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Habitual Reader Profiles - Page 2
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Name: Alice Wilson-Fried |
| City & State: Alameda, California | |
| Vocation / Avocation: Writer/Grandmother | |
| Website: www.alicewilsonfried.com |
Why I'm a Habitual Reader:
In the sixth grade, I couldn't afford to go on a class field trip and was sent to the Carter G. Woodson school library for the day. The librarian gave me PGYMALION to read. I started reading the story and couldn't stop, so I checked the book out to finish it at home. The next day, I checked out another book.
From that day forward, I found myself reading for comfort, for company and for adventure. That's how and when I became a Habitual Reader.
My List of Ten: Eclectic Reads
1. Strange Fruit
Author: Lillian Smith
It was an African-American novel published in 1944.
2. Devil in a Blue Dress
Author: Walter Mosley
3. Black Betty
Author: Walter Mosley
I had a childhood friend who was called Black Betty and when I saw the title
in an airport bookstore, I bought and loved reading it.
4. She's Come Undone
Author: Wally Lamb
5. Emma
Author: Jane Austen
6. Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
7. The Color Purple
Author: Alice Walker
8. Presumed Innocent
Author: Scott Turow
9. Balance of Power
Author: Richard North Patterson
10. The Client
Author: John Grisham
Have you read any of these titles? Review one now.
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