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Labor Day isn’t the only holiday we have this weekend.
Although it may not be official, tomorrow, Sunday the 6th of September,
is National Read A Book Day. people
are encouraged to read a book. So don’t just take a break from work, but take a
break from burning your eye-balls out from the TV, computer, and cinema screens
and read a book. Although some like to read books on a computer screen of some
sort, I prefer my book in print and so like to feel with my hands what I’m
reading; I like to hold the art of the book binding. But what medium you read
on is up to you. As long as you forget the video for the day and read a book--or
even better, read several books--you will be truly celebrating Read A Book Day
which is what I plan to do.
A List to Help You With National Read A Book Day
Yes, it’s a list within a list. I thought there was no
better way than to begin an end-of-summer reading list than with a summer reading list. Especially since I
never got around to making a summer reading list this year.
In here, I talk about Adam Douglass’s and Kim Stanley
Robinson’s books. So you’ll see some titles by them. Plus, there’s a link to
another book list in this one. So that
gives you more options for sure.
Though we’re a long ways off from December, the books in
this post are great for reading at any time of the year.
Fahrenheit 451,
Ray Bradbury
This is probably one of the best books to read on a literary
holiday such as Read A Book Day since it’s about books in the future.
The Fool’s Illusion,
Steven Rose, Jr.
If none of the titles in this list or at its links interest
you, you can purchase a copy of my book of short fiction that is sure to
entertain you. In fact, it will be three years old the 22nd of this
month! Look out for a special anniversary blog around then.
Now, what am I planning on reading this Sunday? I’m going to
try to struggle through the bad writing yet good story of Ian Fleming’s Doctor No (one of the earliest James
Bond novels), read a story or two from Fred Saberhagen’s Berserker, and start one of three novels from the ‘60s and ‘70s by Larry
Niven: Protector; World of Ptavvs; or A World Out of Time.
What are you planning to read for National Read a Book Day?
Feel free to leave your answers in the box below. Other than that . . .
Until next time . . .
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