Oh this Reading Habit of mine.

Hello,
I hope you all had a great week. I've had a fine one myself. This week was only mired by a power outage and a self-to-blame lack of sleep. Honestly sometimes I feel as if even if it were possible for the day to be extended to 36 hours, I would still not get enough sleep. Again I only have myself to blame.

Tonight I pose a question to my fellow readers in cyberspace: Which is more fulfilling? Should one seek out writings that would challenge you? or stick to comfort food? I find I have much greater respect for writers that challenge my way of thinking. In my mind a great read can change your life. I'd rather have that then something that is reliable and non-threatening. Somebody said that art is about asking questions, not necessarily answering them. However I do acknowledge that I do often find myself walking down familiar paths. There are certain genres *coughromancecough* that I am relentlessly snobby about not wasting my time with. Although I do read a lot of books with the pictures and word balloons. Maybe they are my comfort food. Maybe a balance of the comfortable/challenging is always good.

Regardless January is always about setting goals. Then you either give up on them by the end of the month or strike out on that new path. I'm very goal oriented, although I've learned to have reasonable expectations of myself. So here's some genre specific goals for this year.

*Gotta read titles in the following genres: Science Fiction (spaceships, not capes), romance, a few books in a mystery series like Miss Marple, Cussler-like adventure.

*Foreign authors. Yeah I suck in this regard. Need to be more multi-cultural.

*Want to read Shriver, Lehane, Russo, Tyler. These writer set morality plays that sound challenging.

*Need to read more YA books. It is a part of my job after all to recommend these titles after all.

*Alright I'll try to read more manga. Again it is a large part of my job right?

So there you are. Let's see how this works out. Have a great week. Book Slave.

Sleepwalking

Hello,
A short entry this week for you all. I had a writing assignment all week (yes I don't just write for you all) so that put a dent into my reading/sleeping time. Yes I am quite exhausted. So no reviews this week. Apologies. However, in its place I will reccommend an awesome podcast. I've spoken about podcasts earlier. I'm quite obsessed. This new podcast is titled Books You Should Read. It's put out by the fine folks over at Simply Syndicated in the UK. The fun difference in this book podcast is that it invites anyone to record their own 10-15 minute book review. This means that listeners have the opportunity to talk about the books they enjoy and the passion is evident. I have really enjoyed it thus far so I thought I would throw it out to you all. Check it out.

What's In My Bag
Books
Armageddon in Retrospect
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

Magazines
People

Comic
Buffy #13

Check Out Count: Far too much.

Have a great week. I need some sleep. Book Slave.