Morbid Romantic

Book Review & Personal Blog

I just wanted to make note that I will not be posting for the next two or three weeks. Why? It is the end of my very first Graduate School semester and I have a pile of work to do. In other words, final papers to research and write. As a result, I have little time for the internet or for pleasure reading. As soon as the semester is over, though, you can fully expect me to come back hard with a bunch of reviews.

I sort of over-extended myself this semester because I was unsure what I could take on. Unfortunately, that meant having to put aside a lot of books and reviews that I had promised to have done by a deadline, which I am very sorry for. Though rest assured that those books are at the top of my pile and will be done promptly. As soon as the last paper is submitted, I am going to sink back with some Vampire Wine and a book.

One of the things I look forward to after Halloween ends is getting together my Christmas Card list. I absolutely love to exchange Christmas cards in the mail with people around the world! So, I am collecting my Christmas card list now.

The first 20 people also get a tiny gift included with their Christmas card!

All you do is fill out the form below. Add your info and then I will send you mine. It’s that easy. I plan to send my cards out the first week of December, so send me your info soon.

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When I get your email with the info, I will reply to you and send you my mailing address.

Please note that this is an exchange, which means that you will send me a card, as well.

Do you have a set reading time (before bed, perhaps)? Do you read more at night or during the day? Is there a day of the week, perhaps, that you set aside to catch up on reading?

I try to read during the day, but day time presents a lot of distraction. There are interruptions, errands, and responsibilities in the day time that aren’t an issue at night time. Reading is a great way to unwind, too, so I like to do it in bed where I can read myself to sleep. Reading is my favorite sit in bed under the covers propped up on pillows activity.

So … any Reading Resolutions? Say, specific books you plan to read? A plan to read more ____? Anything at all?

Name me at least ONE thing you’re looking forward to reading this year!

My book list for this year is so long, so extensive, that I have a lot to look forward to reading. Now that I have more time for pleasure reading, the possibilities are endless. For now, though, I am looking forward to reading the rest of the Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. I am also looking forward to reading the last book in the Deviations series by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne. Other than that, I’m just looking forward to reading.

1. Do you get to read as much as you WANT to read?

If I had the attention span, the time, and the stamina, I would love to read all day long. I would get up to shower and eat, maybe to use the restroom, but I would definitely read all day long. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have the energy for that. I would get too sleepy and end up sleeping most of the time. Or I’d feel bad for being lazy and get up to do something else. And, man, I wouldn’t have enough money to fund such a lavish lifestyle of all day and night book reading!

I definitely get to read a lot more now that I am not in college. In college, all I had time to do was read for class, study, do work and sleep. Now I have some free time, which allows me to chill out and finally read for pleasure.

2. If you had (magically) more time to read–what would you read? Something educational? Classic? Comfort Reading? Escapism? Magazines?

I have read enough education to last me a lifetime! I would read a mixture. As a former history major and certified social studies teacher, a good nonfiction book is pleasure to me. I really enjoy reading things based on history, so more than half the books on my pending list are educational in nature. Classics, too. I would just start at the top of my pending pile and read. There would be books on Roman Emperors, fiction books about vampires and D/s relationships, books about Vietnam and economic development in China. It would be a wide variety of books.

You guys know that one thing I don’t do a lot of here are memes. I think a lot of the time they are just silly and I don’t have the patience to sit down and do them. But, occasionally, I see one that does seem interesting or that I just can’t help but do.

For your sake and the front page of this blog, I will put the list under a cut.

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