Too Much to Read, Too Little Time

As with many things in life, there is always too much to do and not enough time to do it all.  Dishes, laundry, dancing, spending time with friends and family, exercising, reading, cooking, cleaning, and sleeping are just a few of the things that I would like to accomplish on a daily basis.  Do they all get done?  Maybe within a week's time, during the summer, when I dont' need to grade any papers :)  On top of this, I had an additional goal for the week:  read one post a day from one of the five blogs I follow on Google Reader.

On day one, I read a post!  Not only had I read this blog, http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/top-10-urban-fiction-books-by-jennifer-fountain/, I had even jotted down a few titles that I wanted to read and purchase for my classroom library.  This item on my to-do list was going to be crossed off in no time at all!

 On day two, I read our literacy coach's blog:  noseinabook5.blogspot.com and learned about "Good Reads."  I loved the idea of reading and sharing about books on a social media site!  Who knew accomplishing a task on the neverending to-do list would be so much fun to do? 

 Day three came with a new blog:  "YA Book Love,"  and I was starting to notice a trend - there are a lot of great reads out there and not a lot of time to read them all.  In three days, I had already added three books to the To Be Read list, but hadn't started one.  At this rate, I was going to need a lot more paper for the TBR list, and would probably turn into a macaroni and cheese eater just to save time to read great books people blog about!

The fourth and fifth day were tougher because I was busy with school and I was started to crave time to start one the books on my recently enlarged TBR list, but I managed to pull through.  Once again, bloggers like Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Roten, brought forth a whole new list of books to one day love.   Friday finally came and I was excited because I put aside blogs for the weekend and enjoy some good old-fashioned books.  The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate was my book of choice and the cold weather made sitting on the couch all that more enjoyable.  In one week, I checked task off the to-do list and a book of the To be Read list - way to go me!