Summer Reading Whatchamathing!!

Okay, so everyone posts a "Welcome to my new blog" post on their new blog. I'm not going to give into that rubbish so I'll start with one of my reasons for actually having this blog....wife pressure. Kenna has been on my butt for several years about starting a blog and joining the geek nation. Also, she is trying to win some competition for new members on Karlene's Summer Read-a-thon. She's standing over my shoulder while I'm typing this trying to correct me on things like "It's supposed to be the Summer Reading Thing." It's my blog... I can call it whatever I want right?

To be honest with you, since Carter came into our life I haven't had much reading time.....and if Carter isn't taking my time, then WoW is doing a good job of it as Kenna can attest, although she is asleep for most of it. Yes, I have succumbed to the world of online gaming. I never thought I would get hooked on a non-sports game, but World of Warcraft is pretty fun. Its days are numbered as I refuse to pay on an ongoing basis for a game and therefore this phase in my life will end July 11th, when the free trial expires.

Once that ends, I should have more time to devote to reading and other productive things in life that don't involve staring at a computer screen into the late hours of the night (As if staring at a computer was something I didn't already do for 8+ hours at work). I'll keep this reading list short as I really think 5 books would be tough enough to read even pre-Carter, so without further ado here is my Summer Reading List:

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
This makes this list because I've been reading it since April and I only have 100 pages left. I'll write a review on it sometime.

The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy
I know you're supposed to read different types of books in this Reading thing, but I have always wanted to see how bad the movies screwed up the book's storyline. Also, nothing will keep me entertained reading this book like trying to imagine Sean Connery's horrible Scottish-Russian accent every time Captain Rameus has a line in the book. (Okay so I'm easily entertained)

1776 by David McCullough
Last Christmas, both Karlene (mother in law) and Kenna asked if I wanted this book and I hadn't heard anything about it so they got me something else. Well, I've heard about it now and I would like to add it to my official birthday wish list. (Who says I'm hard to buy things for? Read my blog...duh?.....j/k)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I'll probably forget life for a few days and read this book during every waking minute when it comes out. If anything to just know how things end and have the whole series over with.

Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
Kenna and I wanted to go through this book together at one time and see if we could help improve the things in life that we didn't like. Well that was a while ago and wouldn't you know it, there are still things in life I'd like to improve upon, maybe if I finally read this book it will help me realize where I would like to take my path in life.

There you have it....5 books that I can realistically have read by the end of summer, and only 1 of them is a Fantasy/Sci Fi book which will make Kenna proud for stepping out of my normal reading genre.

Now comes the hard part of blogging....updating your blog with some regularity. We'll see how that goes.....if only you could write your blog and play WoW at the same time......hmmm