A few weeks ago a member of AW asked for a list of books to read, because she'd just finished her WIP and had been out of the loop as far as what was going on in the world of books. I was a bit surprised by that, because often, when I feel stalled in my writing, I just have to pick up a book of say, Faulkner or Nabokov or someone I really admire--including comtemporary writers--and I get ignited. How about you? Do you read for inspiration or do you see it as a distraction?