One down, several to go.

So the main project for this year was to not buy any more books but to read the ones already in my possession. Now, the fact that I bought a book the other day should in no way be construed to mean that I'm abandoning that resolution already. Nor should the fact that this is the first post of the new year be construed to mean that I'm giving up on my resolution to blog more. Rather, the boo should be seen as a gift for Zack, and my tardiness be seen as...well sheer laziness.

The first set of books I read was Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, which Julie's parents gave me for Christmas. It was excellent, and I was disappointed to read that the film might not live up to the very high caliber of the novel. Expect more compromises in the later, far more polemical stories.

And the fact that I have to buy Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God today...that's to help a tutoring student. Really. Truly.