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[threeplusfire]

A quiet, easy day. I've spent a lot of it curled up in the pile of Squishables, reading. Finished reading the 83rd book of the year, which was Count Zero. It makes me revisit that old wish, that I was ten years older and that I grew up in a different place of nightclubs in warehouses and the unrestrained promise of the future in a dying world.

Looking at my reading list, I sometimes wonder if I should make the effort to read more "serious" business, learn some science or economics or something. Read more non-fiction is what I'm getting at, because three quarters of my list is fiction. But I think that reading is one of my greatest pleasures and it would be silly to try to make it a chore.

Sitting up is still hard business. I'm trying to even it out so I don't get too tired.

Comments

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed that you read 83 books this year. You put my measly 26 to shame.

You should only read nonfiction when the mood strikes you. I mean, I definitely support nonfiction reading; it's about half of my own reading list. But the writing is so different that even if the story is interesting and compelling and you really, really want to read it, if you aren't in the mood, you won't enjoy it. Making reading a chore is why more people don't do it.

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

hey- just found your journal and wanted to comment/introduce myself. it's always nice to meet a fellow bookworm and LJ writer.

-sophie

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Hello stranger. How are you reading habits this year? Read anything interesting lately?

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

oh my yes. although not as much as i'd like to. mostly non-fiction. my faves so far: the cox-2 medical revolution (pretty dry stuff, but mind-blowing, and with emphasis on the many herbal and natural selective cox-2 inhibitors, rather than the pharmaceuticals), THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS (also mind-blowing! about plant consciousness and biocommunication. i haven't finished it though. i tend to pick it up and put it down depending on my mood). a ton of occult books (a little shy about volunteering those titles), and books about indoor gardening and herbal medicine.

i miss my fiction books, but i have to ride out this non-fiction wave and get it out of my system :)

[the-brown-bunny.livejournal.com]

i haven't kept track of the number of books i've read.. perhaps this year i will though!