What I'm Reading

I should be moving along the laundry process, putting sheets on my bed, and generally reducing the chaos in my house, but I've decided to blog about books instead. First of all, housework is my least favorite chore (or set of chores), second, our internet connection was down for 24 hours, so I've wanted to post this since a day or two ago and haven't been able to.

I often forget what books I've read. Seriously, it borders on embarrassing. I have trouble remembering books I read last week or last month. I've been known to buy a book, read 40 pages and realize I've already read it. And I read a lot, so it really is an inconvenient habit. So, I've decided that if I keep track of what I'm reading on my blog, maybe I'll either remember what I read, or at least have a way of looking back to see what I read....

My reading falls in three main categories 1)parenting, 2)Buddhism/mindfulness 3) novels. I read non-fiction in fits and starts and VERY SLOWLY. I love novels, and the way you can really be in the book. I used to feel guilty, that I should read more non-fiction or more serious books. But you know, I don't need more seriousness. So I read what I love, what holds my interest and don't worry if I find something boring or taking too much effort.

Recently Read:
The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard. I enjoy her work. Always a little off kilter and some tragedy.
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos. Same main character as Loved Walked In and just as likable.
Forms of Shelter, and another book about living in Japan (which name I can't remember) by Angela Davis-Gardiner. I loved Forms of Shelter and only liked the other book.

Currently Reading (yes all at once):
The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Attempts to reconcile modern neuroscience and Buddhism
The Mother Daughter Project by SuEllen Hamkins and Renee Schultz. About bonding with daughters through adolescence to help counteract the pressures that girls feel in middle and high school. I really like their approach (hands on) and the ideas that they have.
The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage. Just started it and trying to figure out what I think.

Recently bought, but not read (I've gone to the bookstore a few times, I think buying books is escapism: I love looking through all the worlds I can climb into)
Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout
No Time to Lose by Pema Chodron (yet more Buddhism to slowly read)
The Groom to Have Been by Saher Alam
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif (I got this for free at a local children's bookstore that lets you take a free adult book that they get as promotional material if you buy kids books....I've gotten a couple of really good books this way)
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan.
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta.

I'm into the immigrant experience and Asia apparently......

Well I wrote this pretty quickly, and now it's back to the grindstone for me. At least until I take a break to read a book.