Book Series
I have decided to add a couple of groups of book posts. One will be simple — it will simply make entries when I add books to my library. I’ve decided this is a good idea since it is an easy post and it’ll at least express my subject interests (that way I can be judged by my covers!). I also just got a few new books and I am excited to put them up, so I’ll seize the moment!
The other group of book post will be a bit harder to follow through with on my end. I will, generally, attempt to put forth thoughts on books I have finished. Occasionally I write down notes for myself anyway, I may as well publish them here since they don’t regularly come up in phone conversations. I don’t know if I’ll eventually get in trouble with this idea, either on the amount of commitment, the choice of book or content of the post. Nevertheless it should let a little of my mind leak out here where it can be lapped up (then I’ll be judged by content, not cover which may not leave me better off…).
I’ll be indicating the first group by prefixing the title as “New Book.” The later will be prefixed by “Book Reviewed.” I’d love to get some feedback on both, so please feel free to comment. After all, a book is kind of lonely entertainment if other people don’t share some thoughts on it. You’ll be able to find both types of entries under the category “books.”
Realistically, this book category will probably be rather dissapointing to you book lovers out there. Why? Well, eighty-percent of the time nowadays my eyes go crossed and my nose bleeds when I try to read. Surprised? Well, that wasn’t the case before college, or maybe my senior year of high school. I really plowed through books before then, before they were required reading so much of the time.
Last Christmas my family and I were playing a board game with long time family friends, the Mitchells. It has been a while since then, and I haven’t played the game since, so I haven’t a clue what the game was called. It was a measure of how well you knew the other contestants by guessing their answers to certain questions: favorites, what would you do in this situation, etc. Well, ill-fated family friends hadn’t seen much of me since I came to Hawai’i, so they guessed correctly to their experience that I was more “Head in a book” than “Song in my head.” Oops. I’ve gone loopy since then.
These series of posts will probably verify that my head is worth it’s weight in sandy loam. I’ll be lucky to make many entires. Still, the fact that the desire to read forever when I am standing in the bookstore says that old bookworm is probably around somewhere! Stay tuned!