Pam: I'm totally psyched about this fifty books project; I read all the time, but so often I choose "junk food books" (like old murder mysteries) and not books that challenge me, books that will make me think. I want to take this opportunity to be more deliberate about my choice of reading material. I don't retain what I read very well, so a few will be books I've read in the past but don't really remember; most, however, I would like to be new books. I enjoy reading classic, literary books, but I also enjoy lighter fiction as well. Let me stress fiction. I rarely enjoy non-fiction, although I feel I should read more and enjoy it more. But I don't. So I think I'll stick with fiction for these fifty books. Maybe for our second fifty book project?
My passions are travel and photography, and, intermittently, writing. I do my best photography when I'm traveling, although I'm trying to do more of it at home. I used to write a lot more than I do now, mostly essays (sort of in the style of Sarah Vowell, something you might hear on This American Life), and that is another reason I'm excited about this project: it will force me to "get black on white" (de Maupassant?).
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