Are any of you book lovers struggling, as I am, to read the books on your bedside table right now? I’m drawn to the news, to the big topics of the day. I was commiserating with a friend about this, and she spontaneously thought up a list of readings, ranging from centuries ago to the present day, having to do with epidemics, plagues, and isolation.
And so I wrote an article (with her permission) on this amazingly relevant reading list, also adding a couple book ideas of my own. The article is now live on the Silent Book Club blog. (My working on this article partially explains my underachievement last Wednesday!)
Check out my new article Epidemics, Plagues, and Isolation for some awesome reading ideas, and thanks and love to my friend for the great ideas. I can’t wait to read some of these myself!
Thanks and love to all of you, too. Are you also having trouble concentrating on anything not disease or quarantine related? Do you have ideas for additions to this reading list?
Liza, Thank you for the reading list. They look interesting. I’m not sure if Maryland libraries are closed but Florida and PA and WI are all closed. So blog readers, you’ll need to buy the books online if you want to read them. They are probably available electronically too.
Yes, good point. There are lots of resources out there online. Older texts are free online (see the links in the article!). As regards the newer texts, lots of indie (and non-indie) booksellers are open for business online and offer shipping to your door.
IF you are starting or thinking of starting to write a new book — that’s your answer!
LOL yeah, probably all of us writers are itching to be the modern-day Samuel Pepys or Daniel Defoe….