#1496 My Current Reading List

I'm a reader. I love to read, especially mysteries. "Whodunits" are my favorites. I do not like mushy romances, horror, spy, biographies or history books. BUT I have made exceptions in the past due to recommendations. (Some novels are "OK.")

I just thought I would share the list I'm working on, as they are all recommendations. I do not usually give my reviews. I rarely read reviews either but form my own opinions. Just because a book is on the New York Times Best Seller List doesn't mean I will like it - at all!

Skimming a book isn't my style. I read every word right to the end even if I don't really care for the book. AND... if I find a misspelled word I mark it with a circle and with glee, go on! Misspelled words jump out at me - REALLY. One of my personal pet peeves is misspelled words. The next is the changing of words such as vegetables into veggies. I hate the use of "so fun" as it is constantly used now. I was taught that fun is a noun not an adjective. "So" is a lot of things, including an adverb. "So" as an adverb goes well with the determiner like "much." I was a good student in English class. Oh well... Lecture over.

This is the list...

****  = read already

1. Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber
2. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
3. Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank (reading now)
4. The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas
5. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
6. Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
7. Flight 232 by Laurence Gonzales
8. The Once in every Life by Laurence Gonzales
9. Great Alone by Laurence Gonzales
10. Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
11. The Twelve-mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson
12. Clay’s Quilt by Silas House
13. Black River by S.M. Hulse
14. The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain ****
15. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain
16. The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
17. The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
18. The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
19. The Stranger Inside by Laura Benedict ****
20. Bliss House by Laura Benedict
21. See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt ****
22. McNally’s Caper by Lawrence Sanders ****
23. Educated by Tara Westover ****
24. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

P.S. My e-mail user name used to be "bookworm" before I had to change it to "nookworm." I think I remember that was because I changed servers, and there were other bookworms but I'm not sure. Anyway I like "nookworm" and also have "crannynanny" as another.

I List

Yes, I do, sometimes worse than others, especially when I first get out of bed and am therefore uneven on keel.

I don't mean that kind of list! I make lists. All of the time, short and lengthy ones. My list for today, in the order of which I "plan" to accomplish tasks is as follows:

1. Review and cut holiday cards for recycling next year.
2. Prepare new file folders for checking account statements, medical records, and hard copy correspondence.
3. Update 2014 calendars (2) with everyone's birthdays and all appointments.
4. Hand write three letters to friends without internet access.
5. Make Jello.
6. Be on the lookout for walking neighbor grandpa with two small grandchildren. Have bag of fudge ready to give to them if they come by.
7. Take down decorations and put away ceramic tree. 
8. Take at least one photo of SOMETHING.
9. Make meatballs.
10. Get laundry ready to take to laundromat.
11. Check e-mail and other bookmarked sites, then write my first blog of the year.

And I have accomplished it all! I failed in accomplishing it in the planned order. Oh well. 

(This has nothing to do with my New Year's resolution. Keep guessing.)

I have always made lists. ALWAYS! It started in school when I listed my best friends, and then my next to best friends, and then to people I didn't like to those I strongly disliked. It's a compulsive act now and you will always find paper and pencil or pen near my area(s) throughout the home. Now I've read that making lists creates an environment conductive to being effective. It helps setting priorities. It pushes one to carry out plans and reach goals.  I never thought of it that way, Oops! I forgot to list cut toenails. Tomorrow.....

Sometime in the future I must complete the reason for this old list. Sometime!