Books

I realized today that I'm a writer that hardly reads at all. Thats really sad because I used to read everything I could get my hands on. I decided to remedy that today by going to the both the bookstore and the library. To my surprise I didn't get any of the fiction I intended to, I ended up getting a bunch of non-fiction science books.

Bookstore:
A Brief History of Time (10th Anniversary Edition) by Stephen Hawking

Library:
Billions and Billions, Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen

I couldn't find Lovecraft anywhere. Not surprising, but I also couldn't find a copy of Darwin's Origin of the Species. Is that a banned book you think? Oh well, I ordered it from Amazon, should be interesting. I'll have to read it in public to see if anyone says anything.

Also, I want to get into Charles Dickens as I was never able to before. I think having him shoved down my throat in high school pretty much ruined any joy I would get out of reading his work. Does anybody like Dickens? What book should I start with?

I suppose I should end with a list of my favorite books ever. Here's a few that I couldn't put down:

Richard Adams:
Watership Down
The Plague Dogs

Stephen King:
It
The Stand
The whole Dark Tower series
Carrie
The Shining

Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird (absolutely everyone should read this book but not in school. Read it on your own, its so much better. Then watch the movie).

Kevin Murphy - A Year at the Movies

Bram Stoker - Dracula (boy did I have some weird dreams while I read this one!)

H.G. Wells:
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Time Machine
The Invisible Man

Anything and everything by Ray Bradbury.