Books

The last year or two, despite a love of reading, I've had some problems getting through books. While some of that is related to the fact that I'm trying to read more non-fiction even though I dislike it, my sister provided an insight that just might be dead on. She said "you can only read one book at a time. You can't start another till you've finished the first and you can't buy another until you've finished the first." And I realized, she may have a point. Between libraries and timing and impulse buys and trying to read something I didn't really like, I've had several books "on the go" or hanging about all at the same time. And I end up wanting to read whichever one I'm not currently reading.

Of course, this realization apparently wasn't enough to make me stop. Just this week, I started and read a book while I still have two on the go and, when I finished it, I started a third again. But I will get through them all! I will read more this year! I will relish the adventures and romances of fiction and scream and roll my eyes at the self-indulgent non-fiction writers! And I will read War Without End if it kills me!

Partly to hold myself responsible, and partly because I saw it on another blog and loved the idea (yes, I shamelessly stole it :p - I'd apologize but it'd be one of those fake apologies :p), I am now listing, to the side, the books I am reading (all 47 of them :p). We'll see how I do. For now, all I have to say is, the first 15 pages of The Zahir are quite interesting. And I'm not really sure where "A Brief History of Infinity" is. That might make it kinda hard to read. :p