Watership Down

In Watership Down, Richard Adams creates a rich world that could easily exist right under our noses.  The world that Adams' rabbits live in is full of dangers and is affected greatly by humans (who are constantly smoking!) as well as domesticated animals and wild ones alike.  Each rabbit in the story has a unique personality and as a whole, the rabbits interact much like you might expect humans to.  Some are leaders and some are followers.  Some are warriors and some are sages.  These characters are what drew me quickly into their world as I followed their adventures. 

The Bible, many "books" in one!

At the very end of 2009, I signed up and pledged to read the Bible in 90 days. We started on January 1 and I finished on March 29. Just 88 days, and I read the entire Bible. I'm still wrapping my head around the whole experience which I blogged about here.

Reading the Bible in (less than) 90 days involves reading about an hour a day - 12 pages - and staying caught up if you miss a day. I knew that this endeavor would take me a way from my reading goals here, so I decided to count each book of the Bible towards my total reading goal. Cheating? I think it depends who you ask, and I am in charge here, so I say it is not cheating. So there. :-)

There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament for a total of 66 books. I've updated my totals in the side bar for items 44-47, and I've completed #45!

Now my final goals for reading seem achievable and I am on track to finish a few more of the items here before June. I do remember when June 2010 seemed so far away! Wow, the time flies.

All this reading...

I'm already starting to think about how I am going to come up with 100 books to read (50 that I haven't read before)! It is a daunting thought. Especially when I haven't been reading like I used to. Anyway, came across this blog today and I decide that their "Super Ultra Amazing Must Read Book List" (which is only 2 books long at the moment) would be a good place to start. :-)