Couple more books & PaperBackSwap Time

Yesterday was PSR night but no run again.  Just too cold & I am uninspired right now to get out there.  Instead I hit a couple of stores returning things that we had bought a few weeks earlier to decorate our bedroom.  After looking it over, was not what we wanted--sometimes we have a hard time figuring this out.  After the stores, I then hit a different library that was nearby to checkout the books they had for sale.  I found a couple.

--The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.  I am not a fan of Friedman as far as most of his columns go, but he is supposed to be a respected economist so I figured I could give the book a try.

--Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.  I really had no idea what this book was about, I just know that I had heard of Picoult before & figured that was enough to take a chance on it.  From reading wikipedia on it, it kind of gave me a shock.  Some of the characters in the book have the same last name as myself.  Also one of the characters is a child with Down Syndrome--like my son Thomas.  Not sure if the school shooting theme of the book is really something I want to get into but will have to see where it sits with the many other books in my stacks "to read" yet.

Also, finally I am going to get around to signing up on PaperBackSwap.  I am waiting for an answer from the blog where I first found out about this to make sure I give that person credit.  I have 10 or 11 books to list, but from doing a check I don't think any are ones being requested.  I will have to list more popular books I think in order to fully participate, but I will see how it goes.

I guess now finally, still working on my 2 books.  The Yellow Sailor--not very impressed but still working through it.  War & Peace--I am somewhere over 300 pages read but still have 1100 or so to go.  I just really enjoy this book--the thoughts and feelings of the characters are as relevant then as they are today.  I am thinking I will be adding a 3rd book but no idea right now what it will be.