i finished a book today and now i get to go through my all-time favorite ritual:
first - i write down the name of the book just read on my "books read" list.
second - i wander through the house picking up 7 or 8 books i think might be "the one."
third - i read the backs or inside covers of all of them.
fourth - i weed out a couple based on similarity to the last book read, subject matter or my general mood.
fifth - i consider what i've been thinking about or influenced by that day, e.g. today i saw a college professor of mine so i'm thinking i might choose a book on the civil war, i also talked with a customer about presidential biographies so i might read a kennedy book in my stack in honor of the anniversary we have this week, i've been listening to willie nelson for the last 2 days almost non-stop so i might choose a music biography, the last 3 things i read were all fiction so i might go with non-fiction, etc.
i know i can't be the only "book person" who gets ultra-excited about what to read next, right?
grace and peace
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