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My 2011 Reading Challenge Goes On!
Well, I'm 50/65 books for 2011. I'm 23 books (34%) ahead of my stated goal of 65 books. Now Goodreads suggests I jack up my goal. H'm. That's certainly an idea, isn't it? But I'll have to think twice about doing it.
Stuff keeps coming up, and you just never know what ill wind might interrupt your reading schedule. I once took a paperback Western to the dentist's office. The scene I finished reading just before I was called back described a leg amputation or something as grisly. The dentist asked me if I was all set for my gum graft.
"Uh, no, not really," I replied.
"Why is that, Mr. Lynskey?"
"Well, I just read a leg amputation scene."
"But it was just fiction, right?"
"Uh-huh, but I take my fiction pretty seriously."
The gum graft didn't hurt at all until they presented the bill for services rendered. Ha-ha.
Summer is my favorite season to read books for fun. The longer days have something big to do with it. Reading by natural sunlight is more rewarding to me than by artificial lamplight. Easier on the eyes. Plus which, vacation makes for a sweet time to loaf and read for pleasure.
By Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
Stuff keeps coming up, and you just never know what ill wind might interrupt your reading schedule. I once took a paperback Western to the dentist's office. The scene I finished reading just before I was called back described a leg amputation or something as grisly. The dentist asked me if I was all set for my gum graft.
"Uh, no, not really," I replied.
"Why is that, Mr. Lynskey?"
"Well, I just read a leg amputation scene."
"But it was just fiction, right?"
"Uh-huh, but I take my fiction pretty seriously."
The gum graft didn't hurt at all until they presented the bill for services rendered. Ha-ha.
Summer is my favorite season to read books for fun. The longer days have something big to do with it. Reading by natural sunlight is more rewarding to me than by artificial lamplight. Easier on the eyes. Plus which, vacation makes for a sweet time to loaf and read for pleasure.
By Ed Lynskey
@edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
My 2011 Reading Challenge Is a Well-Oiled Machine!
Well, sort of. A couple weeks back, I maxed out on my goal of 65 books for '011. Truthfully, I'd no idea how much time I'd get to devote to my fun reading. So I tried to hit a happy middle number.
Luckily, the good folks at Goodreads are forgiving, and GR let's you up your total if you like. So, I went and bumped up my new total to 75 books, figuring I'd slow down considerably this summer with everything that's going on. You know, putting out my own three novels this year.
Anyways, now I see I'm at 71 books, four shy of my new total. Good grief, here we go again. When I reset the total, I'll probably shoot for 100 books. That sounds like a nice productive number to me.
How is your 2011 Reading Challenge shaping up? Satisfactorily, I hope.
By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Definitely recommend you take a fictional journey to Lake Charles."
Elizabeth A. White's Musings of an All Purpose Monkey
Luckily, the good folks at Goodreads are forgiving, and GR let's you up your total if you like. So, I went and bumped up my new total to 75 books, figuring I'd slow down considerably this summer with everything that's going on. You know, putting out my own three novels this year.
Anyways, now I see I'm at 71 books, four shy of my new total. Good grief, here we go again. When I reset the total, I'll probably shoot for 100 books. That sounds like a nice productive number to me.
How is your 2011 Reading Challenge shaping up? Satisfactorily, I hope.
By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Definitely recommend you take a fictional journey to Lake Charles."
Elizabeth A. White's Musings of an All Purpose Monkey
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