There is a stack of books on my desk, bookcases behind me, a Kindle and an iPad with more TBR. Where to start? How about the books I'm being paid to read for Kirkus? And then the books I've promised friends or acquaintances I'd read, such as Karyn Hall's The Power of Validation or Jason Trask's I'm Not Muhammad? Most of the books that arrive in the mail from publishers go back out to reviewers for the Internet Review of Books, unless I can't find a willing reader--Taliban: The Unknown Enemy, anyone? That one's been sitting in my office for months, serving no other purpose than to hold down the stack of papers I haven't looked at in just as long.
But this isn't a complaint, not really. After wife and family, books are my first love. If there is too much on my TBR list, so be it. May I die many years from now with a book in my lap. The trouble is, that Taliban book deserves a review while there are still any Taliban left, and the pages may be yellow before I get to it.Now, come on. Who wouldn't want to read a book about the Taliban?
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5 comments:
I didn't know you were a reviewer!
Yup. Have been for years.
I know what you mean. That TBR pile is intimidating me. Good luck catching up.
Thanks for checking out my book trailer over at Alex's blog.
I'm not a reviewer and have stacks of books in a corner & on my Nook. Reading is a great pleasure.
Really, for Kirkus? You should tell us more about that.
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