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Hi everybody!
I’ve harped on about reading but never actually work on the habit. So I decided to focus on this every night after my proprioceptive writing practice.
Any of you know proprioceptive writing? Not? Well, I’m rereading Writing the Mind Alive by Linda T Metcalf and Tobin Simon. I’ll be making a mini review soon. First of its kind!
Another highlight from my reading heart is our library! Libraries are unfortunately not as hip and happening anymore, since my childhood. I think lots of a society’s troubles are rooted in the illiteracy of their people. Libraries falling into disrepair and neglect as well as school education dumbing down year after year, are just two symptoms.
The sight of our local town library just made me so happy! With their old and out dated books and all, I’m happy about it, regardless! It will see me in the future. Not now. I have enough to read from our home library.
CURRENTLY READING
NON-FICTION
Writing the Mind Alive by Linda T Metcalf
Progress: 25% completed
This book teaches the skill of proprioceptive writing as a self-care tool.
Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope by Willie Meyer
Progress: 30% completed
A collection of essays on this area where I live. It starts with records from nearly a thousand years ago. We’ve just moved into events and battles after the Anglo Boer War. It’s been a fascinating read.
FICTION
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E Nesbit
Progress: 30% completed
I absolutely love Shakespeare. This is an abridged compilation that I used to read with the kids. I decided to get into a lighter version before falling into my modern English version of the original plays, short stories and essays I bought over 20 years ago!
Selected Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca
Progress: 7%
Not quite sure if poetry goes here, but here we are…
Absolutely new to me author. I picked up these poems on Heathrow a few years back when we visited London. This collection of poems was translated into English. I’ve not read poetry since high school and I forgot how much I love it but also what a skill reading poetry with comprehension is. It’s going slow. I’ve picked up this collection to read as part of my self imposed Ray Bradbury daily challenge. I’ll write about this challenge another day.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
Progress: 16% completed
There’s so much in the book that was not in the movie. I think it’s the age old complaint of readers and watchers alike. It surprised me quite a bit and I really had to force myself to put the complaint aside and focus on the book. Read it with new and fresh curiosity. Enjoying it this far and as you can see, I have a lot to go still.
NON-FICTION, IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO BE READ
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Progress: 0 of 271 pages
Truth To Power by André de Ruyter
Progress: 0 of 309 pages
The Ups!de of Down by Bruce Whitfield
Progress: 0 of 229 pages
Reset Rebuild Reignite by Pavlo Phitidis
Progress: 0 of 254 pages
Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
Progress: 0 of 282 pages
FICTION, IMPATIENTLY WAITING TO BE READ
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
Progress: 0%
Old Hendrik’s Tales: 13 South African Folk Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
Progress: 0%
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Progress: 0%
The Life of Worm & Other Misconceptions (Short Stories) by Ken Barris
Progress: 0%
In closing…
What are you reading? Have you read any of these books? My home library is chock-full books I haven’t read and I will be working through these now with earnest. In the meantime my Notion Library of TBR books are growing.
Until next time, thank you for reading.