October's Reading

Well, August and September's reading list got a bit sidelined when I discovered a box of books I thought had been lost in my move from Arizona. Instead of reading the original list I have been flipping through these.








Now I have read all of these but it was forever and a day ago so it was really neat to read back through them.

On the list for October, is the rest of Jules Verne (as you can see by the bookmark, I didn't get very far), the rest of Mary Poppins, Redwall, Kingdom Keepers (all books I want Drake to read soon), the rest of Nourishing Wisdom (which is for church and not a bad book if you have screwed up views on food) and finally Stories and Stone (the only book in my secret box that I don't remember reading).

Hello, My name is Ann-Marie....

...and I am addicted to PaperBackSwap.

It all started when someone on MDC mentioned free books. I had always been interested in books, so the thought of free books was very inviting. Then I had to part with some of my old books in order to get free books. But, still, parting with my old used up books to get some fresh new books was very difficult to resist.

Then I discovered book credits. I started just using a book credit occasionally, just when I needed something. Then I began using book credits more often, a couple times a week.

Then the books credits became too tempting but they gave me great comfort. I knew I could always rely on my book credits to fill that literary gap that Barnes N Noble had failed to. I bought book credits in large numbers and used them daily, sometimes two or three a day.

My mailman was the first to notice my problem. He expressed his concern for my growing book credit habit by mutilating the occasional book that didn't fit properly into my mailbox. My children were the next to notice. "Mommy, you got another book today. That will make one for everyday this week!!"

My name is Ann-Marie and it has been 9 hours and 14 minutes since I used a book credit!

More Books?

I know my motto is "You can never own too many books." but I just found a box of box I didn't know I still had. Actually I thought it was lost in my move. Perhaps there's hope for some of the other things I assumed gone!

The box of books is from college. I haven't had a chance to go through it but it looks like a bunch of anthropology books!!!!! Maybe my lost Deaf Culture books are in there too.

I have no idea where I am going to put these. LOL

What I am reading...

I have a crazy collection of books in my reading pile right now.

For our health and fitness group at church I am reading Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind-Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being. I actually haven't started it yet. The description sounds great but I was a little bugged by the review from Dean Ornish. I have DISTINCTLY different views on what constitutes a healthy diet than Dean Ornish does.

I will be taking a break from re-reading a Heinlein book to read the 7 novel compilation of Jules Verne that I picked up last night. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be the first one. It has been forever since I read it and I can barely even remember what it is about.

And of course I will be reading at least two children's books. Again, it has been so long since I read any of the classics (assuming I read them in the first place) that I don't remember a lot of them. On the table right now is Mary Poppins and Stuart Little. Depending on how much time I have I might even try to fit in Redwall. I would love to start picking up more Brian Jacques books but Redwall is the classic so we must start with that.

I also have a few new 'mommy only' books that just came in from paperback swap.