With so much stuff to read, I've been having a hard time reading everything I want to read. I am currently very interested in organizing my life (maybe it's the new year's thing). And in the spirit of actively and consciously making room for everything I want in life, I have tried to make at least a bit of time everyday reading a book. My goal was to read at least 50 pages/day. It's been working okay, but some books are REALLY long, and I am not very faithful to the book I have wed. I vow in sickness and in the presence other more fascinating things in my life, but I invariably end up cheating or at least flirting with another book, or two, or three.
Hence a new plan. I will read 4 books at a time. I know some people think reading too many books at once never ends well. But I think it works for me and I get to indulge myself in reading up on my diverse interests.
Roughly, the four books are chosen from the following categories:
1. a really long book that I wanna chip away at.
2. a science non fiction.
3. a social science non fiction.
4. fiction/memoir.
And the actual selected books are:
1. Einstein
2. The Living Clock
3. Culture Theory
4. The Accidental Asian
Oh and I gotta go read those Asian books that Sheenae lent me 1.5 years ago. She's coming back from Japan in a few months and I'd feel horribly guilty if I don't read those books she lent me. I have a history of not reading books Shee recommends me... but I finally read Madame Bovary, a book she recommended when we were seniors in high school, and I liked it a lot. Besides, the books do look interesting so yea, I will be reading Shee's Asian Studies book in the next few months. Now as for how I'll reconcile that with my cultural crisis and wanting to escape the Asian culture, I don't know.
