Things That I Am Bad At

It turns out that one of the things I am bad at is keeping up with writing a blog. What a shock!

That being said, I have been reading... some from our book collection, some from library books. I can't help myself. Another thing I am bad at is controlling my compulsion to get books from the library even though I have enough stuff here to read to last me many, many years.

On the upside, I haven't been buying any books. The problem is that there are three other people in my family and two of them get book orders every month. Even the seventh grader (Alex) still gets them. I am fighting an uphill battle here.

I did finish Crime for Christmas, and it is gone from the house. I recycled it because it was a strip copy, leftover from my days working at a bookstore. Strip copies really cannot be passed on to others. In fact, bookstores routinely let their workers take them home, but even that is sketchy behavior.

I've finished two other books from our collection in the past couple of weeks and started another one. Yes, I'm going to blog about all of them, but going in reverse order. Why? Because I'm the blogger, that's why.

First, I just started Stephen King's newest book, Full Dark, No Stars. I received this as a Christmas gift from my sister and, let's face it, I always wind up with the new Stephen King book in my collection. They are permanent residents, but they do get re-read, some of them frequently. The unabridged version of The Stand is actually the book I read for comfort (yes, I read a book about everyone in the world dying of the flu for comfort, that's how weird I am).

I just finished reading a cute book called Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper, to Julia. She got it for Christmas and it's hers; it's going to have a permanent place at our house. There's not a lot to say about this particular novel. It's short and sweet, it has some funny parts, and it was a quick read. It's not the most memorable book of all time, but I liked the characters, especially "Just Grace."

I also just finished reading a book to myself; Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien. This particular book was from the library, but I think it deserves its own blog post... as does the book I read out loud to Julia before Just Grace. So hopefully I'll get there soon... just because I'm bad at keeping up with blogging doesn't mean I can't get better.