Is there one book or series you feel bad about not reading?
"I’ve never read Ulysses. In fact, I’ve not read any book by James Joyce. There, I’ve said it. I was supposed to in college, but I never did. On the other hand, I’ve read every word Toni Morrison has ever published, so it’s not as though I’ve skipped all the 20th century classics." - Bill Konigsberg, author of Openly Straight.
"I avoided reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer for over a year because I was not into robots at all, and I feel like Cinderella re-tellings are so incredibly overdone. But once I finally started on it, I really enjoyed it." - Aprilynne Pike, author of Life After Theft and Earthbound.
"Only the books of people that I know. They’re on my bedside table though, and I can’t wait to read them!" - Lex Hrabe , co-author of Quarantine: The Loners.
"I want to have read a certain popular YA series. I tried and didn’t like the books. But as a writer, it’s important to read bestsellers in your genre so you can learn from them. Even if they’re not your fav." - Victoria Scott, author of The Collector.
"Yikes, so many. I never even read Harry Potter when my son devoured each one. In fact, I don’t think I’ve read any series..not since Nancy Drew (which I LOVED) when I was in elementary school." - Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of Surfacing.
"I want to read everything! Every time something goes past that I haven’t read, I regret it, but there aren’t enough hours in the day. I did really want to read Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and have started it a few times, but not persisted: any novel that needs charts at the beginning so you can keep track of all the characters is too much like hard work to me." - Teri Terry, author of Slated.
"Probably Lord of the Rings. It’s been such a huge influence on so many writers who I respect, but I could just never get into it." - Jeff Sampson, author of Ravage.
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"I'm terrible about the classics. I actively avoided them in college, so there are lots that I've never read. (Jane Austen being the big exception. I love her books!)" - Stacey Kade, author of The Ghost & the Goth and The Rules.
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"I felt bad about not having read Anna Karenina, but my little brother chided me into completing it. I’d like to read all of Dickens, who is brilliant, but I am stuck on Pickwick Papers." - Liz Coley, author of Pretty Girl-13.
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"Hmm. I don't have a book or series I feel really 'bad' about reading. That would pertain to having not read, say, my best friends' books, but I'm on top of that! And I tend to read the 'big' book series, or at least the first books, to see if they're up my alley. But I would like to get to reading Paolo Bacigalupi's Shipbreakers' series soon because it's such an award-winner and I'm drawn to those kinds of books." - Kristin Halbrook, author of Nobody But Us.
"I didn’t buy the textbook for one of my grad school courses…We only used it for two lectures, which I, um, skipped. I feel pretty awful about that, particularly since it was written by my professor." - Robyn Schneider, author of The Begining of Everything.
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Aprilynne Pike, I am with you. But the bad part is that I have YET to read it. I know, I know! It is on my list!
ReplyDeleteAnd another one I am in complete agreement with is Stacy Kade. I have not read any classics, and I feel awful about it. Not Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice... Nada. Terrible!
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