I was an avid reader as a child, up until about 8th grade, but only in the past few months, in my late 20s, have I become a serious reader as an adult. After dealing with an itch to read all the way through a great book for a while, prowling used bookstores and trying to find something in which I can will myself to get past 50, I stumbled across an unassuming little book called THE SEASON TO BE WARY, a 1968 collection of three novellas by Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, and an artist I've always admired, although I never knew he wrote any fiction. Turns out, this was the only original fiction he ever wrote, and it was wonderful: cynical and angry yet deeply humanistic, characters that ring true in every word and action, skillful but unpretentious prose. It reminded me why I've always loved reading, and I've read over twenty more books since. Anyone else have a book like this that holds that special place in their heart?
by BradleyNeedlehead
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A song of ice and fire
Also, the sparrow by Mary Dorian Russel.
Invisible monsters. I would not stop commenting this hahaha it rekindled the flame in me!
The Martian. Started reading again at 20 after a 5 year slump.
Oh my god it’s been so long jesus christ
Eve, by Cat Bohannon. It’s an anecdotal research book about backtracking human evolution to it’s earliest mammalian ancestors. The author uses a lot of humor along with the information she uses to explain her hypothesis.
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro and the last quarter of the moon by chi zijian!!! read them both one after the other after years of struggling and both made me cry, made me remember why i loved reading