Still reading "Life With Father". It's very interesting, but that is for another post. Yesterday I got "A Lifetime of Secrets" at the library. Once I started reading all the postcards I couldn't put it down. Everyweek I go to the postsecret.com website to see the new cards added, but I never really thought I would enjoy the book. I did enjoy the book and I found it inspiring! Everyone should read this book and reflect on how each secret may or may not relate to your own life.
Check it out: At PostSecret Community
2 down - 48 to go
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Book #2
Life with Father by: Clarence Day
Start Date: 1/14/2008
Find it at Barnes and Noble or your local library
Start Date: 1/14/2008
Find it at Barnes and Noble or your local library
Saturday, January 12, 2008
1 book almost done and 49 more to go . . .
I thought I would post an update since I'm taking longer with this book than I thought. Classes started up again this week so that took up some of my time. But now I'm back on track!
Currently I am reading Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. This is a volume in the Eminent Lives Series. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_Lives). So far I am loving it! I've always loved Bill Bryson's books and this one is no different. What is so great about this biography is that it is so brief - only 198 pages! Other biographies of the Bard are hundreds of pages long and contain rumor, speculation, and repetition. Bryson states at the outset how little information there truly is about one of, if not the greatest playwrights of all time. He does a great job telling the reader what we absolutely know about Shakespeare, what we can infer but not prove, and what is just pure speculation without proof. Though trying to trace Shakepeare's life and career Bryson also gives the reader a glimpse at Elizabethan England, the good and the bad. This makes the information we do know about Shakespeare that much more miraculous.
I can't wait to finish it - right now I'm on page 120, but after I finish this update I plan on finishing the rest before I go to bed. Maybe I'll read some of the other books in the series - although they may not be as well written as Bryson's.
Currently I am reading Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. This is a volume in the Eminent Lives Series. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_Lives). So far I am loving it! I've always loved Bill Bryson's books and this one is no different. What is so great about this biography is that it is so brief - only 198 pages! Other biographies of the Bard are hundreds of pages long and contain rumor, speculation, and repetition. Bryson states at the outset how little information there truly is about one of, if not the greatest playwrights of all time. He does a great job telling the reader what we absolutely know about Shakespeare, what we can infer but not prove, and what is just pure speculation without proof. Though trying to trace Shakepeare's life and career Bryson also gives the reader a glimpse at Elizabethan England, the good and the bad. This makes the information we do know about Shakespeare that much more miraculous.
I can't wait to finish it - right now I'm on page 120, but after I finish this update I plan on finishing the rest before I go to bed. Maybe I'll read some of the other books in the series - although they may not be as well written as Bryson's.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Book #1
Book #1: Shakespeare: The World as Stage by: Bill Bryson
Start Date: 1/2/2008
Find it at Barnes and Noble
Start Date: 1/2/2008
Find it at Barnes and Noble
Formerly "This Mom's Life"
Okay so now I've decided that everyone who wants to know about my "mom" world reads my family blog. So now I'm converting this blog into my New Year's Resolution 2008 record. Inspired by my friends goal to read 50 books in 2007, I have decided to try and do the same for 2008 - although a more realistic goal for me would be 25, I'm going to go all out and reach for the top!
Some people have a list of books planned and what order they plan on reading them. I must admit I do not, I like to choose books based on the mood I am in at the time. So in that spirit I have a list of books I would "like" or "wish" to read this year, but I'm not making a mandatory reading list.
As I start a new book I will reveal the title and author. After I finish I will give a brief synopsis/review. It is also part of my resolution to maintain this blog! But with two kids the updates will most likely occur weekly.
Okay here I go . . .
Some people have a list of books planned and what order they plan on reading them. I must admit I do not, I like to choose books based on the mood I am in at the time. So in that spirit I have a list of books I would "like" or "wish" to read this year, but I'm not making a mandatory reading list.
As I start a new book I will reveal the title and author. After I finish I will give a brief synopsis/review. It is also part of my resolution to maintain this blog! But with two kids the updates will most likely occur weekly.
Okay here I go . . .
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