Books, books and more books

Well, I’m making some progress on #16 Reading the Current Books on my Nightstand. I even managed to finish a couple (see below in red). However, I have also added two new books to my growing collection but haven’t listed them here yet. I’m missing the whole point of this goal, aren’t I? Not supposed to be adding one for every one read.

What can I say? I’m hopelessly in love with my books. It’s a sickness . I even added up the number of pages for my journal group a few weeks back and was startled to realize that these books alone add up to 8,752 pages. That would mean I would have to read something like 10 pages every night in order to catch up just these books. I don’t know about you but I can’t always get to my book time before conking out to sleep every night. So this goal will be a real challenge but I am enjoying it nonetheless. BTW, its not hard to guess what my primary interests are either is it?

I’ll give each book its own separate entry as I finish reading them as a book report. Didn’t you hate doing those in school? Strangely now I think its fun (I grew up I guess) and love reading book reviews because it helps me determine whether I’m going to add that book to my stash or not.

Stay tuned for my first report next.


Things I Didn't Know - a Memoir by Robert Hughes
The Subversive Stitch by Rozsika Parker
The Root of Wild Madder by Brian Murphy
Audubon and his Journals by Maria Audubon
Weaving New Worlds by Sarah Hill
Mark Twain-An Illustrated Biography by Ken Geoffrey Ward, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
The Original Illustrated Mark Twain by Mark Twain
Sculpture in the Age of Doubt by Thomas McEvilley
Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama
1000 Places to See Before Your Die by Patricia Schultz
The Recognitions by William Gaddis
JR by William Gaddis
Matisse The Master by Hilary Spurling
Silk and Religion by Xinru Liu
Bauhaus Textiles by Sigrid Weltge
Carpets Techniques Traditions & History by Jacques Anquetil
Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up by Beverley Jackson
Women Travelers by Mary Morris
Pictures of Nothing by Kirk Varnedoe
The Hidden Life of Art by Clare Gibson
50 Essays-A Portable Anthology 2nd edition, Samuel Cohen
Ikat II by Lydia Gelder