I'm almost to the end of a book I started over a month ago, Diarmaid McCulloch's The Reformation: A History. I like the book. It's expanded on my relatively low knowledge base of "facts" regarding the Reformation and all of the surrounding players. I'm not saying I can repeat the facts of the book to you verbatim (much too dense), but it gives me a better feel for what was occuring at that time. To tell you the truth, it tends to make me somewhat disgusted at the conduct of all the players at that time. But that's for another discussion....
My point to all this is that I started this book over a month ago. I'm not a dumb person. I read a great deal. A little about my reading habits. I subscribe to/buy and read anywhere from 6 to 8 magazines/journals a month. Each week I buy a healthy stack of comic books. That sort of stuff tends to take up my evening reading time. I have this annoying job thing that seems to take up a good 10-11 hours during my day. Therefore that only leaves me an hour or so at lunch to sit and read any book I have available during the week. I tend to do a lot of reading at lunch and sometimes I juggle my evenings to spend some quality time on the couch reading away. But the past month has been kind of busy and I really haven't had alot of time to take lunch. Not to mention the fact that the book of choice (see above) is history and a little dense. Therefore reading came in small sections. Sometimes a chapter. Sometimes a part of a chapter. When even my staff notices that I've been carrying the book for over a month...well...it's been too long. I have about 60 pages left. With any luck I'm going to sit down tonight and finish. Julie's working "mole" and I have the house to myself. Once I feed the kitties they will nap and leave me be. Just me, my book and the kittie of choice on my feet. Then I can move on to the newest Star Wars hardcover.
I just have to finish...I just have to finish...I just have to finish...
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