Fast

“Finding the book was like kissing a lightning bolt.”

                                   – Innocent Mage, Karen Miller

I’m fasting from reading untill Saturday. I’ve simply been consumed with it these past weeks (well, my whole life really), and I think I need to set some boundaries. Everything in moderation. I thought, to cement in my mind how much time I’ve spent reading since I’ve come home, I’d try to make a list of all the books I’ve read since May fifteenth.

  • Saltation ( a Liaden universe book, and a really cool word besides)
  • Variable Star (which I technically was finishing. Finally)
  • Harlequin’s Moon
  • The Deeds of Paksenarrion (Which all the “adults” in the house have now read, proving we all have reading issues. ~ 1000 pages)
  • Murder at the Vicarage
  • Unpleasantness at the Belladonna Club (Dorothy Sayers, because I couldn’t let her feel left out)
  • Podkayne of Mars (Read from Kentucky to St. Louis, my dad had it on his iPad. 224 “Pages”)
  • A P.G. Wodehouse omnibus (of which I mostly contained myself to the Whimsey stories)
  • Evil Under the Sun
  • The Murder of Roger Ackryod (This one was way evil)
  • A Murder in Three Acts
  • The Pinhole Egg  (Reread. I love Diana Wynne Jones)
  • To say Nothing of the Dog (Full of literary allusions, especially to 1930’s detective fiction. It was fun to compare its concept of history to, say, Dr. Who’s)
  • The Dragon Variation (omnibus of three books set in the Liaden universe, 958 pages)
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Read out-loud to number Six)
  • Xenopath ( The second in a series, but Theo had me skip the first book. 403 Pages)
  • Thomas Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy (Also reread. A Star Wars series)
  • The King Maker, King Breaker series ( two books, 1000 pages)
I’ve tried to put these in chronological order but, eh. My memory is a twisted skein. No continuity at all.
Speaking of skeins, I’m working on my fist pair of knitted stockings. Their Toe-up, but not going very well I’m afraid. Problems with the appropriate number of heel stitches. Since I won’t be reading today, maybe I’ll get some frogging time in.
Hey, got any ideas for what I should read next?