Run On Sentences

Cormac McCarthy uses lots of long sentences. Not that I mind because I do the same thing sometimes. Plus, the writing is so good you just devour those long sentences quickly and try not to miss a bite.

I'm trying to focus on the words when I read this book because his details are great. But last night I only got so far because Casey came to bed the same time I did and he was muttering in bed next to me while he played poker on his phone. It was very distracting.

Aw well, soon enough he'll be working late and I'll miss him... but I'll also be able to read quietly without distraction! :)

All the Pretty Horses

I couldn't find my library card. Fortunately, getting a new one is as easy as showing your ID and paying $2, so I did that at lunch and now I'm good to go.

Today I took out All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy, and The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. The Road wasn't on the shelf or I would have gotten that.

I'm starting with All the Pretty Horses. I've got to get it done by the end of the month to stay on track for my reading goal this year... plus it's due back on the second.

Happy Reading!

You should see the piles.....

So many books, so little time. The pirate book sounds good. Grama will be so happy to know you are enjoying it, Karen. Grammie Alice brought a full bag of books to me on New Year's Day. I have no idea when I will read them all. Maybe I need to start reading at lunchtime. How do you find time? (and did you find your library card Chris?)

Hot diggity-dog

I am sailing through this pirate book. It's great, it's like a heist book, but with pirates. I guess that's kind of what pirating is usually about but the way it's set up, it's like a typical heist movie, which I adore. I had the same idea as mom about writing down the books that I read. It should be a good sense of accomplishment at the end of the year. Hopefully. I have a couple books lined up for after this one and if I ever get to the library, I'll look for that Kitchen Diaries book.

Where, oh where is my libary card?

I finished Letter to My Daughter this weekend. I really liked parts, but parts of it didn't interest me too much. Hopefully I'll be having a discussion with Grama to formulate some more developed thoughts to share here! :)

I wanted to go to the library today, but I can't find my library card. I'm not sure why I would have taken it out of my wallet, but I'm going to do a search tonight and if I can't find it, I'll request another one.

Some books on my list to get are: The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns (both recommended by Tana), The Golden Compass (liked the movie- even though some of it is very controversial in terms of my faith), The Road (recommended by Karen), The Kitchen Diaries (saw on a blog), and My Sister's Keeper (saw the movie this weekend and it was BEAUTIFUL!).

Keeping a List

I'm going to start keeping a list of all of the books I read in 2010. It would be GREAT if I could read at least 25. Ideally it would be more. Rather than plan ahead about it though, I'm going to just read as much as I can and keep track of what I finish. Almost done with Stillmeadow-Sugarbridge. Next? I think Eat, Pray, Love. Jane recommended it.

Me too!!

This is about the time that I started reading like crazy last year, and I feel like it is happening again now. I just finished reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. It was really good. I've seen the movie, but as is usually the case, the book was much better. I definitely recomment it to everyone who reads this blog.

Now I am reading a book that Grama gave me for Christmas called Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. I'm not too far into it but so far I really like it. I'm not even totally sure what it's about, but I'm guessing something about pirates...haha. So far it's sort of Pirates of the Caribbean-esque. But I know that's not really what it's like. Either way, it seems to be right up my alley. I for sure hope I am able to keep up with my reading and with this blog. I'm glad we have started up again , I like the connections too!

Letter To My Daughter

I bought and started this book yesterday. I'm already on Chapter 6. It's a fast read, but one filled with lots of meaningful words. I'm just reading through right now, but I'll probably go back and read it again some day so I can copy down some quotes that really popped out at me.

What I'm Reading

One of my goals this year is to READ MORE! I've been on the same book for ages but loving every word. Still Meadow and Sugar Bridge is a collection of correspondence between two writers, Gladys Tabor and Barbara Webster. Through the course of a year, they write back and forth to each other about their homes, their families, their thoughts, dreams, and reflections on life in the country. The book was published at a time when letters were still handwritten and computers filled whole rooms (late 1950's, I think).

I'm looking forward to reading what everyone else has open. I really enjoy this blog and the connections we make through books.

Hello!

I would love to get this blog back up and running. It's one of my goals for the year.

I know the previous format might seem a little daunting, so lets relax things a bit and see if we can get things going again.

Just post when you can about what your reading, what you've read and enjoyed, and what you'd like to read. I'm going to keep the previous format link in the sidebar though, just for reference in case you need a push in a direction for a certain day.

Right now I'm struggling through a book by Ann Rule, but I think I'm only struggling because I'd rather be reading Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou, which is the book I bought for Grama this year for Christmas.

So I'll be headed to Borders today or tomorrow to pick that up and then that's what I'll be reading through. I think she's already done, so I've got to get hopping. :)