Happy New Year!

So my book counts holds at 26!  I'll wait to declare victory in case Mommy Meg is speeding through five more books in the wee-hours before the New Year. 

And in keeping with the spirit of the new year, here is my resolution:  (Besides beating Mommy Meg in my book count....again...) 

I am going to read The Bible from front cover to back. 

I have never read it entirely.  I have read chapters and parts here and there.  But I got to thinking that as an Orthodox Christian who puts so much into her reading (ummm... I blog about), it's pretty ludicrous that I haven't read the entire Bible.  And besides, as Mommy Meg discovered that she is expecting again (due in June), so she'll have the reading disadvantage of four small kids, I thought I'd give her the head start of me reading a book thousands of pages long. 

So Happy New Year!  And if you don't hear from me until March, you'll know what I'm reading. 

Book # 26: Skippy Dies

by Paul Murray

Don't read it.  It's one I would have stopped reading 150 pages in if I wasn't trying to compete with finishing books.  It tells the story of a teenage boy who overdoses on drugs after having multiple traumatic experiences at his Catholic boarding school.  Way too much teenage boy humor talking about girls and puberty, and the adult role models were soo clueless and depressing.  Pointless and meaningless sexual experiences, bullying, teachers misbehaving, fights, drugs, gangs, schools covering up problems, it's all in here.  I must say that if this is really how the author views the world, then we live in a pretty depressing place, or he does.   I think I was most disappointed in the parents and teachers he displayed.  While I understand that no one is perfect, these people were above and beyond not caring.  Everyone in the book, ultimately, was looking out for themselves.  Definitely not a Christian outlook on life.  So don't waste your time.