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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Reading Trails...

Finished The Great Mortality last night and will review soon. I did enjoy it, in spite of frequent annoyances with the author. :)

I would have finished Marley & Me, too, but as Marley became old and ill, I became sadder and sadder and had to put it aside with only a few pages left.

Started Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. Loved The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference and expect much of this one.

I received an email the other day inviting me to join Reading Trails. After checking it out and discovering that the site provides a way to keep track of certain "reading itineraries," I happily joined and created a couple of trails. Added two more today. Check them out here. Love this idea!

In a recent comment on one of my itinerary posts, Dark Orpheus had recommended creating a flow chart for reading, and I liked the idea. Now Reading Trails provides exactly that without additional effort on my part.

11 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing this site. I hadn't seen it before. I'll be checking it out.

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  2. Glad to hear you are enjoying Reading Trails. I haven't had a chance to check it out but will have to although I am afraid to get hooked on something else! :)

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  3. I just finished Tipping Point and am now 3/4's through Blink. They are both so interesting that I will be reading Outliers next. Gladwell's research is so good that I wish I could retain it all in my head!

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  4. Lisa - I'm enjoying having these "trails" visible!

    iliana - I know--one more thing! I like it though!

    Kim - Both The Tipping Point and Blink read so quickly! I have Outliers on my list, too!

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  5. How interesting! I'd never heard of it, but it looks like fun.

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  6. I had fun browsing at this site..got some good ideas.

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  7. Robin - I'd never heard of it before receiving the email, but the concept fits like a glove with my reading goals for this year.

    Bybee - I got some good ideas, too. Like I needed more ideas about books to read!

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  8. I'm a little afraid of Marley and Me for just the reason you mentioned. I've had an ARC sitting around for a long time, now. Maybe I could just skip the ending, as you did.

    Reading Trails looks like a great concept, although I don't even keep up with Good Reads. Not sure I want to add yet another, but I like the way books are set up by category. Very cool!

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  9. Bookfool - I may finish the book now. Just found out today that Mac is going to be OK, but the book and the worry about my own dog was just too much.

    I haven't joined Library Thing or Good Reads so hopefully Reading Trails won't be too much to keep up with. It is a lot quicker than doing reviews...which I make a habit of delaying!

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  10. Oooh, I like the Reading Trails...It might be a really good complement to Library Thing. Thanks for the link!

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  11. Gentle Reader - I like the fact that the trails have the books you've read on a topic, the ones you are currently reading, and the ones you want to read.

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