If you are like me, you always have a stack of reading material to get through. I always have a magazine on hand (I'm an information junkie.) and usually a mix of fiction and non-fiction to be read or re-read.
I'm currently on a YA (Young Adult) reading kick for two reasons. 1. I have three of them in the house. A 16 year-old, a 14 year-old and a 12 year-old. I like to stay on top of what they like to read and what is available out there. 2. My current #1 writing project is a YA novel so I need to know the market.
This weeks stack includes: The Apothecary by Maile Meloy, Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck and Cooked the new Michael Pollan tome. My mag is Writer's Digest's newest issue.
The Apothecary is YA and set in 1952. It deals with Russian spies, a sacred book called the Pharmacopoeia and a quest to save the world from nuclear disaster. I love natural healing and all things herbal so I was drawn to this book by the name alone. I'm looking forward to the read.
Tiger's Curse is a the first book in a series or three or four. My 16 year-old has wanted me to read it for quite awhile. She really likes the series. It is YA and the plot centers around the protagonist tying to break a 300 year-old curse involving a mysterious white tiger. It is a fantasy/romance and as my daughter has already read the series, I hope I approve. I declined to let her read the Twilight series not because of vampires and werewolves but because I didn't want her thinking that relationships like Edward/Bella's were what real relationships were like.
Cooked is the book I've been waiting for to come out. It's finally here and I can't wait to see what insights Michael Pollan has discovered about the process and history of cooking. Even though he comes from an evolutionary point of view and I am a creationist he still usually brings me quite a few aha moments from the conclusions he draws. I'm only through the introduction but I have already found quite a few good quotes. Here is one: Cooked is an invitation to alter... the ratio between production and consumption in your life. The regular exercise of these simple skills... increases self-reliance and freedom while reducing our dependence on distant corporations. Love it! Down with the Man!!
Also in my reading pile is a friend's book that she has finished and I'm critiquing. I also have some Bible study to do for a upcoming devotional I am giving to my church's ladies group.
My writing list: Keeping up with this blog and social media. (Tweeting is actually a good exercise in conveying your point with minimal words.) Working on my YA book: The Follower, my friend's critique, my devotional, my journal, various free-lance articles, and other books in the works.
Who needs to sleep right?
What are you all reading and writing?
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