mrsmuffin

I am pretty sure that my hubby has read some of his books in the past. I will have to look through what he has and check it out. A lot of times, we read the same authors anyway. We are both Half Price Books junkies!

Butterfly

We read a large variety of book types too. We raised four children and read what they read(of course they all read different stuff ) also and so developed a wide variety of likes. Before we moved we had a HUGE used book store available so we were used book junkies. Now we don't have that so we trade with friends or go to the library.
Carol

nitz

I love reading. I used to read a lot when I was younger, usually at least a chapter or two before I'd go to sleep at night. It would take me months to finish a book sometimes.

My girlfriend's sister gave me 'The Kite Runner' for Christmas last year and that got me right back into it. I finished reading that in a week and then i just couldn't stop reading. I picked up another book and another book and another book...

If you don't know which book to read, I suggest 'The Kite Runner,' if you haven't read it already, or the second book by the same author, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns.' I literally couldn't put them down. I was dreaming about them at night and day dreaming about them during classes or even while watching tv!!

I'm addicted to reading and love it!

mrsmuffin

I haven't read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" but I have read "The Kite Runner" and really liked it. I will have to pick it up when I get a chance.

fishchick

reading Karen Slaughter right now! very good !

pinkfloydpuffer

I love reading, especially the classics!

fishchick

I am my own libary ! I love to read !

Red1313

I am forbidden to touch books during the university year since when I read I do it to the exclusion of all else. Once I pick up a boo that's it, nothing else will be accomplished till it is done. I'm a fast reader but I love long books mostly fantasy, sci fi or fiction.

sirdarksol

I'm sorry. You need to be in school for creative writing. Reading the genres you plan to write is a requirement, as the best way to learn how to write well is to read things that work.

Of course, the trade-off is that the degree you end up with is pretty much pointless. With or without it, your success depends mostly on a combination of diligence and luck.

Christian Patti

I'm a huge reading fan. One of the only people I know who is out of all my friends. Right now I'm reading The Stand by Stephen King. Awesome book.

sirdarksol

The edited or the "unedited" version? Both are good, "unedited" is better, if you can handle the appalling length.

Also, have you read the Gunslinger series?

gremlin

My favorite sci fi author is Anne Mccaffrey. I think I have everyone of her books - I have read the Pern series so much that I have most of them almost memorized. I am re reading it now. There are a couple that her son Todd Mccaffrey has written that go along with the Pern books and they are good also. I liked Terry Brooks series that started with Magic Kingdom for sale - Sold. and the Shanarra series. I also like the Harry Potter series and the Lord of the Rings (the movie left out all about Tom Bombadil and the song at the inn hey diddle diddle).

Lonely Angel

Hey! I'm going for a writing degree!

Although, to be honest, I agree that it's quite pointless. At least of all the "art" degrees, writing is the one that can be applied to jobs in other areas too if Plan A fails.

sirdarksol

All of the art degrees can be turned into doctorates, which allow you to teach, but yes, you can try to trade a writing degree off into journalism (you'll start pretty low on the totem pole, but it will at least give you a foot in the door) or, if you're lucky, you can get a job writing pamphlets for, say, a large medical company.

Firecracker

I have to jump in here--I wouldn't recommend a journalism OR creative writing degree unless you really, really don't care about having much money!! I switched from journalism to CW midway through university, then switched back because the only CW professor at my tiny college was a nimrod. He allowed NO writing except "literature." He rejected my fantasy short story because it was "genre fiction," which "cannot properly convey the truths of humanity." Of course, the two goths in my classes were A-OK to write Anne Rice knock-offs. Of course, vampires and absinthe and blood-soaked threesomes aren't genre fiction, not at all.

Anyway I am sure other colleges have better instructors. Still, CW is a good minor if you love to write, but if you want to ALSO be able to pay bills I'd pair it with a business or marketing communications degree. I got my BA in journalism and let me tell you, I get sick of listening to my teacher-friends whine about their salaries because they're making a good 5-10k more right out of school with shorter days, more holidays, a union and better benefits.

So. That's been MY experiences with the worlds of creative writing and journalism. The worst part is I haven't written so much as a short story or poem--not even a limerick--since I have been writing newspaper and magazine articles. It just sucks away all my interest in writing more. I am working on getting ready to return to college in order to find a completely new direction and reorganize my dreams, career and income.

Sorry for the novella. But I wanted to share what I found out in the "trenches" of journalism. I can't say I'd recommend it; it was once a noble calling, but now it's bleeding and gasping its last breath.

owain

I like to read books about true stories, but must admit to once being into star trek

gremlin

Which Star Trek?

owain

I liked all of the Star Treks, starting from the original,and ending with the Star Trek enterprise.