Good Reads

I have not quite gotten traction on www.goodreads.com, but I will say that the few friends who are on there are all people whose judgment and taste about books I respect and value.

Am starting a new Costco legal thriller right now, having just finished the compilation of mommy blogs (Sleep is For the Weak) that Hilary sent me. Next up after that is Raising Cain. My book list is as schizophrenic as is my magazine list.

One of my favorite features of Goodreads is the quote section. I like to peruse it randomly, and it’s also a good resource for quotes from specific writers. My appetite for the words of others is infinite. Herein, a few that caught my fancy tonight.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Cicero

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – Maya Angelou

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. – Elie Wiesel

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost – JRR Tolkien

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. – Anais Nin

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

I could go on all night. But Baldacci calls. Good night!