I'm not making huge progress on reading this week, and the slowdown may continue for a bit, as I have a few weeks of major projects going on. This includes hopefully getting certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), which will require some study time.
Adding to my Too Many Books burden, we attended the 50th annual used book sale that benefits the Northfield Hospital Auxiliary. My husband limited himself to four or five purchases, but the kids each brought home a bunch of books. I stuck to my virtuous promise to buy no books until I have read 100 in the house, although I was tempted by a few.
A few books have left the house in the form of donations to the book exchange at my son's middle school. He donates books and receives coupons that he can use to "buy" other books. I can only hope that somehow fewer books are coming in than going out, but he is at least enjoying it.
Books I sent out the door for this exchange include Couplehood by Paul Reiser, The Deep End of the Ocean by Jaquelyn Mitchard (I hope I spelled that name right because I'm not going to look it up), Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean (a promotional copy from my Barnes and Noble days, read but in great shape), and some outdated books about politics. Two of the political ones were books panning George W. Bush (ugh, I was never going to re-read those, living through those eight years was enough for me) and one called Nine and Counting, about the nine women in the U.S. Senate. (There are now seventeen women in the U.S. Senate, so I got rid of that one on the basis of being hopelessly outdated.)
There are, I'm sure, plenty more books that I can get rid of without re-reading them; it's a matter of finding time to weed them out.
I'm still reading InterWorld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves, which is pretty good stuff for what I would classify as a juvenile (a bit too "young" to be called "young adult") sci fi book. It's fast reading; I'm just slow lately.
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