Daylight saving (it’s a compound adjective, not a noun!) time is already having it’s effect on me. I was up at 8 AM this morning and I have spent much of the morning reading. Much of that reading has been done on the couch, while I wait for it to warm up outside and I…
From I. Asimov: A Memoir: If I want to recall peace, serenity, pleasure, I think of myself on those lazy summer afternoons, with my chair tipped back against the wall, the book on my lap and the pages softly turning. There may have been at certain time in my life, higher pitches of ecstasy, vast…
It’s beautiful here in Arlington, VA today. Sunny and warm with a light breeze. The beginning of spring is here. Every April I read the same three books, Isaac Asimov’s autobiographies, starting with I. Asimov and then In Memory Yet Green and In Joy Still Felt. This has become an April tradition for me for…
Title: “Inclination” Author: William Shunn Source: Asimov’s Science Fiction (April/May 2006) Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 I’d known that William Shunn (shunn) was coming out with a new story for some time and last night, I finally got around to reading it and I was not disappointed.
I’m just about 1,000 pages through Gotham moving into the final stretch. I think I can finish it by the time I go to bed on Friday. I think I can, I think I can…
War Stories by Joe Haleman arrived today, making it the 998th 999th book in my collection. Two One more to go before I hit 1,000! UPDATE: I discovered a book on myself my shelf last night that had not been entered into my database. This is why the numbers changed from 998 books to 999…
As of 4:30 PM, I have gotten through 100 additional pages of Gotham. It really is a terrific book, very hard to put down. With 3-1/2 hours before 8 PM, I figure I can get through just about 50 pages more, putting me right at my goal of getting through 150 pages today. This would…
The goal today is to get through about 150 pages or so of Gotham, which will put me in a good position to finish up by Friday. It’s just about 8 AM now, and if I get started at 8 AM, and give myself until 8 PM (with a few breaks, of course), I can…
I’ve just ordered my 998th book, Joe Haldeman’s War Stories. This means that I need 2 more books to reach 1,000. One of the two books I’m already planning on ordering–it’s the one volume I’m missing in the 11-volume Story of Civilization series by Will Durant. That means, I really only need one more book…
I passed the 600 pages mark in Gotham on the train into work this morning. Six hundred pages to go…
Why Tuesday? Why are new books and music (and DVDs) almost always released on a Tuesday? I’m sure there is an answer to this, but while I’m curious enough to ask the question, I’m just lazy enough to avoid searching for an answer. Besides, I suspect the answer is precisely what an old math teacher…
Okay, so I ended up dozing off for two hours earlier this afternoon and am not quite far along as I hoped to be at this point. I’m through 492 pages and have read 85 pages today. I’ve still got an hour before The West Wing comes on and so I can knock off another…