‘Tis the season…to catch up on some reading

19 Dec
2009


It’s that time of year. The time of year when the view from most of our win­dows will look like this and we may be singing this song:


This is gen­er­ally accom­pa­nied by watch­ing every John Hughes, Tyler Perry, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and Disney film ever made. Not to men­tion at least Titanic and the Notebook once. So why not get out that book that you haven’t got­ten a chance to read. That’s what I plan to do.


Here is my win­ter­time to do list. Book wise.


Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky


This book-​the width of a loaf of bread-​is one of my fave books of all time. I read it about twenty years ago when I was four­teen and it was cap­ti­vat­ing to me. I actu­ally slept with it under my pil­low. Yep, I am was a nerd. It’s so descrip­tive yet it’s main char­ac­ter is so ordi­nary but con­flicted at the same time it was one of those books that con­nected me to the power of words. Seriously, the main char­ac­ter had a fever that lit­er­ally drove him crazy. There was no Tylenol back then either. So it’s been on my must read again list for a long time. Honestly, there is about a 40⁄60 chance that I’ll read the whole thing by the time win­ter is over but you gotta love ambi­tious goals.

The Bible by God


Yes, I’m seri­ous. I love read­ing the bible. Why? I base my life and deci­sions off of it and it and it is by far the great­est work of non-​fiction lit­er­a­ture there is. I already make it a goal to read a por­tion every day but this time of year is a great time to do some extended read­ing.


The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

I have to admit that I am not sure what the 7 habits are but I have owned this book for a while now and no time like the present to read it. I’m curi­ous as to what these 7 habits are. I don’t read many what I would con­sider self-​help type books but, who doesn’t want to be more highly effec­tive? Especially by the time Summer starts.


So this is my list. What do you plan on read­ing on these cold win­try days and nights?

Thanks for read­ing!

Literary Nobody

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Toya Bryant aka Literary Nobody is a Freelance Writer/Blogger who promotes positive thinking and actions within the community and the family. She also writes about the positives and negatives of technology, internet security and social media.



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