Reading Update

(2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

Well I just finished the final installment in the Harry Potter series. A fitting finish to a great series I would say. I have respect for any author who writes children's books and uses words like, "mollify," "incredulity," and "gormless." I've added mollify to my regular usage. It just rolls so nicely off the tongue!

Book Update

As mentioned in a previous post, I am attempting to read a book every other week this year for a total of twenty-six books.  I plan on a good mix of fiction and nonfiction.  The year starts with some of the former.

(1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Amazingly enough, I was so disinterested in the Harry Potter hype that I accidentally avoided any spoilers for the series, and I'm glad I did!  The series has been excellent and this book was no exception.  I love a book that keeps the reader saying to himself, "Just one more chapter before bed."  This is one of those.  

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog.  This one will replace Just Wondering.  I had to do this because it was so long ago when I signed up for blogger, that the formatting and template were out of date.  They have updated and made things much more user friendly.  I'm sure there is a way I could have just switched it over to the new formatting, but I am apparently a techno-idiot.  

A Goal (I Don't Do Resolutions)

It has been awhile since I've posted anything here.  I guess that is mostly due to laziness as I do think about something I want to write from time to time, yet never seem to get it put on the blog.  Anyway, I am not posting to tell you of some fantastic goal I have to write more blog posts this year so I'm already off track.  So back to it!

I am actually writing to tell you about a reading goal I have for the year.  Last year was a down year for me as far as reading went.  I only read a handful of books though I was always thinking I should be reading more.  So this year I am setting out to read one book every other week.  That means with 52 weeks in the year, I'll be shooting for 26 books read by year's end.  I plan on posting the title and author of each book I read along with a very brief summary and my opinion on whether or not it was a good book and if I would recommend it.  I'm into my first book now and you should be hearing back from me within a couple of weeks.