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For 2014, I thought I'd share what I read. It influences what I'm thinking about. Sometimes it influences my writing. It seemed it might be of interest. However, boring for you if I do it every week and overwhelming for me to do at the end of the year. So, monthly, yes?
- Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich
- Owl Moon by Jane Yellen (I was reading to kidlets)
- Little Bea and the Snowy Day (I was reading to kidlets)
- Stats & Curiosities from Harvard Business Review (I have not read in full; it's in my purse and perfect for a quick read when I'm bored or waiting)
- Five Minutes on Mondays by Alan Lurie (Reading a chapter a Monday, so it'll take me a bit to finish)
- How to Self-Promote Without Being a Jerk by Bruce Kasanoff
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (possibly the BEST sales book ever written)
- Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis (I was prepping for reading to kidlets)
- The Great Big Book of Families by Mary Hoffman (I was reading to kidlets)
Take-away - What did you read this month? What was meaningful to you? I'd love to hear.
(Some of my friends write, too. I did a little piece on this a while back.)
Sadly,I find time to read harder and harder to come by. That said, when I do find time, I am always drawn to the classics. As a teenager, I saved my pennies from cutting grass (yes, boys and girls, that's what we did to earn a dollar back then) and babysitting and bought a collection of 50 classics...stuff like "Black Beauty", "The Time Machine", "Silas Marner", really classic stuff. Well, that made me a reader. I devoured them all and kept going. I was fortunate enough to have teachers (my history teacher in 11th grade, Mr. Younk, gave me a copy of "Slaughterhouse Five") and family members who turned me on to amazing authors. I would have to say my favorite of all time is Kurt Vonnegut, a great American writer. I'm also a big fan of John Irving and Aldous Huxley...and countless others.
ReplyDeleteI think reading gave me a solid foundation for learning. The places I went, the things I saw, the words I learned...all without leaving the arm of the sofa.
Thank you for commenting! And I agree - worlds awaiting to be explored in every book. I was luck as a kid - the library was in the same complex as the grocery store. So my mother dropped me there while she shopped. It gave me ample time to discover many treasures and learn to love libraries. And I still would rather read than shop!
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