Add graduate course work, applications, hospitals, etc. and you can see where this is going.
Reading is meant to be a way tot touch the universal human experience. To feel less alone.
For the month of May (which for me starts the third week of the month), I am going to be making some adjustments to the growing pile of "currently reading" that continues to grow.
In another post, I will categorize the literary plate that I am trying to cultivate and I think that framework will allow me to keep my interest varied, and also make things quite manageable. The goal is to let my reading be helpful and transformative, not burdensome and overwhelming- God knows my life is overwhelming enough.
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| love this stuff |
So, what do I want to read for May?
I'm back in a cozy mystery phase. Maybe it's the nightmares I'm having, or the over-saturation of docu-dramas that creep into my mind, but I'm looking for a cozy little feeling, and I can't find it in romance anymore.
I've been so bored by most all of the romances I've read that I get to around 25-35% and dnf them.
I'm also moving into a thriller phase. There is something about a thriller that keeps me turning the pages, and ties together in a bow at the end. I'm not historically a thriller reader, so this is kinda fascinating, but I will see where this takes me.
I don't go book goals, or number challenges, but I do have some personal readathons planned the month. I've been so desperate to have time to use my new reading chairs/lamps, and to slow down that I have a plan to finish some of these great nonfiction books that I"ve been reading for months and months.
My plan (as usual) read or dnf. Period. There's not enough time to read things that don't fully entertain or educate or move me.
My new literary plate plans will include 6 books at a time. Is that even that streamlined? It feels that way to me.
Happy reading. ☕️
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| feeling creeped out so far |
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| um this is book 3? whoops |
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| insightful thus far |
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| always a good time with austen |
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| love his borderline obsessive devotion |
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