My first post

I'm currently in a book-reading mode, so there probably won't be much about movies on the blog. But one of my ongoing projects is to watch every movie that has ever been nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Acting categories -- so once I get back to that, there will be more movie-related stuff on here. I'm currently about 40% through that project but I burned out at Oscar time, so I've switched back to books for now.

What type of books do I read? Classic literature, travel essays (Bill Bryson is one of my faves), historical biography, European history, American history, and American law. I've read Bridget Jones and the Shopaholic series, but avoid Chic Lit for the most part. My only current guilty pleasure is the Sweet Potato Queens books, which are just hysterical and remind me so much of Southern women I've known my whole life, which I'm sure is the main reason I enjoy the books so much.

My personal library is over 600 books, most of which have yet to be read, and I'm a regular at the local library. As well as getting recommendations from other online bookaholics, I also subscribe to the New York Times Book Review and, for some twisted unexplainable reason, have also recently subscribed to the New York Review of Books (like I need extra help adding to my TBR). And, on top of all that, I also subscribe to a number of book-related podcasts, although I haven't noticed them adding significantly to the pile, so I don't think they're part of the problem.

Due to the nature of my posts (the rambling issue), for those of you kind enough to visit and read, my plan is to separate future posts into categories, so that anyone interested in book reviews can jump straight to one without having to wade through Lord-knows-what else I may have felt compelled to write about. A caveat: I've never been one to write reviews of books I've read, so I can't guarantee the quantity or quality of reviews on my blog. But I will give it a shot and see how it goes.