Did you miss me?

Wow, I've really been neglecting this poor blog. Work has been keeping me busy, but that's not a very good excuse. I have been catching up on DVDs, and writing (fiction) and reading, but not anything particularly good. I went to the bookstore today, so my TBR pile now includes the following:

Dies the Fire - SM Stirling
Interred with the Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell
Three Bags Full - Leonie Swann
The Demon in the Freezer - Richard Preston

Hopefully I'll have an actual review in the next few days! What have you been up to?

New Additions to the TBR pile

(the pile that threatens to take over my room!)

"Ask Again Later" - Jill A. Davis
"Strangers in Death" = J.D.Robb
"A Prisoner of Birth" - Jeffrey Archer
"Stalking the Wild Dik-dik - One Woman's Solo Misadventures Across Africa" - Marie Javins
"Flat Broke with Children - Women in the Age of Welfare Reform" - Sharon Hays
"American Dream - Three Women, Ten Kids and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare" - Jason DeParle

TBR updates

Currently reading:
Intern - by Sandeep Jauhaur
The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly
Hammered - Elizabeth Bear

TBR (in no particular order):
My Year of Meats - Ruth Ozeki
Nekropolis - Maureen McHugh
The City, Not Long After - Pat Murphy
Scardown - Elizabeth Bear
After This - Alice McDermott
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
Dust - Charles Pellegrino

Abandoned:
One Month to Live - Kerry & Chris Shook (This reminded me a lot of The Purpose Driven Life, which is not necessarily a good thing. I had to read Purpose Driven life in my prior life as a church secretary, and I did not enjoy it. I'm not a particularly religious person, and I especially don't care for the super-simplified version Rick Warren propounds. Christianity is complex, and I prefer my religion to be more private.)

My Soul to Keep - Melanie Wells (Mostly I disliked it because I don't care for mysteries in general. This one has a Christian slant, which on its own isn't enough to make me set it aside. However, this is also the second in a series, and I have not read the first one.)

TBR additions

I have 3 new ARCs to add to the TBR pile: "The Break-Up Diet" by Annette Fix; "My Soul to Keep" by Melanie Wells; and "One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life" by Kerry and Chris Shook. I also just ordered and received "The City, Not Long After" by Pat Murphy. They all look like pretty fast reads, so hopefully I can add some reviews to the blog soon!

TBR to be

I have been on a book-ordering kick for a few days and here's what I have on the way to me:

From Paperbackswap:
Dark Ages America - Morris Berman
My Year of Meats - Ruth Ozeki
The Rest Falls Away: the Gardella Vampire Chronicles - Colleen Gleason
Mythology - Edith Hamilton (to replace the tattered copy I have)
Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein (another replacement - my copy is being held together by packing tape!)

From Amazon:
Intern - Sanjeep Jauhar (a rare hardcover purchase for me)
Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo - Faith Conlon (I think I need to get out more!)

and on reserve at the library:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
War Trash - Ha Jin
Punching in : the unauthorized adventures of a front-line employee - Alex Frankel.

I guess I'll be busy!