I have an extensive list of books that I would like to read and it seems that my list grows longer every day. But since I’m keeping track of which books I’ve read through the course of the year, perhaps if I keep track of which books I’d like to read, I might stand a chance of reading a few more of those desired titles.
So, without further ado, here are some of the books I’d like to read this year:
My book list, to be updated regularly (I hope):
Books I’m currently reading:
Yes, that’s right, I’m making progress! My synopsis-writing project is almost at an end (meaning I hope to be finished with it by tomorrow or the next day) and if you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that I started a new short story. I plan to post it here when I’m finished. I’m really excited about it – it’ll be my first foray into sci-fi, but it’s not hardcore. At least, I don’t think it will be.
I was inspired by the news I heard over the weekend that a Dutch company plans to launch an expedition to colonize Mars within the next decade. I started writing late last night and kept at it today. As I was driving home tonight…
Score one for the savvy garage saler!
So today was the City-Wide Garage Sale in Reinbeck. No, we didn’t have one, as we’ve done in years past, but I had planned to actually go this year. It started off as such a glorious morning: I slept in, then woke up to find that Seymour bought the kids an old (and by old, I mean antique) school desk to keep their coloring books and things in for a decent price. When I realized that it was garage sale day and that he was out looking at things instead of working, I decided to get the boys up and do the same. I haven’t gone garage saling in years and it was a beautiful morning for a walk.
And that’s where things went downhill. Seymour found a train table that he wanted me to look at, so I tried to get the boys ready in a hurry so I could go look at it. Bubbles packed some milk and cereal to go for the boys and we were off…till Thumper dropped his all over the bottom of the stroller. The back seat of the stroller has a crossbar instead of a tray, so when he tried to set his cereal container down on it, it tipped over (and he refused to hold onto it). Then he screamed all the way to the sale and half the time we were there.
I finally managed to calm him down, and then Miss Tadpole tried to give him back his cereal, which started the whole thing over again. By then I wanted to scream, so we ended up going home. Seymour had some errands to run out of town and promised to stay with the kids when he got back so that I could still hit some garage sales early this afternoon, but by the time he got home, the garage sales were only scheduled to go for another half hour and at that point, either people have closed up or they’re starting to. *sigh* So much for my glorious garage sale adventure.
He crossed the room slowly as the unseen hand of his tutor banged on the door again. The knocking had a tone and texture all its own, not unlike a voice. It was at once demanding, frustrated, and annoyed, as if the person knocking would much rather be somewhere, anywhere, else. Michael had never noticed such a thing in a knock before; he wondered what else he’d missed as he had sailed through life trying to engage fully with a half dozen different things all at once.
-The Lokana Chronicles: Fog of War
I’ve been working on my story again. It’s been a while, though, and I’ve lost touch with what I’d written before, so I’m rereading it and creating a synopsis so that I have something to look back at any time I need a bit of a refresher. The quote above is from Chapter 7.
It’s a gorgeous sunny day today. It’s so beautiful, in fact, that during a particularly good song on the radio, I randomly started chair dancing at my desk. So in honor of the brilliant day and my good mood (which I doubted would exist the way my morning started), here are some pictures that make me happy. Please to enjoy…behind the cut.
Mother’s Day dawned bright
And beautiful but I could
Not enjoy it as
I ought. Thanks a lot,
You stupid migraine. Could not
You have let me be?
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I know that it’s five
O’clock somewhere, but it needs
To be five o’clock
HERE!
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Here’s a little experimental photography for you. Something tells me the sky will look a lot like this a little later today (read: on my drive home). *sigh*
Stupid weather. I’m supposed to go to the park for a play date! Go rain elsewhere!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the picture. Let me know what you think below!
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