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These are my downstairs bookcases, containing
everything from picture books I've had since I was a kid to the large
collection of plays I collected in college to my favourite YA reads.
I've lost quite a few lately to one of my dogs who
has developed a taste for books, so usually there's a barrier of chairs
around the shelves to protect them!
Tom Stoppard's play ARCADIA is up
there, which definitely inspired me, as well as my collection of
gardening books which helped me with the layout of Sophie's garden--I
resisted giving her a Shakespeare themed
garden, just barely! And Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS, which is an MG
that is the book that taught 10 year old to love plot twists. I was
home-schooled and my mom had me read this book twice for our version of
English class. First time, I just read it all
the way through normally. Second time, she had me underline all the
subtle hints interwoven into the book that step by step led to the
twist. It's a book that's always been cemented in my consciousness as a
writer, and really effected how I approach plot and
the steps that lead to a reveal--not only as a writer, but as a reader.
It's the book that taught me to write--and read--deeper.
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