Wednesday!
Time for books!
This year, I’ve made a real effort to set aside some time every night for book readin’. I used to read tons and tons back in high school and earlier, but during my tenure at Alfred University, my bibliophilia waned distressingly. Over the past year, I have done my best to address this unforgivable neglect and, with the help of the wonderful Half Price Books (with an excessive stockpile of $1 books) over in the U-district and the extensive collection possessed by the Seattle Public Library, reading has returned to its rightful prominence. Who needs friends? Books are better!
Not really.
But maybe…
Anyway, I started a book log back in September, and have been keeping track of the books I’ve read since then. That made reading just that much more rewarding, knowing that at the completion of each book I’d get to swagger over to my computer and add a new entry to my list. Those of you familiar with the incalculable joy that comes with checking something off of a list have experienced a feeling akin to this. Back in the beginning of January, I decided to establish a year long reading goal of fifty-two books.
Wow! 52! That’s two every fortnight!
(For those of you unfamiliar with such classy vocabulary, a fortnight is simply 336 hours)
Initially, I wasn’t sure how feasible this goal was going to be. I’d previously witnessed the pseudo-failure of one of the best youtubers ever in her attempt to accomplish a similar challenge, so I was moderately concerned with my chances of success. But then I read 6 books in January and have maintained that pace since. NERD. So while I may be a big ol’ loser who sits around and reads, reads, reads, at least I will win at this challenge. And that’s what really matters.
Historically, I’ve been a big fan of fantasy and science fiction, but lately I’ve attempted to vary my interests. We’ll see how this goes. I was planning on talking about some specific books, but I’m getting kinda snoozy, so I’ll do that next week instead.
See y’all soon.
Currently reading: Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
Books read in 2009: 46
2009 pace: 76 books
