People seemed to like my last blog about what I was reading while my kids where out of town and had tons of reading time so I thought I would try to do regular blogs about my reading life. Of course now that they are back I don’t get so much reading time. In fact when I try to find some time to read I get looks like this:

The truth is that this picture has nothing to do with either reading or this blog, but I love to shamelessly post pictures of my kids, both because they are cute and basically to get attention.

Anyway, this is a post about what I am reading now or have just finished. I’m hoping that I can keep my reading life vibrant enough to do a post once a month or so about what I am reading. Hopefully I’ll be reading something different a month from now.

Aliens in the Prime of their Live: Stories by Brad Watson

I put this one at the top because when I don’t have much time for reading I love to read short stories. If I’m feeling stressed because I haven’t had much time to really enjoy a book I can sit down and read one short story and have a completely satisfying experience. I’ve actually finished this book and there’s a couple of humdinger’s in here. Brad will be here on Friday.

Boys Should Be Boys by Meg Meeker

This is a book that I mentioned that I was thinking about reading in my last blog. I started it sometime during spring break and have almost finished it. I loved her previous book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and blogged it here. I’ve been obsessed with parenting books for the last, hmmm, four plus years – it’s the way I react to life – big issue = read a bunch of books. So, I welcome any suggestions/discussion – I’ve read a bunch of parenting books and probably won’t stop reading them for a while.

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Coben was here yesterday and I’ve been reading his stuff for the last couple of months – it’s kind of addictive. I’ve read 8 of them and Tell No One was one of my favorites. Anyway, as Susie said in her blog he was really funny and fun and talked a lot about writing – I do have to disagree with Susie though – he did talk about his new book Caught – he explained how he came up with the plot by watching while watching one of those catch a predator shows. “I knew opening that red door would destroy my life.”

Solar by Ian McEwan

This is the book that I had to put down to read Matterhorn and then The Gesture Life and I thought I wouldn’t be able to pick it up again just because it’s tough to start back up in the middle of a novel – but it starts out so well that I’m not having any trouble just starting over again. I’ve read the last four or five McEwan novels but On Chesil Beach is by far my favorite. We have signed copies of Solar.

Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

I wasn’t even the biggest fan of Life of Pi – I actually remember that first signing when nobody had heard of the book and nobody much showed up – but I never really got into the book and didn’t plan on reading the new book. Then I started hearing the talk and read the first sentence or two and can’t wait to get home and read it – we’ll have signed copies soon.

61 Hours by Lee Child

Haven’t read this one yet, but I’ve read the first three in the series and I may well read the whole series before he gets here on May 19. These are really great guy books – the main Character is Jack Reacher. He’s an ex-military police guy – it kind of reminds me of Stephen Hunter. I’ll be starting number four tonight – Running Blind.

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The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

Guess why I’m interested in this one.

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