I’ve got a loverly stack of books waiting for me to chew down on. Ever since I started my job at the publishing house, I’ve had an almost unending supply of titles to read, besides my own favorite series and authors that I shell out for. It’s funny being in New York City, because I actually know a number of other people who work in other publishing houses, and every so often we have an author-showdown, where we list off the famous and not-so-famous names that
The showdown usually sounds like–
Hey, we just published so-and-so’s bestseller last month.
Big whoop. We’ve got blah-blah-blah, and they’ve been on the New York Time’s bestseller for months now.
But we just picked up this lady in a furious auction. Bwahahaha!
Yeah, well we publish [Insert Famous Author].
Ooh. You think you could get me a copy of his latest?
Sure!
If you are having any trouble deciding what to read this summer and want some recommendations, here is a list of what various authors are reading.
For instance, Margarat Drabble admits a continued love of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea while Martha Southgate picks up the Stephen King classic, Carrie. Karen Russell picks out one of my favorite classics, The Day of the Triffids.
Aside from that, I’ve usually got a list going on my homepage that shows the last three or four books I’ve finished, and there’s a few lines of some of my recent favorites on the Links page. Have at it.
I see that smile.