A Writer is a Reader

‎If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. –Stephen King

2026

1. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
2. The Devil and Miss Prym – Paulo Coelho
3. Twice – Mitch Albom
4. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
5. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens – This one will take a while, but I will savor it on the podcast, Storytime for Grownups.
6. Magnolia Summer – Melanie Dickerson
7. Gentle and Lowly – Dane Ortlund
8. Don’t Overthink It – Anne Bogel
9. Believing – Anita Hill