April marks the start of new ideas, new ways of thinking. Actually, the ideas sprouted in March but April is the month for seriously taking action. Idea #1 – probably the one I am the most conflicted about – A U D I O books. Yes, audio books. After nearly five years I am breaking my own rule. I must have known it would come to this because if you note, I say in this rule I will try to read the book rather than listen to audio or watch a video interpretation…It’s like I knew it would come to this. I guess I would like to think for the month of April I am breaking down and trying something new. This doesn’t come about because I didn’t try. Try, I did. Walking and reading don’t necessarily go together, especially on a treadmill. I know, ‘cuz I’ve tried. Since I can’t give up the training and I refuse to give up the reading I needed to find a compromise. I have. In the form of someone reading to me. So, without further delay, here is the list for April:
- Flint’s Law by Paul Eddy. Finishing the series I started last month.
- “At Marlborough House” by Michael Swift ~ in honor of April being poetry month I plan to read a poem in between each book.
- Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle ~ in honor of April Fools Day
- “Two Tramps in Mud Time” by Robert Frost ~ in honor of poetry month.
- A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill ~ in honor of April being Alcohol Awareness month. This is the book I will try to listen to instead of read…
- “The Discovery of Daily Experience” by William Stafford ~ in honor of poetry month
- Great Fortune: the Epic of Rockefeller Center by Daniel Okrent ~ in honor of National Architect month. What better way to celebrate architecture than with a book about one of the best known structures out there?
- “Blue Garden” by Dean Young ~ in honor of poetry month
- Alice Springs by Nikki Gemmell ~ in honor of April being the best time to visit Australia
For Librarything and the Early Review program I have The Good Daughter: a Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life by Jasmin Darznik. It (finally) came in the middle of last month.
~*LunaSea*~ 