I\'m Summer, a mouthy, sarcastic bitch. I\'m passionate about natural birth, long term breastfeeding, and living naturally. I curse too much, love tattoos, and will some day be crushed to death by my book collection. I homeschool, dream of gardening, and swing to the left. 
Reading Is Fundamental
I am a total book whore. It’s true. I get flush when I walk past book stores, I can’t survive a week without going to the library. I spend hours looking at books online. I even order books near constantly to be sent to my house from Amazon.com and Paperbackswap. It’s a compulsion.
Sadly with all my book hording ways I rarely get a chance to read. Sure I’m reading daily, but I don’t think Dr. Seuss or Phyllis Root counts. So I couldn’t help but feel a little excited about a challenge being issued over at Put Things off. The challenge? Read one book a week.
There was a time in my life when I read one book a day, when I would have 5 or 6 books laid out on my coffee table all in various stages of being read and actually keeping up with them. Now if there are that many books it’s because I just cannot find the time to sneak in a little reading of my own. I love reading though, I adore it. The more time I can spend curled up with a good book the better. So I’m going to try and take this challenge, I’m going to try to read a book of my own each week. Sure it may mean reading in the bathroom, and while doing dishes, and in the car. But I’m going to try.
I’m starting off the week by cheating. I’m about half finished with a book I was sent a few weeks ago, which shows how good I am so far in getting reading time in. Hopefully I can finish by Saturday and start the next book on Sunday. Since I already have a growing pile of unread books on my shelves I’m going to make a list of the titles I’m going to tackle first. Are you going to join in? Come on, you know you want to!
- Islam: A Short History – Karen Armstrong (currently reading)
- How to Write & Sell Your First Novel – Oscar Collier
- The Church and the Second Sex – Mary Daly
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys – Dan Kindlon
- Coloring Outside the Lines – Roger Schank
If you are curious about what books I’ve already read I’ve been slowly adding my collection to Library Thing. I don’t have much added yet so don’t let the small number fool you, I’ve barely covered 1/8 of the books I have.
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I just bought the Amazon Kindle ebook reader and am loving it! I can download books from anywhere and I have been addicted to it for the last week.
P.S. You may be interested in a Wordpress plugin called No Reading at http://robm.me.uk/projects/plugins/wordpress/now-reading. It lets you create and maintain a virtual library of books on your blog. You can manage a reading list, display your entire library, describe your books with metadata, tags and reviews, and more.
I read so many blogs that my book reading has slowed dramatically. Got to get back in the habit….
kim/hormone-colored days’s last blog post..For the love of wireless