{"id":282,"date":"2016-12-13T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/13\/currently-reading-too-many-things-at\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T02:20:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T02:20:46","slug":"currently-reading-too-many-things-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/13\/currently-reading-too-many-things-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Currently Reading–Too Many Things At Once"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I really should know better. \u00a0For the last few weeks I have been reading five million books at once, give or take a million. \u00a0My usual method is to have two books going at once, one fiction and one nonfiction, but somehow I just kept starting books until it got completely out of hand.<\/p>\n

I spent quite a while binge reading a science fiction series that belongs to my son. \u00a0I am not sure why, other than Lois McMaster Bujold I am not really a huge science fiction reader. \u00a0However, a world of aliens, spacecraft, new worlds, and the occasional battle seems to have been just what I was in the mood for. \u00a0Pure escapism.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, I am reading The Victorians<\/i> by A. N. Wilson. \u00a0I know, could I possibly have picked anything more different? \u00a0I read Victoria–A Life<\/i><\/a> <\/i>by the same author earlier this year and was fascinated by it. \u00a0I am finding this one a bit heavier going since it is about a time period instead of an individual but it is still very interesting. \u00a0I just read about the Irish potato famine. \u00a0Absolutely horrifying.<\/p>\n

When I was raiding my son’s bookshelves for science fiction I came across Master and Commander<\/i> by Patrick O’Brian. \u00a0He enjoyed it and wants me to pick up the rest of the series as I come across them. \u00a0I also believe Hamlette from The Edge of the Precipice<\/a> recommended them to me. \u00a0I am about halfway through and my son says I am just reaching the good part. \u00a0I must admit all the sailing jargon put me off a bit but I am persevering since the series is so beloved by many.<\/p>\n

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These are the only two books I have bought recently and I am reading one of them. \u00a0Lory at The Emerald City Book Review<\/a> is co-hosting a read-along of Mayflower<\/i> by Nathaniel Philbrick. \u00a0She already posted the discussion questions for the week but since I am reading five million books at once I am a bit behind with this one. \u00a0I am finding it absolutely fascinating though and keep inflicting interesting pieces of information on my family. \u00a0Always a sign of a good book. \u00a0I read a review of The Perfect Summer <\/i>on a blog somewhere and promptly bought it. \u00a0Now I can’t remember which blog it was. \u00a0I need to start writing these things down. \u00a0I am not letting myself start it until I finish a few other books.<\/p>\n

I also picked up Me Before You<\/i> by JoJo Moyes at the library when I took my daughter on Saturday but I abandoned it half read because I was finding it so irritating. \u00a0It seems to be a popular book and I know a movie was made of it but it seemed predictable and I just had no desire to continue. \u00a0Now maybe if aliens had shown up and abducted the two main characters and there had been a huge space battle and the heroine had saved the day…<\/p>\n

Do you read five million books at once? \u00a0What have you been reading lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I really should know better. \u00a0For the last few weeks I have been reading five million books at once, give or take a million. \u00a0My usual method is to have two books going at once, one fiction and one nonfiction, but somehow I just kept starting books until it got completely out of hand. I spent quite a while binge reading a science fiction series that belongs to my son. \u00a0I am not sure why, other than Lois McMaster Bujold I am not really a huge science fiction reader. \u00a0However, a world of aliens, spacecraft, new worlds, and the occasional battle seems to have been just what I was in the mood for. \u00a0Pure escapism. At the same time, I am reading The Victorians by A. N. Wilson. \u00a0I know, could I possibly have picked anything more different? \u00a0I read Victoria–A Life by the same author earlier this year and was fascinated by it. \u00a0I am finding this one a bit heavier going since it is about a time period instead of an individual but it is still very interesting. \u00a0I just read about the Irish potato famine. \u00a0Absolutely horrifying. When I was raiding my son’s bookshelves for science fiction I came across Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian. \u00a0He enjoyed it and wants me to pick up the rest of the series as I come across them. \u00a0I also believe Hamlette from The Edge of the Precipice recommended them to me. \u00a0I am about halfway through and my son says I am just reaching the good part. \u00a0I must admit all the sailing jargon put me off a bit but I am persevering since the series is so beloved by many. These are the only two books I have bought recently and I am reading one of them. \u00a0Lory at The Emerald City Book Review is co-hosting a read-along of Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. \u00a0She already posted the discussion questions for the week but since I am reading five million books at once I am a bit behind with this one. \u00a0I am finding it absolutely fascinating though and keep inflicting interesting pieces of information on my family. \u00a0Always a sign of a good book. \u00a0I read a review of The Perfect Summer on a blog somewhere and promptly bought it. \u00a0Now I can’t remember which blog it was. \u00a0I need to start writing these things down. \u00a0I am not letting myself start it until I finish a few other books. I also picked up Me Before You by JoJo Moyes at the library when I took my daughter on Saturday but I abandoned it half read because I was finding it so irritating. \u00a0It seems to be a popular book and I know a movie was made of it but it seemed predictable and I just had no desire to continue. \u00a0Now maybe if aliens had shown up and abducted the two main characters and there had been a huge space battle and the heroine had saved the day… Do you read five million books at once? \u00a0What have you been reading lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currently-reading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}