A Progressive on the Prairie

I actually made pretty good progress on my lust lists the last month. Of the 13 books the last two months, I’ve read eight, am on the library reserve list for two, have one on the TBR shelves at home and gave up on one. Hopefully, I can do as well with this [...]

Given that in the last six weeks or so I returned four Bibliolust books to the library unread because I couldn’t get to them before they were due back, this is the second month in a row the lust list is short. In fact, two of the books on this month’s list don’t come [...]

I recently mentioned my overabundance of books waiting to be read. That meant I recently returned one of last month’s lusted for books to the library unread because I couldn’t get to it and someone else was waiting on it. So, to be lusting after even more books is probably ill-advised. But [...]

I really don’t need to be lusting. Last month’s lust, along with a taste of this month’s, is taking roost. As occasionally happens, it seems a majority of my library “holds” come in at about the same time. As a result, I have five library books at the top of the TBR [...]

At least this month, I think I should rename this monthly compilation “Blame the Internet That My Library Hold List Is So Long.” I’m on the reserve list for every one of the books below. And, with the exception of the Don DeLillo novel novella, I learned about each of them via a [...]

It just seems appropriate that the first post of the new year should be about my bibliolust. I should note, though, that while I don’t make New Year’s resolutions (other than to resolve not to make them), my goal this year is to read 50 percent more than the number of books I buy. [...]