Today, I Read… has been neglected recently because other pursuits have commandeered my attention.

You see, while I’ve done much reading for the past few months, none of it could really be considered pleasure (or even leisure) reading. Since I did not want to inundate your senses with reviews of dull marketing books and geek guides, I’ve opted to remain silent. I am hopeful that will change come June.

In all fairness, I should be honest with you, I have not yet finished reading Memoirs of a Geisha. I have, however, completed Bird By Bird and will be offering up my opinions of it once the site is officially updated.

Another surprise I have planned for Today, I Read… is a section called Three Quick Points. While reading (and this goes for any book), I noticed that I have a tendency to sum up the book with three quick points in my mind.

Because so many people have little time to read lengthy book reviews, I feel that the 3 quick points will give them a polaroid snapshot of what to expect from the book. If the points are of enough interest, you could either hop over and read the full review on the main site or read the book if you feel so inclined.

A lot of good things are in store for Today, I Read… — if only I could get this hectic schedule under control.

It’s been about ten years since I last read a dictionary cover to cover. That’s part of the reason I launched Today, I Read….

Though I’ve been faithfully making my way through the current texts (Bird by Bird and Memoirs of a Geisha), I haven’t been diligent in my updates.

Why? Because reading the dictionary is hard work. In all seriousness, while doing my vocabulary assignment for each day, I find myself distracted by other words that make me go, “hey, there’s a word I should use more often in everyday speech.”

As a result, the typical vocabulary assignment that should only take about 30 minutes, suddenly requires at least two hours.

I need to start thinking of a remedy for the situation.

Possibly, scale back on the vocabulary assignments. I really don’t want to go that route. I love the vocab.

I’ll most likely end up sitting down at the end of the week and posting everything that’s accumulated, thus, inundating my readers with large amounts of content to digest at one time.

I probably won’t go that route either.

That’s the beauty of blogging, you can test and tweak and play until you find that perfect rhythm and balance.

Enough thinking out loud, time for me to get back to work.

The new year is almost here, it will arrive in 1 hour and 21 minutes to be precise.

I’ve decided that this year, I will not be out partying. I will not be out painting anything red. Instead, I will stay home, read a book, and go to sleep.

I want to be well rested to face the new year.

But if you’ve decided that being about the town, painting it red, and partying is what you’d like to do to ring in 2006, please be safe.

Happy New Year!

Today, I read… is a personal site and is not really meant to be an authority on anything.

It’s a place where I make notes on books as I read them and jot down a few vocabulary words for future reference.

If I can help someone understand a book any better while I’m at it, then great.

(Since this is the first entry of this blog, it’s not all that great – but I may come back later and make it better. If I feel like it.)