State of the Reading, or 10 Books I’m Reading Now

Let’s talk about all the fabulous books I’m reading right now, including the primary ones–the ones that need to be read straight through because they’ve captured me or for some other reason, and the secondary ones–the ones that lend themselves to taking a little longer to read and relish and allowing for sneaking in other reads.
1. Woman [...]

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State of the Reading

I am going on a book reading marathon. I only read 20 books this year. The goal was 50. I read 30 last year so I have to read at least 10 more to keep up. So I’m going to continue to read the books I had planned to read but I’m going to try [...]

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I Was Very Good Today and R.I.P. III Intentions

Of course it is only 10 o’clock in the morning. But at work this morning if I started daydreaming needlessly I would immediately think of something else or start singing a song in my head: “iiiiiiiii love you…even if you don’t…you got your knife up to my throat….” Or I tried pretending I was Mina Murray traveling [...]

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Going

I made a small accomplishment. I finished a book. Finally. It was The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson and at times it was beautiful:
“Life has never been All or Nothing–it’s All and Everything. Forget the binaries.”
“Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped.”
Now I am quickly reading Empress Orchid and [...]

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Housekeeping

I picked up a couple of bargain books last night with Laverne. An Amy Tan novel, and something called The Historian. I love a good bargain.
I also cleaned my house in order to maximize potential reading time. I now have several cozy places to read.
Now I have to go switch out the laundry.

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MARCH! April! May!

When my brother and I were kids, our mom would tell us to “march” upstairs to bed. She would demand, “March!” And my brother and I would sing-song “A-pril, Maaay!”
More to the point, March is over and I read one and two halves books. How does this happen, you say. Harry Potter number five: done. [...]

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Goodbye January

I have been very busy at work which I don’t want to discuss.
I have been reading but not as much as I’d like to.
I haven’t been doing any dating at all.
I’m quite nonplussed.
I just wanted to use the word nonplussed. But I am nonplussed.
On my way home from work I stopped at the library and [...]

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2008 Reading Goals

1. My goal this year is to read 50 books. I can’t figure out how some of the people in my online reading group read so much. So I am upping my reading power. I should be reading a book a week and so far not so good.
I read more than one book at a [...]

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What I Read in 2007

1. Bridget Jones’ Diary 4
2. Now Face to Face 2
3. Up the Down Staircase 2
4. The Privilege of the Sword 1
5. The Sparrow 2
6. Poison Study 4.5
7. Magic Study 4
8. Kindred 4
9. Shopgirl 2
10. Diana (autobiography of Princess Diana) 2
11. Literacy and Longing in L.A. 1
12. Snowflower and the Secret Fan 3
13. Girl Sleuth (about [...]

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