I had an idea the other day of a way that I can post a few more things on the blog and keep some momentum between our usual pictures of our guests or Oscar doing something cute/naughty. The idea that I had was to let people know about the books I have been reading. I have a 1:30 to 2 hour round trip commute each day. That, coupled with my love for the Seattle Public Library system, allows me to read a lot of books (at least by my standards). Since I read a lot of books, I am not too picky about what I read. You can think of it as my little book report. The reason I thought this would be interesting to some (read: my sister) is because there are so many books out there, that you can't possible read all the good ones without getting a suggestion from somewhere. So that is where I come in, I will suggest. I know there is a huge disclaimer of my suggestions however because sometimes Karlee thinks I am crazy to be reading some of the books I do. Most of all, I just want to give everybody a name of a book that can read about for themselves.
I just got done reading a book called "The Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life." The is a non-fiction book in which the author just writes short little blurbs about ordinary things that have and/or are occuring in her life. A lot of which are funny, some of which become a little tedious. The books is alright, but not great. I am not professional reviewer (believe it or not), but I would recommend this book to someone who likes reading a book a couple pages at a time. It isn't meant to be read cover to cover in one sitting.
If anyone has any book recommendations for me I would love to hear them.
Brandon
PS. I pulled a really stupid move recently. I usually will put a bunch of books on hold at the library, but depending on how many other holds there are for them it takes awhile for me to get them. That being said, you can put a semi-perminant hold on books so you can make sure you don't get three books at one time and things like that. Well, I did that about 3 months ago on a chunk of books I ordered. However I was unaware that the hold I put on them expired so this last week I received 10 books from the library and only have 3 weeks to read as many of them as possible. My bus ride isn't going to be long enough.
4 comments:
I will put it in my queue. Thanks for the book.
So, do you think we're the only two nerds in the family who will jump on this book bandwagon?
J
Well on our side of the family there is mom. I would assume she would read if she didn't suffer from narcolepsy.
Maybe we are just the most giant nerds we know.
I have actually read it and I thought it was great and is a good recommendation to everyone I think. Too bad I am not an author because I am starting to get some similar stories for my book "Oscar and Me."
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