flight paths discussion

What were you reading as we plunged into the new year?
Was it in any way a concious choice?
Have you any new resolutions about your reading?

It was a relief to me a couple of days ago now to pick up Chuck PahlaniuksSurvivor. I'm not entirely comfortable about what this says about me, but after two books in the heads of uneasy characters in very alien situations, CP seems like family. Yeah, he is also uneay but in a way I can realate to. His flippantly morbid sense of humor can be a little off putting at times, but if you can roll with some of the gorier asides, its wickedly funny and very astute.

I'm only sorry my other commintments kept me from reading much at all the last few days. I thought it was a rather appropriate title to be reading over the new year.

I am going to carry on with my reading plan.
I am going to sleep less and read more. That means GR too must command a little less attention, although
perversely,because I feel the more I put into it, the more I get out of it, I am not resolving to cut back my involvement. There's still so much to explore, and keeping up with my own reviews is a real challange.Besides, its too much fun, and I am lacking that at the moment.

I also want to read a book in Spanish.
Happy New Year!

I'm reading The Waves, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, and Ulysses for the Brain Pain group I launched last month. Today marked the first official day of discussions and I'm pretty happy about that!

Plus another six books related to the Brain Pain books.... OY!

Also, because of an earlier commitment (instigated by me), I'm reading Anna Karenina. A busy month, and probably year, for me!

I'm reading The Waves and The Waste Land (both for BP); The Art of Fielding (I'm not totally sure why); Me and Bobby Mcgee at the author's request and The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (very slowly) for the wonder, beauty, and wisdom in it.

From under the tree Frozen Planet - stunning photographs
From the pre christmas book haul The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery

It took me a few tries but when I was ready for it, I adored the waves and consider it one of the best books ever written. I will be interested in Ellie and Jims reaction.

Magdelanye wrote: "It took me a few tries but when I was ready for it, I adored the waves and consider it one of the best books ever written. I will be interested in Ellie and Jims reaction."

It's quite amazing! The discussion going on is quite amazing as well. The group is really responding to Woolf's magic.

The flame of reading burns a little low at present,
trying to fit a few pages here and there.
Hopefully I am at the nadir of the resting crescent,
and will be able to move from poor to fair.

I'm loving The Waves. I just wish I had a larger chunk of time to sit and read it-it's not a book I like to read in small bits.

Ellie wrote: "I'm loving The Waves. I just wish I had a larger chunk of time to sit and read it-it's not a book I like to read in small bits."

Life's most precious commodity - time!

isnt that one of the reasons we love to read, to dive into other timeframes and so living in a deeper time.

Centuries pass while we are sitting still

It's true-I feel like I've lived many lifetimes and have many more to look forward to-in many places. It's very freeing, stepping out of the time-space continuum.

:-)

An update on my current reading

"ditto"

And the pictures are stunning in Frozen Planet

Unreasonably pleased with myself for being disiplined enough to write my reviews of the books read this week.
Am now on the last 50p of the .

The Seat of the Soul continues to baffle me a bit...I guess I am STILL ambivilent. Some good insight, but quite a stretch

My plunge into the new year apparently cost me several teeth. While I've been healing from their extraction, I read/am reading (lol, yes, I know) (despite flaws a great read-if I ever finish, tho' I'm getting close) (totally brilliantly magnificent) (well ok not Eboli but still I loved it) (kind of a feel-good, self-help spirituality-but despite that I'm liking it. I think. He is very smart)
And I read a mystery but I can't right now remember the name.
I've been a busy reader. Being homebound (a bit) helps. Do only readers look forward to extractions?