Fun Fiction

[Catrin]

I've re read The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series almost every year since I was 8 (now 43) so that's what in currently reading along with Tad Williams Dragonbone chair series.

I've read it many times since I was about 9 or 10 myself. Am currently doing it again as a read-along in a group of FB friends. The Dragonbone Chair series sounds interesting, will have to put it on my list!

[Crankin]

I started reading the New Yorker to keep up with my English teacher colleagues! I always felt like I wasn't a "real" English teacher, since my degree is in Special Ed, with an English minor. I finagled my way into the certification (actually, I was National Board certified in Language Arts, more work than I've ever done) Some of them were published authors! I've always loved writing, and always been a reader, but I don't really love some of the classics. I do like Shakespeare (taught A Midsummer Night's Dream for years and produced a dramatic version several times), but I really like the American classics. I took a class in the American short story, which was one of the best classes I've ever taken.

[indysteel]

I love short stories, Crankin. She's Canadian, not Anerican, but I highly recommend any of Alice Munro's collections. She's one of my favorite writers. You've probably read her a time or two (or more) in the New Yorker.