I'm slowly working my way through Richard Stark's excellent Parker series. I swear, trying to match up the finances to afford a new book, the time to read it, and the ability to actually find it is, each time, a fucking bank heist in and of itself.
Reading these books reminds me that I'm not half the writer my favorite authors are. And yet nothing gets me more in the mood to write than reading a good novel.
    
  Reading these books reminds me that I'm not half the writer my favorite authors are. And yet nothing gets me more in the mood to write than reading a good novel.
I appreciated that.
A lot.