looking forward to February...

So. On that loose schedule I made myself for blogging, today should be a "book day." But well, ummmm, yeah...haven't finished a book in ages. I am actively reading three books that I'm loving the hell out of...but for me, "actively" does not equate to "quickly." Being the last day of the month (though I think the gods have been playing fast and loose with time because it sure doesn't feel like we've knocked off an entire month of this year already), I could write a little monthly reading wrap-up. But I'm still harboring unrealistic hopes of actually finishing a book today...and if that happened my post would be inaccurate, and we simply cannot have that.

These guys here are the ones currently being read. The Night Watch and Bad Science for Ana's and Iris's Long-Awaited Reads Month. *sigh* I sooooo wanted to finish them this month. It's still possible--I've got about 260 pages left between the two of them and we are between quarters in homeschool so I could take the day off and the howling winds and blowing snow make it seem like the perfect day to just curl up with a big old mug of tea and read away. (The Dead of the Night is the book Max and I are currently reading.)

These beauties here are part of the reason I'm so over-the-top excited for February--graphic novels theme month!!! (If Rich minds that I appropriated the entire top of our dresser because of my giddyness to see so many possibilities in one place, he has not voiced it to me. I'm assuming he doesn't, as he is pretty much always supportive my varying strategies for amusing myself.)

And yes, of course the various piles are categorized.

The library pile.

My pile of comics borrowed from my fellow family members--and yes, all the human members are represented...the stack of mangas from Annie, the Amulet books from Max, the mythology ones from Gray, and the rest from Rich.

Odds and ends I haven't yet read. Fiction.

The series, some in progress, a couple yet to started.

Odds and ends I haven't yet read. Non-fiction. And yes, beside that pile The Shining. My one non-theme book for the month because I just can't resist #shineon with Ms. Jill.










So. Where should I start??? What should I read first??? And second??? And third??? (You know, if I actually ever finish my current reads.) You must help me--this many choices is overwhelming! (In a good way, of course.) And while we're at it, are there others I really need to get my hands on???