"Finding the book was like kissing a lightning bolt."
– Innocent Mage, Karen Miller
I'm fasting from reading untill Saturday. I've simply been consumed with it these past weeks (well, my whole life really), and I think I need to set some boundaries. Everything in moderation. I thought, to cement in my mind how much time I've spent reading since I've come home, I'd try to make a list of all the books I've read since May fifteenth.
- Saltation ( a Liaden universe book, and a really cool word besides)
- Variable Star (which I technically was finishing. Finally)
- Harlequin's Moon
- The Deeds of Paksenarrion (Which all the "adults" in the house have now read, proving we all have reading issues. ~ 1000 pages)
- Murder at the Vicarage
- Unpleasantness at the Belladonna Club (Dorothy Sayers, because I couldn't let her feel left out)
- Podkayne of Mars (Read from Kentucky to St. Louis, my dad had it on his iPad. 224 "Pages")
- A P.G. Wodehouse omnibus (of which I mostly contained myself to the Whimsey stories)
- Evil Under the Sun
- The Murder of Roger Ackryod (This one was way evil)
- A Murder in Three Acts
- The Pinhole Egg (Reread. I love Diana Wynne Jones)
- To say Nothing of the Dog (Full of literary allusions, especially to 1930's detective fiction. It was fun to compare its concept of history to, say, Dr. Who's)
- The Dragon Variation (omnibus of three books set in the Liaden universe, 958 pages)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Read out-loud to number Six)
- Xenopath ( The second in a series, but Theo had me skip the first book. 403 Pages)
- Thomas Zahn's Thrawn trilogy (Also reread. A Star Wars series)
- The King Maker, King Breaker series ( two books, 1000 pages)
I've tried to put these in chronological order but, eh. My memory is a twisted skein. No continuity at all.
Speaking of skeins, I'm working on my fist pair of knitted stockings. Their Toe-up, but not going very well I'm afraid. Problems with the appropriate number of heel stitches. Since I won't be reading today, maybe I'll get some frogging time in.
Hey, got any ideas for what I should read next?
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