How Long Do We Have to Wait?

Okay...I'm done...I've finished "The Secret Servant" and now I'm sad. I absolutely loved the book and finished it in only two days. I actually finished it yesterday morning (by reading it instead of reading the morning paper with my coffee) but I had lots to do yesterday so this is my first chance to moan about it's completion. Now we have to wait months and months and months until the next book in the series...[sigh...] Of course, we're a heck of a lot luckier than those Harry Potter fans who have come to the end of the series with nothing to look forward to.

So, if you're reading this Daniel Silva...hurry up and get cracking! We need to know what's next for Gabriel Allon.

Oh Boy...It's Finally Available

Although I am an avid mystery reader, there are certain series which take me away from that genre. One of them is the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva. I fell in love with these books a few years ago when a friend's daughter lent her the first in the series and then the book made its way to me. Since then, I've read them all and recommended them to my sister and brother-in-law who are now also hooked.

I've been waiting patiently for the next in the series and the book, "The Secret Servant" was finally released on Tuesday. I, of course, had to rush to my Big Box Warehouse that very day to buy a copy and had plans to start reading immediately. Unfortunately, yesterday was filled with activity and so opening the book for the first time was delayed until this morning. Now I'm 170 pages into it and I had to pull myself away from it to do some blogging chores. As soon as I'm done here, it's back to the book.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Re-defining "Soon"

Okay...I created this blog in February and here it is July and I'm only now just writing my first "real" post. My original intention was to use this blog to write about all the wonderful books I've read and to talk about my lifelong reading passion. Unfortunately, my once voracious reading has turned into an almost non-existent activity and I just cannot motivate myself to sit down with any of the many books I have by my nightstand and scattered around the house.

The culprit and cause of this sudden turn of events is sitting right in front of me...my computer. I've become a blogging junkie and my every waking moment, over the past few months, has been devoted to creating posts for my other blog (The Erstwhile Librarian), reading an ever-growing number of blogs, taking photos for future posts. I've become all-consumed with this new passion and suddenly all my other interests have disappeared. It saddens me to think I can be so easily manipulated by a piece of equipment and the conceit of having others actually reading and responding to my writing.

I have finally made a commitment to myself to maintain and update this blog on a regular basis. I know that, in order to do this, I'll need to start reading again. I have been buying new books right and left throughout the past several months so I have a plethora of titles to choose from. I have no excuses...here goes!!!