I have a lot I could say in this post. It has been a long time since last writing. I have now successfully finished two books on my quest to read what amounts to one book a month. I remember last year I had so much drive to finish one new book every month, now this year I am content to just finish a number and the number I am going to pick for this year is 15. Last year I read 14, so I figure going up one book is not much of a challenge and if I read more than 15 books, I can be pleasantly surprised. And so far this year, I have finished two.
The first book I finished this year was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, I have not read it for at least two or three years, so I think this can be counted as reading a "new" book. It was kind of new to me. I have the hardest time remembering details of books. I can tell you the general outline, but ask me what happened in any specific part of the book and I might be hard pressed to remember sequence and detail. So I enjoyed the surprises I forgot since the last time.
Last night I did finish a real new book. It was a called The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. My parents got me hooked on the PBS series of Kurt Wallander, so I decided to try reading the books the series is based on. I really like them. This book was very engrossing. I could not put it down, well not without some strong coaxing on my tired body's part. It was fast paced, made me think and gave me a nice little twist at the end. Now I just need to finish the other books I am working on and I think I will be well on my way to number 15.
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