tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post1963427297129682255..comments2023-10-24T09:17:19.207-04:00Comments on The Perpetual Beginner: Books Read: 1st Half of 2008Perpetual Beginnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-36873016984112508612008-07-01T23:54:00.000-04:002008-07-01T23:54:00.000-04:00Ah, excellent! Thank you, AikiAddict. I will add t...Ah, excellent! Thank you, AikiAddict. I will add them to my wishlist pronto.<BR/><BR/>I do read a lot, Becky. I'm not <I>quite</I> the most prolific reader I know, but I am the second-most. And at that I've slowed down a lot over the years. These days I read 2-5 books a week, depending on length and difficulty. Up until my junior year of college, I read a minimum of a book a day. I'd say I've dropped from an average of 600-800 pages a day to 300-400 pages a day - but it's still the single thing I do the most other than sleep.<BR/><BR/>I can't tell you how much it warmed my bibliophilic heart this month when, for the first time, I had to steer Robbie around the grocery store because he was just too engrossed in the book to put it down for little things like navigating through produce.Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-81985492018495258622008-07-01T22:22:00.000-04:002008-07-01T22:22:00.000-04:00As far as MA books, I would highly recommend any b...As far as MA books, I would highly recommend any books by Dave Lowry. They are all excellent reads.AikiAddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427760569418991961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-27805410735167157522008-07-01T16:45:00.000-04:002008-07-01T16:45:00.000-04:00Wow! You read a lot. I think I've finished maybe...Wow! You read a lot. I think I've finished maybe two books this year. Things I learned From Knitting, by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, and Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock. At least those are the only two I remember finishing.Becky Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901212090175780900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-88013433257496839862008-07-01T11:23:00.000-04:002008-07-01T11:23:00.000-04:00You made me curious, so I went back and counted. 2...You made me curious, so I went back and counted. 26 of those are rereads, which I suspect is a lower percentage than usual. With all the traveling this spring people have been handing me new books to read, which is always lovely.<BR/><BR/>I think I'm going to try to keep a running list for the next six months. I've gotten interested in the patterns of what I'm reading.Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-37128750960775024852008-07-01T05:43:00.000-04:002008-07-01T05:43:00.000-04:00Show off! :p It becomes ever so slightly less impr...Show off! :p It becomes ever so slightly less impressive when you know that you've read half of them before. Still, I wouldn't be able to re-read half that list in 6 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com