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[beachlass]

Directly inspired by conversations following Kurt Vonnegut's death:

Five Authors I Haven't Read

Toni Morrison - I want to, I even have at least one of her books on my shelf, so I intend to, I just haven't yet.
Terry Pratchett - The enthuiasm with which people - some in my extended family - rave about Pratchett, makes me think I really do need to rectify this gap in my reading.
John Irving - I have no interest in Irving's books, I'd probably like them, but I've never even checked one out of the library.
Carol Shields - Canadian! Female Author! Award Winning! - Again, I've got at least one of her books (Unless) - but have not yet read it.
Salman Rushdie - Rushdie is probably at the top of the I should read this, but haven't yet list.

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Comments

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

*laughs* It's not meant to make you feel lame. It's just that I had a couple of "I always meant to read Vonnegut, but..." conversations. It reminded me that I have all sorts of books and authors that I've meant to read, or that everyone I know seems to have read except me, or that is sort of culturally assumed. (See earlier confession re: Lord of the Rings)

It's also been interesting to chat writing/reading with Americans and Brits because we've got different canons. Some of what I consider to be core reading up here - Timothy Findley, Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro - is obscure in the States.

[na-no-nai.livejournal.com]

I'm just so out of the loop when it comes to lit. A lot of my friends are into Anne Rice, but I just have no urge to read her stuff. Stephen King I did read one of his books when I was in junior high, but I'm over my little horror phase, so I doubt I'll be picking any more of those up. I have been wanting to read Irvine Welsh and Chuck Palahnuik, but that's kind of cheating since I liked the movies adaptations. XD Other than that, there's Dean Koontz and Nora Roberts books all over the supermarkets, so apparently they're popular around here. Haha. I fail.

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

You don't fail. Honestly. Primary school trauma notwithstanding - How can you fail at books? Especially when small children and life is factored into the equation.

[na-no-nai.livejournal.com]

XD I have the attention span of a small child, I swear. When I start reading, I usually finish it. It's just the decision to sit down and do it that gives me problems.