After I had my bone graft surgery at the end of May I had grand intentions to read many books while being laid up.  I was in bed for about 6 days and am still on crutches and am doing a good bit of sitting.  What a great time to catch up on reading right?  Wrong.  I’ve somehow failed to finish the first book I started reading while still on bed rest; The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock (which is amazing by the way).  How is this even possible?  I can’t tell you.  However, starting today I vow to get some major reading done during my two days off and will continue to hit the books hard until I’m forced to walk on my own again.

Since my return to work a couple of weeks ago I’ve found several books that have been added to my post surgery reading stack.  Because I’m still so slow moving I’ve had a lot more time to look at new books that have come in recently rather than just rushing past them on my way to finish the 15 projects I’ve got going at once.  Here are a couple of the new releases that have made their way into my must read mountain:

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers

The Red House by Mark Haddon

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

My hope is that if anyone of you out there ever has to (god forbid) be on best rest for any length of time that you’ll do a much better job of taking advantage of the time you have to read than I have.

by Zita

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