I can't seem to get enough

Lately, I am quite astonished at myself with the number of books I have powered through over the past number of months. Back in March I spoke about my increase in reading and it hasn't slowed down. I quickly read American Gods, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Sandman, and part of Smoke & Mirrors in about a month. I quickly moved onto The Time Traveler's Wife, which was highly recommended by my BFF and her cousin. I read it a week. I couldn't put it down! And for being a genre a typically don't like (family/personal/life interest stories) I thought it was amazing. I passed it along to my friend and she read it in a week too. Read it! It's fantastic.

Next was T for Trespass, and then I was back in the bookstore again.

Last week I picked up Stardust, Invisible Prey and The GOD Delusion. I am really looking forward to reading The GOD Delusion. I am looking forward to reading about Dawkins perspectives; it should be enlightening.

So...if I was to count the number of books read since the beginning of the year, that would be 8...presently reading #9. Wow! That's pretty ambitious of me. I sure hope it doesn't slow down.

My Daily Escape

I think I have mentioned this before, but the bus system has worked out quite well with my new job. I am not even remotely close to downtown (where I work), and I can pretty much frolic in the fields if I wanted to, but the bus has provided me with good quality reading time.

My reading had become pretty non-existent over the last few years - I think I read, maybe, 3-4 books. See...I have a pretty over-active brain that likes to think and think and think, and if my mind is distracted with other issues, I just can't focus and escape into the fantasy world that books offer me. But with a clear head, happy heart and plenty of free time to read each day, I am back 'ater.

I quickly finished up the series by Kelly Armstrong that included Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic and Haunted. I really enjoyed it, and it helped me realize how much I missed reading. So, I was on a mission to continue reading, yet my own personal collection was stale. So, after remembering the cool little book community, Shelfari that r:tAG invited me to last summer, I remembered there were a number of books on his shelf that I wanted to read. So I wrote them down and headed off to the book store about 3 weeks back. I am currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I wouldn't say I completely love it, but I am definitely intrigued by the story and the writing. And I am looking forward to reading The Sandman series which Mr. J brought me this past week during his Easter visit. I also wouldn't mind reading Stardust, as I enjoyed the movie immensely.