yes, i survived meeting day in alabaster – such fun…

as for last week’s reading, i read several things – at least five things all the way through (if we’re counting news articles that are a paragraph long:)

hungry – by crystal renn – awesome book – read it all in a day – friday was that day – story of a model who became anorexic to become a model – and then gained weight to become a supermodel – if it were in my world, all little girls should read the book – or at least parts of it – b/c there’s a good message in there about being happy with who you are – and figuring out just who that is

gave one book up after 100 pages from the library – won’t name it, but it wasn’t good at all

magazine reading-wise – i read a story about the colt’s owner (son to the old owner – and not much like his dad), men who take anti-aging drugs (no, not me – don’t have the money for the $10,000 a year it takes – also, not that interested), and how things are in europe (mostly, cold)

started rereading a book on running – in addition to my work on the old testament (got through isaiah and jeremiah last week – long, long books – working on ezekiel right now)

suppose that’s mostly it for now – happy reading this week

sincerely,
dr roy

which has nothing to do with reading – other than that while i read on the treadmill (last week – newsweek, the economist, ny times magazine, sports illustrated and the books of psalms, ecclesiastes, proverbs, and song of solomon – which, by the way, isn’t very grade level appropriate for you young ‘uns out there:)

yes, as i treadmilled away, i thought about the race i’m running this weekend – in mountain brook – a 10k – i know, you wish me luck – ah, thanks:)

as for books, i read “smiles to go” by jerry spinelli – i like other spinelli books better – but i finished – oh, i probably like other spinelli books better b/c i was really the main character in that story – but things went differently for me

i read flush – enjoyed it – i think i like all haison books – although i didn’t like it enough to be a sixth grade summer book – little too elementary how no one died and all turned out okay – by the way, the dad was a loser for what he did to his family

i started “my story” by paula radcliffe – a running biography – a re-read for me – she starts with her childhood – go figure – most biographies do – she had a very dedicated coach – which made me feel guilty when i first read it b/c i’m a lousy coach – but i feel better now that i re-read the book because her coach didn’t have all that i have going on – like being awesome:)

i also had a book from princess pink – who i miss dearly – she gave me a fictional story about running – that i read in like two hours – and absolutely loved – even though it was from 1981 and completely cheesy – but sometimes cheese can be good, right???

guess those are the highlights – read on darlings

mafeld

Dear readers,
Just think… in a few months, it’ll be warm (at least, I’m hoping – that’s about all that’s getting me through this right now..)

since i have plenty of indoors time right now, i’m definitely prolific in terms of reading – finished “write it when i’m gone” – an off-the-record book a reporter did with president ford that was to be published when ford died (he passed away in ’06) – i guess what i enjoyed most about the book was some of the details from the 1970s – an era i’m not too up on

started “where men earn glory” by jon krakeur – a book about pat tillman – a pro football player who left the nfl after 9-11 to join the army rangers – he was killed by friendly fire in ’04 in afghanistan – the book has been a good read – even though it’s tragic – very motivating

on the treadmill, i’m reading psalms (read 90 of them in the last two days) and the ny times magazine for this week – i’m currently reading an article about the battle for florida’s senate seat – two republicans trying to out-republican each other

guess that’s most of it for now – hope you all have happy reading weeks

sincerely,
mafeld

okay, post here for jan. 4-8-ish

as for what i’ve been reading, i read the entire new testament last week on the treadmill as i ran 108 miles (not all the treadmill but with the sub-artic temps, lots of those miles) – i guess what struck me this time was the number of times the prophecy in isaiah of people seeing but never truly seeing was mentioned – like at least five times

i read a running book about cross country in kentucky in the 1970s – coach butcher era – also am 3/4ths of the way through a book on the boston marathon – a mile-by-mile deal

read “dutch” – a book on ronald reagan – didn’t enjoy the book nearly as much as i did the first time i read the book – the author sort of wrote it in quasi-historical fiction – confusing what was real and what wasn’t – but in his defense, he didn’t get reagan and thought this was the only way he could

hope your week is a good one

maf