I was raised Catholic, so I still give up something for Lent every year. This year, I'm going to give up buying (most) books. I buy too many. I have so many here at home that I need to read. I just keep buying more. For Lent this year, I'm not buying books. I'm going to concentrate on my To Be Read pile.
I'm not a complete masochist. There are some books that I've book looking forward to that I will still be purchasing. Kim Harrison's Black Magic Sanction is out February 23rd. Changeless by Gail Carriger is out March 30th. Spellwright by Blake Charlton is out on March 2nd. I'll definitely be buying a copy of The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn at her signing at Murder by the Book. That's still four books, but going 46 days and only buying 4 books would be great for me.
Lent starts February 17th, and runs through April 3rd.
I'm also changing my challenge for the year. I said I would read 1 classic for every 4 books I read. It's a noble goal, but I'm blowing through a lot of stuff. There's so much that I want to read and the classics ratio is making it feel like I'm forced to read them. Instead, I'm going to amend the challenge to reading at least 1 classic a month for 2010. That's still 12, and that's still more than most people read in several years.
Lent starts February 17th, and runs through April 3rd. In addition, I'm also not buying music. I'm trying to cut down on all the impulsive iTunes purchases that whittle away at my back account one dollar at a time.
I wish I had free time to read for pleasure. I'm reading college required literature. Most of it isn't too horrible though, Joan Didion has been worth the time so far. Right now I'm being forced to read Hard Times by Charles Dickens (side note: I can't stop giggling everything I think that someone with that sorta last name would call his book Hard Times). Good Luck with Lent.
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