Need a new post

[dampscribbler]

Tired of seeing the same previous one on my page. Also, I've been feeling a desire to say a little something about how my summer reading list has gotten away from me. I don't understand it, I had big plans to pick up "The Rule of Four", "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim," by David Sedaris, and maybe something like "The Time Traveler's Wife," by Audrey Niffeneger. I don't pretend to have the most discerning literary palate. I'll confess that, yes, I really do have a lot of fun spending a couple of hours reading a Princess Diary, although there are some authors (Nicholas Sparks) I've encountered and just cannot abide. But, one day last week I stood in my home and looked around me and realized that, somehow when I wasn't looking, my summer reading list created itself. It was a disorienting feeling, a "we're not in Kansas anymore" kind of experience, to discover that, instead of reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," I would be spending the next few weeks (and, possibly, months) digesting the following titles:


"What to Expect When You're Expecting", by Heidi Murkoff

"Baby Bargains," by Alan and Denise Fields

"The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth," by Sheila Kitzinger

"The Birth Book," by William and Martha Sears

"The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers"

"What to Expect The First Year"

and, thanks to althaea, I now have
"The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy," by Vicki Iovine, and
"The Hip Mama Survival Guide," by Ariel Gore.


If a stack of books is all it takes to be prepared for pregnancy, labor, childbirth, and parenthood, then I think we're covered. Why do I suppose it's not quite that easy, though?

Comments

[snakker.livejournal.com]

It's July 10 and how much progress have I made on my summer reading list? Not much. Fourteen pages of Don Quixote in four days. That ain't gonna cut it. Actually, I'm liking DQ, just haven't reached the engrossed stage, yet.

Your list is inspiring me (the first list, that is).

Much fun to meet and eat on Wednesday! Thanks for trekking eastward.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

The summer reading list is one of those make-believe things, like New Year's resolutions, or at least it seems to be that way most of the time. It's great in theory, but falls flat in practice.

I've never read Don Quixote. It's lower on my list than Dante's Divine Comedy, which I've also never read, and probably won't get to anytime soon. It's good to have a goal, though.

It was fun to meet last week, I hope we can do it again soon!