What do you read when you're not reading a book?

Blogs, of course!  It's trite but true to say that sometimes that ubiquitous "stuff" gets in the way of blogging, and reading.  I've read a grand total of two and a half books in the past month, and all of those were only 200 pages or so.  By which I mean I've read hardly anything.  Life had other plans.

But, I can still be spotted gadding about reading stuff on the iPad, so what on earth has distracted me during those dull quiet parenting moments?  

Why, blogs, of course! I sometimes worry at the number of blogs I'm subscribed to/following, it's nearing 400 *gasp*!  Here are a few gems from my feedreader:

I always get an interesting evening's clicking out of the link round ups at Kittling Books.

I love the poetry and life at a moon worn as if it were a shell; the thoughtful and insightful perspectives on children, development, and play at Teacher Tom, and the awesome sociological insights at Sociological Images.

I'm enjoying reading along with A Literary Odyssey, The Trick is to Keep Reading, and the New Dork Review of Books.

As for life, I want more of this:

MORE

And less of this:

LESS!!

On book blogging slackness...

Hmmm....Could this be a reason?

We moved all the books into the new library space.  It's going to be a family room/library area (yay!) but currently looks like this.  You can see my TBR pile if you embiggen the picture, it's in the green clothes basket on the far left.  :D

Though I have no excuses for not posting anymore, as we finally put out study together again (slightly untidy still, here, but you get the idea).  Far side is me, near side is teenager.

Interesting times!  I'm planning on rehoming a LOT of books, most that I now have in digital format, and lots we just won't read again.  It'll be hard, I used to have 14 bookcases of books, with several more boxes in storage, and we now have 6 bookcases out (and some will go to storage, young adult and kids for when Lolly wants them, some of my professional library).  That's a LOT of culling to be done.  Wish me luck!

A pause...

Not much reading, or posting, the past few days, it's birthday central in Casa Selene at present, and things are a tad hard...

On birthdays.

I'm reading a lighter series at the moment, and will be back after a good coffee and a lie down ;)  I've got a couple to review I haven't done as yet, and will post them later this week.  'Til then!...