Maybe you can blame my grandmother, who gave me the Complete Works of William Shakespeare when I was just a few days old. :)
But, whatever the reason, it's been a lifelong habit: I have a free minute, you can find my nose buried in a book.
Of course, with two boys under 4, I don't have as much time - or energy! - to read as I used to. But, in addition to "Runaway Bunny" and "Where the Wild Things Are" and other assorted books that I read with the boys each week, I still try to sneak in at least a little bit of adult fare.
Though, I have to admit that lately my choices have been more of the "brain candy" variety than anything really deep and challenging. I just don't have the brain power left over at the end of the day. :)
Anyway, this year - for the first time, ever - I've been keeping a log of books as I finish them. It's been kind of fun.
Here is my list as of today:
Third Watch: Acorna's Children - Anne McCaffrey
Finders Keepers - Linnea Sinclair
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) - Patricia Briggs
Plum Lucky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) - Janet Evanovich
Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 1) - Kelley Armstrong
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2) - Patricia Briggs
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3) - Patricia Briggs
An Accidental Goddess - Linnea Sinclair
Gabriel's Ghost - Linnea Sinclair
Beneath the Skin (The Darkwing Chronicles, Book 3) - Savannah Russe
Simple Taoism : A Guide To Living In Balance - Simpkin
The Darkest Evening of the Year - Dean Koontz
Strangers in Death - J.D. Robb
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynne Truss
Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville, Book 1) - Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville, Book 2) - Carrie Vaughn
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Games of Command - Linnea Sinclair
The Down Home Zombie Blues - Linnea Sinclair
The Outlaw Demon Wails (The Hollows, Book 6) - Kim Harrison
Dead of Night - J.D. Robb, et al
Odd Hours - Dean Koontz
Free Fall (Retrievers, Book 5 - Laura Anne Gilman
No Rest for the Witches - MaryJanice Davidson
Playing With Fire - Gena Showalter
Time And Again: Time Was\Times Change - Nora Roberts
The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of : How Science Fiction Conquered the World - Thomas M Disch
From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8) - Charlaine Harris
The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, Book 5) - Eoin Colfer
Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14) - Janet Evanovich
Zen And the Art of Happiness - Chris Prentiss
Not too shabby, I guess. Though I suspect it is a much shorter list than in previous years. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the year shapes up, since I tend to have more time to read in July and August.
I guess I will post the whole list at the end of the year. :)
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