Carrie Bartkowiak v. 5.0

Normally my method of reading books can best be described as “devouring”. I normally read a book in one long sitting and always finish a book within 24 hours of opening it. I LOVE to read. I’m also a one-book-at-a-time person; I never could get into slowly reading parts of several different books at once.

Well, lately my reading has taken a serious dive. I’ve been so busy decluttering the house (yes, this is STILL going on - told you we had way too much stuff) that I just haven’t had made time to read. Which is not good, as I have a bookshelf full of library books that I can’t keep forever! (I’ve become best friends with the library’s online renewal feature.) And let’s just say that it’s a dangerous thing for me to step inside my favorite thrift store. Their book selection is unbeatable (especially kids’ books for homeschooling).

Hence, I’m joining the Spring Reading Thing from Callapidder Days. I’ll be using this post as a way to keep track of what I’ve read, what I intend to read, and what I don’t get to in time to beat the library due date. You’ll notice that I’ve become a non-fiction hog; it used to be that I slurped up as many fantasy (as in dragons, not Fabio) novels as possible, but once you fall out of that for a couple of years the to-read list of your favorite authors seems to expand exponentially! Merely looking at the offerings from authors like R.A. Salvatore and Margaret Weiss that are available now makes my head spin. Never mind trying to figure out in which order to read a series of books - why don’t they list this simply inside the cover? (”Massive Trilogy: Book 1 - This one Book 2 - This other one Book 3 - this last one”) Anywho, this wasn’t meant to turn into a rant.

On with the list! Note: I’m including books I’ve read lately, and audiobooks, just because it’s my blog and I can, lol. It’ll help me keep track and that’s the whole point of this for me.

Parenting, Homeschooling, Marriage, House/Garden

• The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas - Linda Dobson
• All New Square Foot Gardening - Mel Bartholomew
• It’s All Too Much - Peter Walsh
• America’s Cheapest Family - Steve & Annette Economides
• Parenting with Love and Logic - Foster Cline & Jim Fay
• Boundaries - Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
• Boundaries with Kids - Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
• The Learning Coach Approach - Linda Dobson
• The Proper Care & Feeding of Marriage - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Law of Attraction, Business, Money

• Women & Money : Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny - Suze Orman
• The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley
• Your Money or Your Life - Joe Dominguez
• Something More (Excavating Your Authentic Self) - Sarah Ban Breathnach
• Quantum Success - Sandra Anne Taylor
• The Science of Success - James Arthur Ray
• The Success Principles - Jack Canfield
• Napoleon Hill’s Keys To Success - Napoleon Hill
• How to Get What You Want (and Want What You Have) - John Gray
• The Power of Intention - Dr. Wayne Dyer
• The Secret (Audiobook) - Rhonda Byrne

Politics, History

• Godless - Ann Coulter
• Treason - Ann Coulter

Fiction

• American Gods - Neil Gaiman

And can you believe that the library just called to let me know another book from my interlibrary list has arrived and is waiting for me? And that I’m thinking of swinging by the thrift store when I go to pick up the book from the library? I’m insane.

Some interesting book statistics:

• Women buy 68% of all books. (Not surprising.)
• 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school. (Can we say “public school crushes the love of reading and learning”? I knew you could.)
• 42% of college graduates never read another book. (Sigh.)
• 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year. (Unthinkable.)

(The above cited from ParaPublishing.)

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