Goodreads Reading Challenge

Unlike many of my friends, I am not a fast reader. I like to linger over sentences. I don’t like to rush through a book. Back before I was a writer, it was not unheard of for me to spend a entire Saturday, lying on the couch, reading a paperback novel from beginning to end. When I was much younger, I even read clear through the night a few times, finishing a book about 6:00 AM. (Too old for that now!)

Anybody who is serious about being a novelist must be serious about being a reader first. Whi...