Ten

Nine

This book was written in 1969. The only thing that really gave it away for me was that there were so many footnotes and explanations of medical terms. At first it was really bothering me, like does he think his readers are so stupid that we don't know what DOA means? And then I realised: This book was published in the days before ER, House and all the other shows that have made us all medical experts. Interesting...

Does anyone else out there have a hard time deciding what to read? I love reading, but I rarely have time to find out what books are out there. And then on the rare opportunities I have to go into a used book store or library, I find the sheer volume of books so overwhelming I wind up leaving with nothing.

I know this is totally lame, but any of you who watch the Gilmore Girls know that Rory is supposed to be a voracious reader, AND that she's supposed to read things that smart people read. On the show's website they have what they call Rory's Book Club, and there's a massive list of two kinds of books: hot new reads and old school faves.

It's a starting place at least. Specially since I'm done with new books and well, I've read all my books a hundred times each already. But I welcome recommendations...

Book Eight

Which is too bad, cause I'm liking this whole image for the book thing.

Book 8: Bloodlines

Completely Unrelated:
I was sitting in Cary's office today and happened to glance at my feet. Apparently not something I do a whole lot.

The soles of both feet were split. Right where my feet bend. Split right through. Both feet. Like what are the chances of that happening.

So tonight, after dinner, I found myself wandering the mall trying to find a pair of shoes for work.

I used to love shoe shopping. I was the queen of shoes. I'd routinely buy four pairs on my dinner break when I worked in the mall. The I got fat, had a baby and my feet grew a size and a half. I can't find shoes to save my sole.

tonight I visited Sears, Soft Moc, The Shoe Warehouse, Ronsons, Transit, Dudek and The Bay. I finally found a pair of shoes in my size at The Bay. On clearance for $24.99 which was nice, but they're neither particularly stylish or particularly comfortable. That was my last stop.

On the other hand, at The Shoe Warehouse I found the most incredible pair of Merrel mules. They were like pillows for my feet. Stylish, comfortable...and unfortunately brown and way to expensive for our budget.

Bummer.

Well that's enough kvetching for this night. Me and book number 8 have a date. later...

Currently reading books Six and Seven

Book Number Five

Recently Marco posted a list of the books he read in 2005. Love that idea, if only so I have a rough idea of how much I've read and the quality of it. However, I don't keep track of my books at all. On myspace.com you can post a "currently reading/listening" entry at the top of your blog. Cool feature. Except you can only add authors/artists in their database.

When David was born, I tried reading while I was feeding him. But I don't know, something about having a book balanced on his head and trying to stay focused while I tried to turn pages annoyed him enough that I gave that idea up pretty quick. When we finally got past the three hour feeding marathons (that continued with only short breaks in between...I REALLY hope NB is a faster eater!) I really didn't feel much like picking up books.

However, sometime this summer I tried to read Anna Karenina. Always felt like I ought to read some Tolstoy. I made it about 2/3 of the way through and decided I should just read the end.

On our trip to Ontario last June, I managed to read a Francine Rivers book and three Robert Ludlums.

When we went to Osoyoos I read a few Agatha Christies, a Ruth Rendell and one of those typical UK shopaholic books.

And of course on our big road trip I polished off a few more books. I think more Francine Rivers.

For Christmas, Andrew bought me Black by Ted Dekker. In the 10 days since then, I've read Red and White (also TD) stopping only to read a Robert Ludlum while I waited for my copy of White to arrive from Amazon. I'm currently working on Body Clutter by the Fly Lady and Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge. I'm not very good with non-fiction. Don't know why...I can read books on Financial Planning with careless abandon...but anything else...ungh.

Anyway, all of this to say, I like to read. Would love to keep track for a year and see how many pages I can fit in in 365 days. Before Andrew and I even started dating, we had a conversation about reading Dostoevsky. Somehow it came up that I was a fast reader. Andrew was very condescending and commented that I couldn't possibly be as fast as him. That boy almost ruined his chances with me!! Obviously wasn't aware of how competitive I am, or how proud I am of that fact that I won the speed reading award every year at my highschool (Yes, I was also a member of the library club. What's your point?)

Wow, another rabbit trail. Back to the beginning of my last paragraph. My new year's resolution is to try to keep track of what I read this year, and to intersperse the fluffy reading with something I might actually learn from. Phew!

What Kind of Book are you?

You're Babar the King!

by Jean de Brunhoff

Though your life has been filled with struggle and sadness of late,
you're personally doing quite well for yourself. All this success brings responsibility,
though, and should not be taken lightly. Life has turned from war to peace, from damage
to reconstruction, and this brings a bright new hope for everyone you know. These hopeful
people look to you for guidance, and your best advice to them is to watch out for snakes.
You're quite fond of the name "Celeste".


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