“There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good
reader.”
- Stephen Ambrose
I usually come across writers saying they read books from the genre that they write. They read a lot of it. A lot before entering the concrete jungle of New York to sell one of their own.
Many of us love to indulge in reading work by other novelists and somehow the experience of the reading reflects in the light of our own writing.
On that note, I’d like to share with you my “To-read fiction list” for this year. It’s got some new ones and some repeats from last year’s books. The list is in no particular order and is bound to grow in the coming months.
1. The Toss of a Lemon – By Padma Viswanathan
2. Esperanza Rising – By Pam Munoz Ryan
3. Tell Me a Secret – By Holly Cupala
4. What I saw and how I lied – By Judy Blundell
5. Leaving India – By Minal Hajratwala
6. Something Like Hope – By Shawn Goodman
You also don’t wanna miss this video that I came across at the presurfers. It is an interesting robotic gadget to inspire reading in a technically savvy world.
(http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2011/01/take-seat.html)
Do you have any good books or gadgets to share ?
7 comments:
Sounds like a fun to-read list, Suma! (Heard a lot about Esperenza Rising, and it is on my long list of books to read, too :).) I bought some fabulous books on my last trip to India; am thinking of doing a post on them soon...
Haha, that was a fabulous gadget -- the exact answer to my sometimes wish: "Oh, if only I could have my comfy chair here with me"!
Ooh, it's fun to see other people's reading lists! I picked up Shawn Goodman's book, and I'm planning to read it next weekend. It sounds great! I loved WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED.
I just Googled TOSS OF A LEMON. It sounds really good! Thanks for sharing. :)
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Thousand splendid suns. I love those books.
It was your blog that introduced me to Indu Sudaresan's writing. I can wait to add these book to my to-read list.
@ Hema - News just in that Pam Munoz Ryan won the Pura Belpre award for THE DREAMER. Isn't that fascinating?
@ Dawn - I picked Shawn Goodman from your recommendation and interview. Hope you like the Toss of a Lemon.
@ Shalet - I've read Kite Runner and a Thousand Spledid Suns. I agree, I loved them. Thanks for stopping by!
@Perception - I'm so happy you liked Indu Sundaresan's books. Happy Reading:-)
Are those seats for real? lol!
I also like seeing (and scavenging from) other people's reading lists.
Are you on GoodReads?
@Danika -
I believe the seats are for real:-)
and Yes, I should check out Good Reads. Thanks for the recommendation.
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