{"id":10271,"date":"2022-09-21T07:48:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T11:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10271"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:51:27","slug":"the-best-of-reading-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/09\/21\/the-best-of-reading-intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"The best of reading intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Based on the bookshelves lining the walls of the room we alternately call the dining room, office, and library, I might be a bibliophile.  I am susceptible to an interesting title, book cover, and synopsis, though I have a test that I do before bringing anything home:  after being pulled in by the title, cover, and synopsis, I start reading the first page.  If I am not grabbed then I skip ahead deeper in the book, if I am still not grabbed, I put the book down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading all these books I bring home in a timely manner, is another matter entirely.  I really don&#8217;t.  But I have been making some progress this past year or so, thanks to friends inspiring good habits.  I feel compelled to list them out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Witch by Christopher Pike<\/li><li>Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll <\/li><li>Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman<\/li><li>The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho <\/li><li>Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor <\/li><li>The Things I Did for Love by Ellen Conford <\/li><li>Hurry Up, America, &amp; Spit by Pearl Bailey<\/li><li>Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman <\/li><li>Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier<\/li><li>The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey<\/li><li>The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<\/li><li>Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel like there is a better method of commemorating the read.  Perhaps I need to get back into the <a href=\"http:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/drawingboard\/drawingboard-storyline\/100th-page-comics\/\">100th page comics challenge<\/a>.  Of course some of this friendly inspiration has been book-club like, so my goal to read through the books I&#8217;ve already acquired is competing a little with reading books that a book club has decided to address.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the bookshelves lining the walls of the room we alternately call the dining room, office, and library, I might be a bibliophile. I am susceptible to an interesting title, book cover, and synopsis, though I have a test that I do before bringing anything home: after being pulled in by the title, cover,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/09\/21\/the-best-of-reading-intentions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The best of reading intentions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185],"class_list":["post-10271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7696,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/conjure-wife\/","url_meta":{"origin":10271,"position":0},"title":"Conjure Wife","author":"leems","date":"September 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A bachelor's degree in English Literature and a career in libraries almost killed my fiction consumption.\u00a0 I'd read a story here and there, but mostly, I was reading articles, and nonfiction manuals and analyses of library services, assessment and copyright. 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If you haven't wandered over to DoomedMoviethon.com and tasted his literary stylings then, do! do!\u00a0 Richard's writing is engaging and witty.\u00a0 It will pull you in,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"giallomeltdown","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/giallomeltdown-600x259.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/giallomeltdown-600x259.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/giallomeltdown-600x259.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5393,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/witch-and-the-goat-lord\/","url_meta":{"origin":10271,"position":4},"title":"Witch and the goat lord","author":"leems","date":"October 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a list of stereotypical witch situations to draw.\u00a0 You know, witch with goblet, with black cat, with the devil.\u00a0 NSFW for nudity after the jump.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"witches201410-20","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/witches201410-20-455x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8535,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/10\/03\/witch-trading-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":10271,"position":5},"title":"Witch Trading Cards","author":"leems","date":"October 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I know I've mentioned them before, but this is the season to embrace the witch. 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