Reading, Summer Reading
Reading is a fun thing to do and do not let anyone else tell you different. Turn off or tune out the television once in a while and pick up a good book and become lost in the different characters and plot twists. Seriously though folks, there is nothing on television anymore. The only thing worth watching is the news (which I never thought I would find interesting when I was younger) and all we learn from that is what people are trying to do instead of what we should be doing.
There was one piece of good showing in March and April and that was the mini-series of HBO entitled John Adams starring Paul Giamati. I can’t explain it, well actually I can, but that series was so well done and so good. To see how our nation was first started, how our states were united by a man who sometimes didn’t have anyone to side with him but his wife and children.
It reminded me of how the North Philly Metropolis was formed and how its future is being planned, I can almost feel what John was going through. The mini-series was based on the book of the same name which I have not read yet. Ever since watching the series I’ve been entralled when finding a book with either John or Abigail Adams name on it.
Anyway, back to reading. If you haven’t been to my ”F.A.Q.” page yet (for anyone who has questions about Peak Johnson) then you have no clue of what I am reading now and why. I finished up the childrens books, The Spiderwick Chronicles last month and am now on chapter 5 of the Dawn Treader. The Dawn Treader is book 5 from the Chronicles of Narnia in case you didn’t know.
C.S. Lewis (the author of the series) was a genius in writing these stories. He’s not just famous for the Chornicles, oh no, try reading The Screwtape Letters or his sci-fi fantasy. I thought I had a copy of the screwtape letter, but I only have two stories from his sci-fi series. J.R.R. Tolkien (author of the lord of the rings) was also a close friend of Lewis. The two could often be found sharing and discussing each others stories in a pub known as The Eagle and the Child. The two were also members of the Inklings. The Inklings were a informal literary discussion group associated with Oxford University.
The group praised the narrative in fiction and encouraged the writing of fantasy. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were great and along with our present J.K. Rowling they are truly my writing idols. I havne’t read any of the Lord of the rings books, but once I’m done with the Chronicles I am planning on read The Hobit.
I should start my own writing group, any takers? The Harry Potter series is really great too. Everyone should know this by now and should not be left alone because your skeptical. Pick them up and see if you don’t get lost within the wizard world. Besides, if your trying to become a great fiction author these titles are for you. Remeber reading is an absolute necessasity for everyone.
Figures that you would hear this kind of advice from an editor of a newspaper.
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