Torrefaction

I've had the "What I'm Reading" thing on my sidebar for a while.  It's a nice feature on a blog - I always like to see what others are reading.  And it gives me a way to plug one of my favorite sites, LibraryThing.  (Feel free to browse my library here...I've only got about 200 books entered so far, out of something like...hm...wild guess...1000?)

The problem is, when I'm busy or have a lot on my mind, I don't read.  Then when I'm in the mood to read again, I pick up whatever book seems interesting, and read it until I get bogged down again.  So I never finish anything and I'm currently reading something like 12 books.  

To combat this, I cleared a shelf next to the couch in the library (aka my study) and put all the books I'm currently reading on it.  I'm not going to look at anything new until I've finished at least half the books on that shelf.

Sheesh, part of why I bailed out of grad school was that reading had become a chore.  It sucks that it's now become a chore when I'm doing it just for fun.