{"id":209,"date":"2006-12-04T23:27:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T05:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=209"},"modified":"2006-12-04T23:27:23","modified_gmt":"2006-12-05T05:27:23","slug":"proposed-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year I’m participating in Zoe’s Xmas Read-a-ton of books contest<\/a>. I’ve started looking through the second hand book stores to find things I’d be interested in reading. If I find myself falling into the world of the written word, I can spend all night reading. This isn’t such a great thing when it comes to being awake and ready to handle my work day, but I’ll have a few days off between the 20th and 31st to get some long evenings of reading in.<\/p>\n

The contest doesn’t begin until the 10th, so I have a few days to get my books in order. Unfortunately, I can’t imagine a day without reading, so there will be some books that I’m reading that won’t make the cut. I’ve just finished a collection of short stories titled Dracula in London<\/a>, this week. Prior to that I was reading Kathy Reichs’ Deadly Decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither of these books will make my qualifying list since it’s not yet the 10th. Maybe I should be tracking how many books I read between the time I first learned of the read-a-ton and when it begins?<\/p>\n

So far, the list of books I’m planning to read is pretty short. I expect I’ll be adding to it every few days.<\/p>\n

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  1. Mistral’s Kiss<\/a> – I’ve already pre-ordered this book. It’s due out from the publisher on the 12th and I’ll be dropping whatever I’m reading to pick it up the minute it arrives.<\/li>\n
  2. Book of the Dead<\/a> – If this book shows up in the house, it’ll be on Christmas morning. I expect some bribery will need to come into play if Santa gives it to the hubby instead of me. I do read faster than him, so maybe I’ll get lucky and he’ll let me have first dibs. It’s been a while since I read the first two books in this series, so I expect I’ll re-read Brimstone<\/a> and Dance of Death<\/a> before Christmas morning arrives.<\/li>\n
  3. ISD from the Ground Up<\/a> – I got this book a few weeks ago, but haven’t had a chance to read it. I’ll definitely get to it over the next few weeks.<\/li>\n
  4. American Idle<\/a> – I’ve heard this book is a fun and easy read. I’m looking forward to a few hours of basking in chic lit.<\/li>\n
  5. Something written by Ian Rankin<\/a> – both of my parents used to read his books. I figure I’ll finally sit down with one and see what the hullabaloo is all about.<\/li>\n
  6. It’s time to catch up on my Terry Pratchett<\/a> – I have Monstrous Regiment<\/em> and Going Postal<\/em> in my office that I haven’t read yet. He’s also got a number of other young adult books in the series that aren’t on my bookshelf yet that I’m going to try and hunt down. If I can find them before the new year, they’ll be added to my reading list as well.<\/li>\n
  7. Goal Analysis<\/em> and Preparing Instructional Objectives<\/em> – My New Mager Six Pack<\/a> arrived last week. I don’t expect to get through every book in the series, but I’m definitely planning on reading these two books in the series in the next few weeks.<\/li>\n
  8. On the Run<\/a> – I know that she’s written newer books, but I tend to read this semi-series when it’s out in paperback. It’s easier to get a used copy at a second hand store in paperback than in hard cover.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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