Reading for Me

Life has returned back to normal this week. I made my return to Texas and have been busy ever since! With that said, my reading life has been rather healthy this week.

I have completed my first two books of 2020 while back in Texas.  You can find my reviews of Karamo and At the Wolf’s Table here on the blog. One audio book and one novel there…..not too bad if I do say so!

I am continuing my reading adventure with three additional books at the moment.

1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb) – I’m reading the audio book, so I anticipate this will progress rather slowly. Now that I’m back in Plainview, there isn’t a lot of driving to be done and I don’t really enjoy listening to books when I’m in a place where reading from the page is possible. It’s an interesting book so far, but I’m consuming it in small chunks.
2. Johannes Brahms: A Biography (Jan Swafford) – With opera camp on my plate this week, I’ve not really wanted to do much musical reading at all. I have progressed in the story to the point where Brahms first meets the Schumanns. I have enjoyed the analysis of the early piano works and hope to have a chance to do some listening to them this week.
3. Read for Your Life (Pat Williams) – This book first began my journey toward increasing my personal reading habits years ago. Although some of the data is a little dated, I think Williams makes powerful arguments about the importance of reading in our personal lives. I just started reading it last night and I’m not very far into it…..but I don’t think this one is going to require much time.

You notice that a novel is not currently occupying a place on my shelf. I started a work of fiction this week and did something that I rarely do — I put the book away and decided not to read it now. I was especially shocked since it was I Am the Clay by Chaim Potok, the very author that I praised in last week’s update. Oh well…..I think I was just too tired when I tried to start reading the book. I’ll find another novel to add to the mix in the next day or so.

There you have it……I’ll have more updates for you next Saturday (if I don’t return sooner with a book review).  Until then, just keep reading…..

~Kennith

Posted in update