tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post115816567964515339..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: SFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158264076124429402006-09-14T16:01:00.000-04:002006-09-14T16:01:00.000-04:00I like reading through your lists, too. I am alwa...I like reading through your lists, too. I am always mentally (and sometimes on paper) making reading lists. But lately I have been in such a fug over my current reads that I just look at the pile I am meant to be reading and it depresses me (well sort of) that I am not making any sort of progress whatsoever. I am contemplating trying to just make my way through this pile before starting too many new things. Of course, I have gotten three emails this week about books at the public library I will be getting tomorrow night....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158245082143926092006-09-14T10:44:00.000-04:002006-09-14T10:44:00.000-04:00I love your lists. I can't seem to make reading li...I love your lists. I can't seem to make reading lists though. Aside from book group selections, the rest is always up in the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158185958400818492006-09-13T18:19:00.000-04:002006-09-13T18:19:00.000-04:00I just got a copy of The Birds Fall Down at a libr...I just got a copy of The Birds Fall Down at a library book sale, so I'm happy that Prose named it as a book that must be read.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158184274101125672006-09-13T17:51:00.000-04:002006-09-13T17:51:00.000-04:00I used to have a list of the next 6 books I planne...I used to have a list of the next 6 books I planned on reading but the list was forogtten as soon as it was written and then I'd find it from time to time and agonize over it. So I began selecting "next up" books for my night table. Didn't work either. I fear I allow read at whim to control me too much.<BR/><BR/>Special Topics looks like a good one. I haven't ordered it--yet. Only a matter of time really :)Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158179784469097802006-09-13T16:36:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:36:00.000-04:00I, too, am a lister. I have a list of my TBR books...I, too, am a lister. I have a list of my TBR books, which I update every time I buy new books - meaning that it runs in order of purchase, so I can keep track of how far my reading is behind my acquisitions (and so I can contemplate all the delights to come in times of stress/upset/whatever!). I then make smaller lists of what I intend to read over the next months. I generally stick to them, more or less.<BR/><BR/>I'm terribly, terribly anal. I'm sure my reading would benefit from more whim-choices (although I'm hampered somewhat by the fact that my collection is split between my parents' house and my place at university). But at the same time, the discipline/analness means that I read books I'd otherwise keep putting off in favour of apparently shinier treats - and so I discover the joys of books like Middlemarch, or Vanity Fair, or a collection of English Mystery Plays...<BR/><BR/>My whims reside in buying (and, boy, do I buy on bizarre whims!). The reading schedule is more exacting. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158173957388814082006-09-13T14:59:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:59:00.000-04:00Snap! That back to school mood has had me compili...Snap! That back to school mood has had me compiling ever more ambitious and unrealistic reading lists for the last quarter of this year. Then I moved on to next year and when I couldn't fit it all in by December 2007 I considered a five year reading plan. Before slapping myself on the forehead and coming (briefly) to my senses! I can spend hours re-positioning my classics in correct reading order, planning to romp through a dozen epic poems in a month and finish the Norton Shakespeare. Dreams, dreams! I love your lists so please do keep sharing.<BR/><BR/>I've also given in and ordered Special Topics (and a few others..)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1158169434076566402006-09-13T13:43:00.000-04:002006-09-13T13:43:00.000-04:00I so admire your lists! I feel as if I am vicariou...I so admire your lists! I feel as if I am vicariously enjoying the titles in a very limited but wonderful way. And always have more to add to the TBR pile!LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.com