Today, though, I feel an aching need to read. My stories in
my head aren't enough. I need the stories of others. I need my mind to expand
further than that it currently contains. I need books. I need to see other
people's words. Challenge myself intellectually.
So, what am I reading? The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, theCIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn and Petra Couvée. This
is one of the two book club books for The Last Word Bookstore’s book club. The
other, is Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. I haven't read it yet, but I
really hope to before the meeting at the end of the month. It's pretty a dense
read, so the non-fiction gets hit up first. I'm a bit behind in my reading
because I've been working steadily on the publication of both Panther City Review and my little book, Classroom Management for the Real World, but the
Prologue has me sucked in already.
Of course, I did have to stop and write about that, but I am
so ready to be a reader this week. Off to my books!