In the words of Daniel Cook; "Here we are!"

That's right, 2007. So... what did I read in 2006? What was the final count?

Well, 22 new books were read, 20 were re-read, plus one re-read of an epic poem, for a grand total of 43 books read this year...

Wow that seems low. Of course, I chalk this up to numerous things, mainly just having less time to read and my dear G passing on his bad habit of watching television on DVD :)

Of course, this also doesn't keep track of all the comic books I read. With at least 3 or 4 a week, that's a lot of comic books over the year.

I have quite a pile on my bedside table right now, latest Dave Bidini offering; something that could end up being deliciously smutty from Devin Grayson; Gaiman's Anasasi Boys still; and a book on the Cohen brothers, are all things on my reading list for the new year.

Let's start the count again!

Well, here it is, Jan 3, so let's make a first post!

I bought Harold Bloom's latest liteary opus, 'Where Shall We Find Wisdom' and am currently reading that. While I'm usually a fast reader, Bloom does slow me down somewhat as I have to continually go to the dictionary and research certain 'isms' he refers to which I've conviently forgotten over the years.

So far though, a very interesting book. He starts off talking about, what he calls, wisdom literature in the bible, so the Book of Job, Ecclesiastes, etc. Having never actually sat down and read the Bible (or had it read to me at church or anything), I was rather surprised at how lovely some of the language was.

Anyway, now I'm on the section where he talks about Plato exiling Homer from the Republic.

I love Harold Bloom.