I usually wait until mid to late January before posting my reading plans or goals. Mainly because I'm very optimistic about my superhuman capabilities during the start of a new year but much of that enthusiasm fades over the next couple of weeks. I tend to believe I can read more than ever but reality is usually closer to how much I averaged in previous years. So, to allow myself the opportunity to dream big and then plan well, I take the ambitious goals for a road test during the first couple of weeks of the year. If they still look achievable, great! If not, I will part ways with those that are a stretch. The numbers I have an arbitrary number set in Goodreads for this year but it's not a number I will quote as I tend to change it often and it is intended to factor in the many picture books I read with my kids. But that said, there are three numbers I would like to improve this year (last year's stats in parentheses) - total number of pages read (approx. 11k), average n
This is a weekly event initially hosted by J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog, now by Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books, to celebrate what you are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week.
Books completed
Zilch! And it's so funny because I joined a readathon just to finish my current reads. I mostly got bogged with The Passage, because I couldn't put it down. Then I got house-cleaning (you won't believe how messy I had been, and that always interferes with my concentration). Then my best friend, Piyush, came for the weekend, and we watched two movies - Wall Street (big nod for that!) and Eat, Pray, Love (ugh, I yawned through this movie). I spent most of second half of Sunday cleaning up my reader, so I feel much better about this week because I did take care of everything that had been keeping me from reading. Big Phew for that!
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Books on my nightstand
My stack for this week looks same as last week, except for the page count of two of them.
The Passage by Justin Cronin:
Wow, I'm halfway into it! That makes me feel totally awesome! I do have a lot on my head right now about this book, and did I say that the six-year old is creepy? That's creeeeeepy! I am putting this book down this week, because I really want to read something else. So, let's see how that goes, shall we?
Stealing Lumby by Gail Fraser:
I'm having a little more trouble than usual getting into this book. It's funny and delightful, but I think it was not the book I should have read now. I just have a few pages to go, so I'm going ahead and completing it.
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert:
I had hoped to start this last week, oh well. It's a new week, and hopefully I'm starting this one tomorrow.
Comments
have a great week!
If you slept through the Eat, Pray, Love movie, I'm thinking the book will be even more of a snooze.
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I also love Sue Monk Kidd's books. Her memoir Dance of the Dissident Daughter is one of my favorites.
I think The Passage looks very good.
Here's my list for the week:
http://debsbookbag.blogspot.com/2010/09/simply-marvelous-monday-40.html