Marybeth Smith » reading http://www.marybethsmith.com Aspiring Novelist Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 STILL Reading http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/09/still-reading-198 http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/09/still-reading-198#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:17 +0000 Marybeth http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=198 So I mentioned back in July in this Post that I was going to take a break and do some reading….and I can’t seem to stop reading now.

I have to embarrassingly point out that before that post I had not read much of anything since high school. Probably about 3 or 4 books as well as the Twilight Series and the Harry Potter Series…oh and Wuthering Heights (LOVE that book)

So SINCE July….this is what I’ve read….

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (again)Home_Photo_books

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (again)

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (again)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Pretty Is as Pretty Dies by Elizabeth Spann Craig

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

Dead Before Dark by Charlaine Harris

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Wedding by Nicolas Sparks

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by  Rick Roirdon
The Lightening Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titans Curse
The Battle of the Labrynth
The Last Olympian

Looking for Alaska by John Green

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Paper Towns by John Green’

And right now I am reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and Menu for Romance by Kaye Dacus

So I think it’s SAFE to say I think I’m ready to go back to writing. I even did a bit yesterday and am SUPER happy with what I got done. Although the problem now is … now that I’ve gotten into reading, I can’t stop! I am in love with it. I just can NOT consume enough books. Why didn’t anyone tell me that reading was so wonderful!!?!?!

And in case you were wondering, so far my favorites have been Pretty is as Pretty dies, The ENTIRE Percy Jackson series and Looking for Alaska.

Know of any other books you think I MUST read? Leave them in the comments! Hope everyone enjoyed the summer as much as I did!

]]> http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/09/still-reading-198/feed 3 Why yes, I am still here! http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/09/why-yes-i-am-still-here-190 http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/09/why-yes-i-am-still-here-190#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:40:19 +0000 Marybeth http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=190 I haven’t updated my website much. I’ve been pretty busy with a few side projects, other blogs and getting ready for the school year.

So I have emerged from the creative setbacks and entered a new level of frustration. I now am FULL of ideas but can not figure out how to put them on paper or make them all work together. Fun Times I tell ya!

It seems like everyone seems to be getting MS requests and offers for representation and publishing deals lately. I am so excited for everyone. Still I feel a little let down that I’m not one of them. BUT I have to remember they have all been here longer than me and I need to have patience. I can’t wait till it happens to me!

I heard the best thing this weekend and I intend to live by it. Someone said, “Hope Big…it may not happen how or when you want it to…but it WILL happen!”

So my friends… have you been full of Big Hopes lately?

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