(That’s the sound of finally being able to read something fun that doesn’t have anything to do with school. At all.)

I have been compiling a list in my del.icio.us links (tagged: books) of things I need to get my hands on to read this year. I am attempting to do the whole 52 books in 52 weeks thing. I started in January, and am up to, um, book 13. Not too bad. Most of them were read during my recovery from The Whoop. (It’s amazing how horizontal one tends to be during recovery from a long illness. All I could do was read.)

Anyway, here’s a fun little thingie (is it wide-spread enough to be a meme? Where’s Daniel Dennet Richard Dawkins when you need him?) to get us all in the literary mood:

Six word stories.

Here’s my contribution:

Confessions of St. Augustine: Dear God, I’m sorry. I suck.

And here’s my 52 in 52 list so far:

1. Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
2. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident – Eoin Colfer
3. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code – Eoin Colfer
4. The Golden Compass – Phillip Pullman
5. The Subtle Knife – Phillip Pullman
6. The Amber Spyglass – Phillip Pullman
7. The Sandman Book of Dreams – Neil Gaiman, ed.
8. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul – Douglas Adams
9. Coraline – Neil Gaiman
10. The Neverending Story – Michael Ende
11. A Degree of Mastery – Annie Tremmel Wilcox
12. The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo
13. The Whole Story and Other Stories – Ali Smith

As you can see, I lean heavily towards the Young Adult section when choosing material to read. As you may or may not also see, none but four of the books listed are new to me. The rest I’ve read many times. Hopefully, I’ll get so sick of listing books that I’ve already read that I’ll be compelled to seek out new books. I’m terrible at keeping up with new releases. I do read a fair amount of book blogs, however, so I do know about them, just in a disconnected sort of way. I haven’t chosen my next read. It’ll probably be something comforting and familiar, though.