^Nah, that isn't weird. I just started reading, Speaking My Mind by Ronald Reagan. I read the foreword and am loving his book of speeches. Found it in a second-hand store too. A good treasure to add to my library
Why would it be weird that people with an interest in writing should enjoy reading books on the effective use of language?
It's probably about the thousandth time I'm reading it, to be honest. I checked out the whole series from the library after seeing the last movie for the 5th time.... thought it was about time I read them for the millionth time again.
I'm currently reading a collection with more or less everything Edgar Alan Poe wrote. Murders in the Rue Morge, The raven, The fall of the house of Usher, it's all here. And it's all great.
I am currently reading a book called Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 by Tony Judt for school. I am also reading the second book in a series called Beyond the Western Sea by Avi. It is about Irish immegrants who go to America because of the Potato Famine. I am also reading a book called The Young Buglers by G.A. Henty. It covers the Brittish Reconquerst of Spain during the Napoleonic War- I have read it many times and it is probably in my top 5 favorite books.
I'm reading the forest house. It's the prequel to the mists of avalon which is a retelling of the story of King Arthur from the perspective of the druid Morgan La Fey. The forest house is about the roman invasion of druid territory. Its by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Reading a book picked up for free at uni. Part of an experiment, involving the written word and other mediums. Now, that's all well and good, until you realise just how crap the book is (this realisation coming after 12 pages of 315). Oh God.
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. LOVING IT! And also knowing that I will never be able to write like this.
Just finished Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell and I really liked it. It's really nice that a book I read years ago can still hold up. Now reading Brave New World. I've been meaning to reread this for some time and now just seemed to be right.
I read Revolutionary Road a couple of years ago. His writing is a joy to read, I agree. I'm about half way through Zoë Heller's The Believers. It's about a brutally political (and dysfunctional) family in New York and their farcical antics when a crisis hits. Very funny.
Recently finished reading Bullied by Jeff Erno: an anthology consisting of stories about living as a gay teenager in America. A couple of the stories were lacking but there were two or three that really stood out.
Just finished Catching Fire, of the Hunger Games. Now I need to start looking for Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen books. I really want (and should) to read them!
Practically done with End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood. Was a bit odd, but I loved it so far.
^^ I'm currently reading "The Freedom Writers" by Erin Gruwell (actually, she compiled it, it was also written by students in her class). It's a very good memoir about a teacher who inspired a bunch of kids in the inner-city to set standards for themselves, do cool things they never thought possible, and eventually go to college and get out of their dangerous ghetto impoverished neighborhoods. Aaaaaand I have a signed copy!!! Yay!! I'm also sort of reading LOTR at the moment, but it's more like my mom is reading it, and then we have phone discussions about the characters and stuff.
The Good Fairies of New York, by Mark Millar. The premise is very good and the writing's funny, although I'm finding the pace to be very slow and there's no apparent plot until now. I'll cross my fingers, though.
My mom had Wuthering Heights and she kept trying to get me to read it and I never did. Then when I actually wanted to read it the book was gone.
