I’m starting to regret phrasing it like that, to be honest.
The word “selection” evokes either bureaucracy or crap small versions of chocolate bars.
That’d suck so bad.
Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelf?
The last book I read was Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey.
It’s the first book in one of her series, Dragonriders of Pern.
I snagged it at an antique mall from a cardboard box filled to the brim with old sci-fi paperbacks.
I literally got it for like three bucks!
It was a really fun read, and I’m planning on reading the rest of the series.
I really fell in love with the protagonist, Lessa.
She’s this awesome, hard-headed girl that rides dragons… what’s not to love!?
Actually though, the thing that captured me the most is how the book portrays her anger.
She’s cool as hell!
Emily Dickinson’s work has always stuck in my mind, maybe more than any poet.
I love her creative use of ordinary language.
Her poems are often very colloquial, which I am really inspired by as a writer.
It’s kind of amazing that such a small poem can evoke such a complex human feeling/experience.
I’m a huge fan of Ursula K. LeGuin!
I’ve probably recommended The Left Hand of Darkness more times than I can count.
I originally read this book pretty soon after high school.
I had never encountered a book that tackled gender and sexuality in such an interesting way.
I read Circe by Madeline Miller sometime last year.
I recall reading it and thinking that someone should make a game about Circe, just in general.
Thus, I have no choice but to continue the column indefinitely.
