Have you ever heard the saying “We were put on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things…At this point I am so far behind, I will never die!” That’s how I feel about my books right now.
Most of the reading I’ve done this week pertained to an essay I was writing about supermarkets. It was academic reading as opposed to pleasure reading which is what I really want to do. However, the academic reading helps pay the bills.
As for my pleasure reading, I read two chapters in Reba’s book and a section in Women who Run with the Wolves. That one borders on academic reading though, and I had had enough of that for the week. In the current chapter she’s analyzing “The Red Shoes”. As for Reba’s book, I have enjoyed it and hoped to have it finished this week. Ok, well, maybe next week.
Ed, on the other hand, is going through books faster than we can bring them in. He got two for Christmas, one of which was a copy of The Education of Little Tree, which I gave him to replace the copy he left in North Carolina. Then, I bought him an Orson Scott Card in a bargain book bin yesterday. Right now, he is re-reading The Last Juror. I think he started to tell me that I should read that one, but the look on my face must have stopped him. My thinking was, Honey, I can’t finish what I’m reading now, and I have three more on my “waiting list”. Please don’t tell me about something else I need to read!
He has an advantage though; if things are slow at work, he can sit and read. Since I work from home, my “slow” times are filled with such past times as dishes and laundry. To be fair though, I have to say that he helps with all that too and still finds time to read.
Maybe my New Year’s resolution should be to catch up all my reading…well at least it can be this week’s goal. I imagine Ed and I will be bargain book hunting this week. I’ll let you know what we find.
Happy New Year and Happy Reading
Connie
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