Reading is important. Books are our connection with our literature, our language. They civilize us. They make our brains stronger. They h
And if/when you have kids, READ TO THEM. Their future English teachers will thank you. (Seriously, if kids don’t acquire language skills before the age of three…)
Here are some of your selections:
David Sedaris.
The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
Life After Life
Twilight (by far the most often recommended.)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Thirteen Senses
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (arguably one of the best American novels in the last 50 years); and Outer Dark
Phillip Roth, Human Animal (or Human Stain?)
Jack London, Jon Barleycorn
Upton Sinclair, Cup of Fury
A Math Book (Boo!)
Susan Jacoby, The Age Of American Unreason
The Secret
Mark Danieleweski, House of Leaves
Marching Powder and I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Lucky
Amityville Horror
Here are my suggestions:
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas and Number 9 Dream
Chris Bachelder, Bear v. Shark
David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
Robert Boswell, The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Amy Bloom, Away
Tobias Wolf
Junot Diaz, Drown
Alain De Boton
Denis Johnson, Jesus Son
Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
The Soul of A Chef
Antonya Nelson
Lorrie Moore
Andre Dubus (Sr)
Michael Ondaatje, Stuart Dybek The Coast of Chicago, Richard Yates…
Read my friends. And be merry.
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I've been a readaholic since I was 7 years old and discovered reading. By the time I was 10 or 11, I was reading two books a day during the school semester and four a day during holiday time. More decades than I care to reveal have passed and I don't go anywhere without there being a book in my bag.
The wonderful side effect of all this reading is that I learnt to write... :)
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I like reading and writing. I'd like to teach reading and writing. But, things have gotten all confused. I got certified. Got a teaching a job. Got laid-off. Got married. Settled down. Didn't find a teaching job. Found a different job. Had/have a family. Tried to get back in to teaching without moving. That didn't work. Am losing my voice. But anyway. Your introduction says if kids don't acquire language skills before the age of three.... My youngest son is adopted from a country that speaks a langauge other than that which we speak here and which has a different alphabet. He began acquiring our language at age 9 and has done wonderfully well. I guess one could say initial language skills pave the way for acquiring different or additional language skills later.
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