Pearl14256 is doing 30 things including…

read all the books I have before buying even one more


 

Pearl14256 has written 4 entries about this goal

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I had no idea I have so many unread books!!

I am boxing them up now because me and my husband are moving and entering each of them into Shelfari so I have a catalogued record of all my books. I am boxing my books in catagories (travel, religion, art, cooking, non-fiction, novels, language learning, etc.). Then I separted books in any category and put those books in a box marked “unread” so when we move I will pay special attention to them and get them read!



Oops

Accidentally bought a book at a garage sale – does that count? ;-) I say no.



7.19 Book

Finished reading “How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie.

This was a great little book that describes each fallacy, why it is a fallacy, and how it can be used either by yourself in argument or as heard from your opponent.



I should count how many books I have and see which ones still need to be read

Yesterday’s book, finished “Freakonomics”.

Interesting comparison of why crime went down in the mid nineties due to Roe v. Wade. Also why teachers and sumo wrestlers cheat, which aspects of parental behavior have no influence on their children, and why most drug dealers still live with their moms.



 

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