They say that you should make your goals public, so here goes:
I’m going to try something a little different for my reading habits. For far too long have I had a book collection, but not necessarily a collection that I’ve read through all of the way. No more. I’m going to make a conscious effort to finish up a book a week. It’ll be a little difficult at first, but I think I can do it.
This will include all forms of books: technical, fiction, whatever. As long as whatever I choose is finished by the end of the week, I don’t care.
I’ll be blogging my progress as I go along in the hopes that a regular check-in will keep me honest (much like the Rush Retrospective, but more regular. *cough*).
So, without further ado, here’s the first book that I’m reading:
Update: The Book is Pro Python, and due to the wonders of Ad Block, you wouldn’t have seen the lovely Amazon link that I had below. 
Wish me luck!
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The book is “Wish Me Luck”? Who wrote it?
Sorry, the Amazon link gets blocked by Ad Block. I updated the post.
I’m reading “JCL Step By Step”. Early on, he’s got a small glossary. Under IBM, it says “A small American company which dabbles in various areas of computing.”
I’ll be reading a COBOL book too. Despite claims to the contrary at least 30 years ago, COBOL isn’t dead. I’ve spent longer than that avoiding COBOL.
I’m reading the 4th book in the Twilight series, “Breaking Dawn”. Lots of fun, but not full of the technical details of twilight. See my entry for the 16th of February on the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. There’s a transcript for the impatient.
I just started ‘reading’ Einstein’s book “Relativity” via audio (Librivox), and have two other audio books in the queue (on the mp3 player). My audio book speed is slower now. I listen to more podcasts. And, my commute is maybe 35 minutes a day instead of 2+ hours.
I don’t currently have a working handheld. But, i’m reading Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” from Gutenberg. Sometimes i use a computer, and sometimes my digital picture frame (which i got for free). It’s hard to imagine, but i use the digital picture frame as an alarm clock. It doesn’t make a sound.
I don’t think there’s any way i’ll get back to 50 books a year. Twilight is over 700 pages each. But 30 books seems likely for 2011.
I finally finished the Twilight series. Is that 4 books, or just one? Not sure what i’ll read next for fun. I still have some classic SF in the queue. Maybe Dune. Saw the original movie ages ago. Just saw the SciFi channel version on DVD. Borrowed it. I’ve ‘read’ the prequels – via audio. They’re kinda OK. I understand that Dune is the real deal.
Finishing the Twilight series and not being a prepubescent teenage girl is a Herculean task that I give you extreme credit for completing. I can’t even pick up the book without wanting to put it back on the shelf, undisturbed.