Read at least one book each month

Things are looking quite desperate this month, I just simply do not have time to read for fun, I’ve been so busy. And the rest of the month won’t bring any change, on the contrary in fact.
... Unless I can find a really short book and then squeeze in some time for reading into my schedule. I wouldn’t want to mess up my progress with this goal either.
^{I guess articles about translation studies etc. won’t count, hm. If that were the case, I would have achieved my goal several times this month.}

October’s second book:
17. Terry Pratchett – Eric

I have been doing well lately, but not as well as I would like. I have a pile of new books waiting to be read. In the past year I have read maybe six books. I want to double that. Maybe when I get a Kindle (it’s on my Christmas wish list!) I will be more apt to read more often as I will be able to take it with me practically everywhere. Lugging around heavy books isn’t practical. I’m currently reading “Best Friends Forever” by Jennifer Weiner. I must admit I’m not into as much as her other books. I’m halfway through it and I’m hoping the second half is better than the first.

16. Terry Pratchett – Sourcery (Velhous verissä)
Awesomeness.

(_3/9/2009)
15. Terry Pratchett – The Light Fantastic (Valon tanssi)
Very, very enjoyable. Will be reading more of the Discworld books, I’m pretty hooked now.

August’s first read,
14. Lewis Carroll: Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (Fantasmagoria ja muita runoja)
A poem collection by the man behind Alice in Wonderland, translated into Finnish. I normally don’t read a lot of poetry, it’s not really my thing, but I was interested enough to try this one. I liked it, some of the poems were very good.
^{It was also sometimes interesting to see how the translator had solved some parts.}
Read this in the beginning of the month, mostly on the bus to the airport when I was picking Max up.

Fifth book for July! :D This has been a rather good reading month.
13. Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles 1: Nixie’s Song (Spiderwickin Kronikat II, kirja 1 – Lammenneidon laulu)
Speedread through this one yesterday at the library. I’ve read the first series of the Spiderwick Chronicles, so I figured I could read one of the new ones as well.
I’ve never really thought that these are very good books, they could be written so much better, even for children’s books. Feels like there’s something missing, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. But at least the illustrations are great, I guess they’re the biggest reason I’ve read these books, in addition to fairytale creatures, heh.

Fourth book for July! Yay!
12. Mike Mignola & Duncan Fegredo: Hellboy – Darkness calls (Pimeys kutsuu)
Again, a Finnish edition. This time Mignola had hired a helper, artist Duncan Fegredo; I liked his drawings and enjoyed the whole reading experience. Good story. It was also nice that this time the comic book was in colour.

Third book for July, woot!
11. Mike Mignola: Hellboy – contained the stories Seed of Destruction, Wake the Devil and Almost Colossus
A Finnish (colourless) edition of Hellboy. Juho bought it a few beeks back and on Thursday night at Juho’s I just picked it up and didn’t put it down before I finished the whole thing! :D I like the drawing style and the characters. I probably might not have liked these graphic novels that much if I hadn’t seen the movies before, I think they might have been a bit too dark for me without the context of the movies. I know it sounds odd, but that’s how I feel. The movies are “brighter”. I love the movies and the comics were very good, too.
I’m totally buying the sequel for the Finnish edition next week, hah.

I started this book before and didn’t get past the first chapter. Now I realize that I wasn’t ready for it then. I’m now reading it at the right time, when I’m in the midst of another period of struggle.

Of course, that makes for very slow and deeply reflective reading. Numerous pauses, going hmmm hmmm..yes, that’s me. Uhh uhh…me again. Okkk..yess I can relate to that. All that internal talking is going on here.

Have already gotten 2 friends to buy the book as I know they’ll be greatly helped by it too. I just feel its one of those books that is most beneficial just when you need to hear its message.