Well, my numbers this year were disappointing at best. I read a grand total of 4 books....2 of which were not even on the list, and 1 that I had read already. All in all, I crossed Cloud Atlas off my list this year.
Maybe 2014 will be the year I finish Lord of the Rings.
Even with my dismal end of the year outcome, today has been an exciting day for reading, and I joined the modern world (of 2010 or so) and bought a kindle. I've had it for less than half a day, but I am really enjoying it so far. I figured out that many of the books I need to read are free as they are out of copyright, and many of the rest I can borrow from the library online somehow. Today I borrowed and downloaded The Golden Compass so that I could start the His Dark Materials series. I have read that book before, but it was during high school and I was not such a fan. (However, I felt obligated to read it, as it was a birthday present from a friend). The only thing I remember about it was that it took place somewhere with snow and was kind of mysterious and there was a girl with a funky name who had a shapeshifter pet with her at all times.
So, now I'm about 15% through the book (my kindle now conveniently calculates my percentage) and enjoying it much more than the first time. Hopefully it will be a quick read for me. Apparently the whole book will take me less than 6 hours.....not sure how the kindle knows that but so far it's pretty accurate, so we'll see.
Back to reading!
