I've been been blogging since April of 2005, but, it's been mostly work-related (CAD/Facilities Management/FM/Autodesk/etc). I wanted a place just to share my thoughts on the books that I read.
BUT! I wanted to keep a bit of a theme.
I'm a dork.
I named my first blog Mistress Of the Dorkness and my second one, The Love Dorkter.
So... the best one I could come up with was 'Reading in the Dork Ages'. But, while somewhat apt, just didn't have the right feel for me. I picked some brains, and finally someone came up with the idea of using a Dean Koontz title... as he's my favorite author, and has been since I was an adolescent.
So, I did a run-through of titles on my shelf, as well as old magazine article titles that I found on the web, and here are the ones where I've substituted Dork for either Dark or Door.
Dork Rivers of the Heart
Dorkfall
The Eyes of Dorkness
The Dork to December
One Dork Away from Heaven
The Dork of Summer
A Dorkness in My Soul
Dork of the Woods
Dork Symphony
Down in the Dorkness
I must say that Dark Rivers of the Heart is a book of Koontz's that I've always been drawn too, reading it annually as I do the Lord of the Rings trilogy. But! The Eyes of Dorkness just seems to pop out to me, and I believe I can get across that you're viewing the books Through the Eyes of Dorkness...
So... join me on my journey through literature... we'll be touching on a lot of Koontz, the book I'm finishing now is by David and Leigh Eddings, I have most John Grisham novels, I also like some historical books (but, only if they're really entertaining), as well as some classic literature (call me nuts, but, I love Crime and Punishment and will be reading it yet again).
I will spare you in most cases from my most voracious reading habbits... ie... the ones I read to my 3-year old son. He ADORES being read to, and I'm eager to jumpstart his reading skills and hope this helps. He's also started a new daycare, which does a really great program that keeps the students involved instead of just shoving boring repetition down their throats. His favorites change on a semi-regular basis, but, now that he's learned the sounds going along to all of the letters, he's eager to go through again his Sesame Street ABC series. If you'll follow this link you'll see a reason why this particular set is so cool (in addition to the obvious), it's a floor-sized puzzle!
While the little top and bottom of some of the puzzle pieces where they link together have gotten a little worn, with close supervision, this can be kept to a minimum.
I'm enjoying this time I can spend reading to him, whether it is one of his books, or when he climbs into my bed and asks me to read from mine (the last set was the Chronicles of Narnia). I know that in a couple years time, he will be reading totally on his own, and will likely regard it as a solitary pursuit. How do I know this? Because it happened with my Mother. She read to myself and my sister when we were small, but, sometime around kindergarten, it suddenly became more attractive to read the things by ourselves. I also recall that we used to play Scrabble and Boggle all the time... until my sister and I were about aged 7 and 9... and we started beating Mom at every game. After that it was just the two of us competing, and Momma calling from her desk to ask how to spell something.
Well, I think I've rambled on far enough for my first post. Please come back and share your thoughts and feelings about what I've read.
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