Amen! I can't understand how someone would think they could be a great writer without being a voracious reader! I loved Sweet Valley High when I was a kid. I only recently found out that they made a TV show out of the series. My favorite books are Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Sula by Toni Morrison, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood. Thanks!