Blog Challenge Day 22: Hobbies

 

Today on the blog challenge we're talking hobbies. Between full-time graduate school, full-time motherhood and part-time work, I don't have much time for hobbies anymore. But one thing I always try and make time for is reading fiction.

I love fiction. I love getting to know a character and being transported to another time or place. I'm a fervent supporter of public libraries, so I try and borrow all my books. There's something really cool about reading a book that's part of a community collection. I always think about all the places these books have been. All the bedside tables, vacations and coffee shops. If library books could talk!

Some of my all-time favorite fiction writers and books are:

• Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale)
• Ken Follett (Pillars of the Earth, World Without End and Fall of Giants) 
• Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
• Nancy Horan (Loving Frank)
• Stieg Larsson (The Girl Who trilogy)
• Audrey Niffenegger (Time Travelers Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry)
• Ann Patchett (Run and Bel Canto)
• Garth Stein (Art of Racing in the Rain)
• David Wroblewski (Story of Edgar Sawtelle)

I love recommendations, so if you have a favorite book or author, please let me know! I'd love to check it out.