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\"How — How many books can you juggle at once? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
I’m a little behind with this post (make note that this is one of those rare moments when “little behind” can be honestly associated with me \ud83d\ude10 ). Every year since 2003, book nerds from across the globe have committed themselves to the 50 Book Challenge<\/a>. Considering the depressing truth that too many people don’t even crack open *one <\/em>book a year, this might sound like quite the insurmountable challenge. <\/p>\n*
But it is a challenge that I have chosen to accept this year. I’m a bit off my target number for this far into the year: I should be finished with 16 books so far. I’m only at that half-way mark. Ruh-roh. Which is why I’m posting this information here as a means of keeping myself focused and on-target. I will post an update each time I complete a book and update my tally at the same time. That way we can all follow along! I know, I’m too kind in all the gifts I give you here at the lair. Oh yeah. <\/p>\n
*Anyway, here is where I’m at so far: <\/p>\n*
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10 Most Beautiful Experiments<\/em>, by George Johnson **(3.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
The Dumbest Generation<\/em>, by Mark Bauerlein **(3\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
The Memory of Running<\/em>, by Ron McLarty **(4.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation<\/em>, by Yvonne Fern **(4.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
Stardust<\/em>, by Neil Gaiman **(4.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
The Eyes of the Beholders<\/em>, by A.C. Crispin **(3.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
Watchmen<\/em>, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons **(2.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n**
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories<\/em> by Richard Matheson **(4.5\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n**So far, my favorite new discovery has been The Memory of Running<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Ron McLarty. I bought this book from the remainder aisle at the local generic chain bookstore. It was a hardback for $2, which is my English major kryptonite. I was so very pleased to find that this was more of a bargain than I expected. It is clean, simple prose, told with oftentimes discomfiting honesty. The main character, “Smithy” Ide, is quite reminiscent of John Kennedy Toole’s anti-hero, Ignatius J. Reilly, from A Confederacy of Dunces<\/em>. Luckily, however, they are primarily surface similarities. Smithy is a far more likable and sympathetic character, which makes it easier to get behind him, even during his more difficult choices and confessions. <\/p>\n
If you can find a copy of this book at your library or bookstore, I’d definitely recommend picking it up…especially if you can find it for 2 bucks like I did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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