It has been a month since I went in for surgery.  During my recovery time I assumed that I would read a little, watch some movies and tv, maybe knit.  Instead I mostly just read.  The following is my list of things to read when in recovery:

1. The Winter Room    by Gary Paulsen
2. A Tan and Sandy Silence   by John McDonald
3. The Mysterious Benedict Society   by Trenton Lee Stewart
4. The Friday Night Knitting Club   by Kate Jacobs
5. Promethia (vol 1)   by Alan Moore
6. Tam Lin  by Pamela Dean
7. The Scarlet Ruse   by John McDonald
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey   by Trenton Lee Stewart
9. Dragons Wild   by Robert Aspirin
10. Dragons Luck   by Robert Aspirin
11. Dealing With Dragons   by Patricia Wrede
12. Sunshine   by Robin McKinley
13. House of Mystery (vol 2)   by various
14. The Ruby in the Smoke   by Phillip Pullman
15. The Shadow in the North   by Phillip Pullman

I've had a really good run of interesting and amusing books.  Some were from series I already know I liked (McDonald's McGee mysteries) some are the start of new series for me to read (Dealing with Dragons) but all of them held my attention.  I've just started the third of Pullman's Sally Lockhart books, and on deck after that is a book from my brother by Lee Child called 'Killing Floor'.  I don't think I'll be able to maintain this reading pace for much longer, and certainly not without finding the closest library to where I will be living.  But it's been good to simply dive into books for a month.

1) You have somewhere in the neighborhood of nine boxes of books in storage, along with that many (short) boxes of comics.
2) J has at least that many books in storage, if not a few more.
3) J also still has part of a bookshelf of unpacked books at the apartment.
4) There are still at least a dozen books in my to read pile that aren't in storage or on J's shelf.
5) Anything you buy that isn't completely consumable is going to have to be moved sometime in the next month.
6) Books are heavy.

You do NOT need to buy any more books right now.  You will not run out of things to read in the next three weeks.

Once the move is completed you are allowed to back to the bookstore. 


(After the surgery I figured I'd do a little extra reading, get ahead on my netflix viewing, and maybe get some knitting done.  Instead I have just been reading lots and lots.  Not that this is a bad thing, but a netflix addiction wouldn't require another box to move.)