It has occured to me lately that my "What I'm Reading" list in the sidebar is woe-fully in accurate. (Is that how you spell woe-fully?) Lately, what to read (or more accurately, what to read first) has been an immense stress in my life. So I thought I'd share with all of you about my real reading list. Some of these have already been started, others need to be read, and you may ask, why are you reading so many at once. The answer is - I got them from the library and they need to be returned!
Here goes:
•The Opposite of Fate • Amy Tan - Phew... I finally finished this book. The other night I was being sick and read it waiting to nod off. I actually really enjoyed this book, it was a great read. If I hadn't had so much else on my plate I would have finished it off much more quickly.
• You, the Owner's Manual - I'm not actually reading it. I put it on the list because I meant to read it (what's that line about good intentions...). I want to read it. But so much else was so much more important, I don't see it becoming a priority anytime soon.
• Discover Your Child's Learning Style • Willis and Hodson - as you can see from my last post I also finished this book. Finally. I read the last bit yesterday. Likethe Amy Tan book it would have gone much faster if I hadn't had so much on m plate. Also, I had to wait to do the assessment with my son.
• A More Excellent Way - I'm enjoying this book and I think I'm more than halfway through, but... It's not well written (though the content is fascinating) and it's just been put on the back burner since the influx of library books.
• The Prayer the Changes Things • Omartian - I liked the beginning of this book but in the end didn't enjoy the layout so much. I was going so slowly, had the book so long from a church library, and didn't have time to sit through it - so I gave up. Yep, I'm returning the book unread. That said I'd really like to get my hands on The Power of a Praying Woman.
• Homeschool Open House - This book is also a research book for my writing. I wanted to see what kind of work was out there before I started working on my Homeschool Testimony project. It's really helped me to see what I do and don't want to do, but it's so long. I considered returning it unread, but I really want to read the stories. We'll see how far I get before I give up.
• Cheaper by the Dozen - I took this out of the library for a "fun" read and just haven't had time to have fun reading!
• Frames of Mind - This is my next step in the research after the learning styles book. This one is on Multiple Intellegences. I'm fascinated, but it's a long book, and also from the library so the overwhelm is getting to me!
And that's not even to mention all the new books (or old books I just haven't gotten to yet) I have upstairs that I want to read. And today I got • Our Father Abraham in the mail. I'm dying to start it but it's so academic I know I can't get into it until I pare down my above list. Sigh...
You'd think March break would be the perfect time to eat through some of these books. And it would have been. If I hadn't gotten sick. Ack.... I've been ill since Sunday, and I just can't read very much. I'm not tired enough to sleep most of the day, but not awake enough to muddle through most of the books for very long. So I'm just lying here looking at them stressing about due dates (at the library I mean).
Anyone want to volunteer to come over and read aloud to me? I'll be back to blogging when my brain is working coherently enough to hold an intellectual thought (hence the simple book list!). And hey, maybe I'll actually update the list in the sidebar!