Thursday, January 3, 2013

The New Year's resolution was thus: Start reading all the books I actually own before buying more. This includes: 1. A short story a day 2. Five books of poetry a month 3. Five novels a month 4. One work of non-fiction a month. With any luck, some sort of writing will emerge from this as well. I would like to examine how everything I read is connected to everything I read. For example, earlier today I was reading the June 1999 Madison magazine (a very cool magazine that had a short run) and Richard Lourie's The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin was mentioned. I of course ordered it without thought of all the books I have yet to read.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:32 PM

    I've started something similar this year as well!!

    Then again, all the titles I have waiting for me are ... let's say "thematically linked" and probably not a good idea for public consumption like this blog. Good luck, look forward to hearing of your progress.
    (my blog still on livejournal, but it's turned into a social commentary/rant of late)
    ~Sonya

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  2. Jeffrey GreeningJune 1, 2013 at 11:51 AM

    Hi: I just saw this because school got in the way of writing. Drat, and my New Year's resolution is solid. Except for the reading part. I have only bought one book since January.

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