Wingin' It

First of all, big thanks to Mary for organizing Summer Book Bingo again; you can read all about it here and generate your own card here. In past summers I've spent lots of time making reading plans, checking my to-be-read list, filling my Summer Book Bingo squares with book possibilities, checking three libraries, placing holds on books, and reading, reading, reading. That was great, and I read lots of books that I might not have read otherwise.

This summer is a little bit different. We're looking for a house (in fact, I scheduled this post ahead of time and have been in Delaware yesterday and today), gathering documents to settle on a loan and hopefully a house, working on more documents for my father's estate, visiting Ryan in CO in a week, probably moving sometime before Sept. 1st, along with the usual stuff of my usual life. My time is limited, so this year I'm approaching Book Bingo differently. I can't imagine not reading, so I'm going to keep reading (as much as I have time for anyway) and use my card as a way to record books that I've chosen because I want to read them. I'm not going to worry overly much about squares and bingoes, just pure reading enjoyment.

I think that Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series might work for at least three squares, and I'm anxious to read more of them because I enjoyed the first one. I haven't yet finished How to Change Your Mind, so that could go in "Non-fiction about science". I might give Centennial another try for "Wanted to read for more than a year"; third time's the charm! Mary has sent me a brilliant suggestion for "With a cover that matches your current WIP", and I just might buy yarn in Fort Collins that matches a book I want to read because I love the idea of matching my reading and knitting.

I'm not usually a very good wingin' it kind of person, but this new approach has been quite freeing, and I'm lovin' it!

Again and still: I'm still not receiving email notifications from blogger when people have commented. This seems to be the case for everyone on the platform, and I really hope that this is fixed soon, but it doesn't seem to be anything that I can remedy myself (except for a migration of the whole blog to wordpress which I may attempt in the near future). Please know that I do read, value, and appreciate all of your comments, and hope to be able to reply to you very soon!