I have not been living up to the calling of this blog. Were you to ask, “What is Kristin reading?” I would have to answer … not a whole lot. I am reading an interesting monograph on Dostoevsky’s concept of spiritual re-birth, and slowing working my way through Eagleton’s Reason, Faith, and Revolution.
Okay, so I have been reading. But I’m way off track as far as novels go. And I’m supposed to have “Under the Volcano” read for book club by December 4. And I haven’t started (though I suspect I’m not the only one…).
In any case, I don’t think I’m on track to read 17 books this year — at least not 17 in their entirety. (Another confession: I didn’t finish The Master and Margarita, though I did really like it. Still 40 pages from the end. Maybe I’ll finish it one day.) I feel a bit like a failure. Oh well. Maybe I’ll read a lot over Christmas …
You should try being unemployed/part-time for most of a year. To date I’ve finished 21 books, plus attempts on at least half a dozen others (I feel a little embarrassed about the number of books I don’t finish).
Reading can be a tough thing to fit into busy weeks. Public transit time helps.
Thanks for your sympathies, friends. I’m going to start up again in the new year, though perhaps with less specific goals.
In truth, I really do read a lot, and limiting my reading to novels seems, well, limiting.