel fans out there, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is fantastic (and, of course, peachy keen).
For fun and work: Flight by Sherman Alexie (I love it when I can find a way to "research" by reading books I want to read)
For work: The Canterbury Tales and other assorted things.
I love reading, and have been an avid reader for most of my life. During the school year, my "fun" reading gets pushed to the side but I am constantly reading a ton of stuff for my classes. My love of literature bleeds into my love for writing, and I do believe that reading is the best way to learn how to write.
As for what I would recommend, well, that's a huge question. A few of my favorites, off the top of my head though:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, The Poisonwood BIble by Barbara Kingsolver, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, anything by Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials...the list goes on. Oh, and my favorite short story writers are Kelly Link (uber-weird and gorgeous) and Sherman Alexie (funny and heartbreaking and just astonishing. And for the graphic novel fans out there, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is fantastic (and, of course, peachy keen).