2012 has been a year of change: we settled into the \u00a0farm, and I took on new work that led to lots of travel. I read, but not as much as usual, and I clearly took a hiatus from this blog. One of my commitments for the new year is to make regular updates as this is a record of my personal journey from reading to cooking to creating.<\/p>\n
Here’s the reading list for 2012<\/a>. 58 books. Mostly fiction. I went through a Maeve Binchy binge, a Mormon binge, a David Baldacci binge, and an Elm Creeks Quilt binge. I think the most compelling book was Little Bee<\/a><\/em>. I would still say that The Family Fang<\/a><\/em> and The Night Circus<\/a> <\/em>were favorites.<\/p>\n I begin 2013 in the middle of two books: The Lake of Dreams<\/em>\u00a0by Kim Edwards and Winter of the World <\/em>by Ken Follett. I almost never read two books at once but I think this may become the trend. The Lake of Dreams<\/em> is a print book and it stays upstairs on the nightstand. I read a chapter before bed. Winter of the World<\/em> is on the iPad and that stays downstairs. I bought a treadmill and I prefer reading on the iPad while I’m walking. Thus, two books. It should help me work through both piles of books, both the analog and digital.<\/p>\n The Lake of Dreams<\/em> was a serendipitous discovery: I had just finished The Memory Keeper’s Daughter<\/em><\/a> and loved it. I was looking for the next read and discovered this book tucked on the shelf, part of a buying spree at the Island Bookstore in Corolla, North Carolina. It is a much different book although there is a veiled reference to her other novel.<\/p>\n The digital pile has been getting bigger by the day. I bought the George Martin Game of Thrones five-book bundle<\/a> and am waiting for a snow storm to settle in and read. It comes highly recommended from a reader I respect. I subscribe to several ebook lists that share discounted and free digital books. This week, it was Truman<\/em> by David McCullough for $3.99. \u00a0And two fluffy books that were free: The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>about a group of Southern women and Mai Tai One On<\/a><\/em>, a mystery set in Kauai whose main character runs the Tiki Goddess bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2012 has been a year of change: we settled into the \u00a0farm, and I took on new work that led to lots of travel. I read, but not as much as usual, and I clearly took a hiatus from this blog. One of my commitments for the new year is \u2026 Continue reading