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	<title>A Yankee in Texas &#187; Reading</title>
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		<title>2010 Goal #1: Read more&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Historically I am not much of a reader, but there have been times when I&#8217;ve found a book that I liked and I really enjoyed reading. I have a pretty vivid imagination so reading to me is almost like watching a movie except better because it&#8217;s almost as if I am experiencing it. I would [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Historically I am not much of a reader, but there have been times when I&#8217;ve found a book that I liked and I really enjoyed reading. I have a pretty vivid imagination so reading to me is almost like watching a movie except better because it&#8217;s almost as if I am experiencing it. I would say most if not all of the people I look up to as being smart and intelligent are prolific readers.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So one of the goals I set for myself in 2010 is to read more. My plan is to read a book every two weeks and hopefully read 20+ books this year. With my goal in mind I spent some time scouring Amazon and created a list of prospective reads. Today Nicole and I went to Half Price books and after a pit stop at Barnes &amp; Noble I can home with five new ( to me ) books. However,  I am just now realizing that all but one of these books are the basis for movies. While unintentional I do love movies and I&#8217;ve found that the book is usually better than the movie.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am working on creating a reading list for the year and when I am done I will share it here.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8211; Jeremy</p>
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		<title>The Foundation&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This evening Nicole and I went to Borders. Nicole wanted to pick up the next book in the series she was reading (No it&#8217;s not Harry Potter.). I glanced through the Trade Paperback section, but I didn&#8217;t see any books I particularly wanted. So I slipped over to the Science Fiction aisle. I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ayankeeintexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/prelude_to_foundation.jpg" title="prelude_to_foundation" alt="prelude_to_foundation" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="10" /> This evening Nicole and I went to Borders. Nicole wanted to pick up the next book in the series she was reading (No it&#8217;s not Harry Potter.). I glanced through the Trade Paperback section, but I didn&#8217;t see any books I particularly wanted. So I slipped over to the Science Fiction aisle. I am admittedly not a very prolific reader, but when I drove from Michigan to Texas solo, the last time we moved to Austin, I rented some books on tape. One of the books I rented was from Isaac Asimov&#8217;s Foundation Novels. I am not sure which one I rented, but I remember enjoying it very much.</p>
<p>So while we were at Borders I picked up &#8220;Prelude to Foundation&#8221; which is technically the first book in the series even though it was written 20-30 years after the original trilogy. I am hoping I can work my way through the series. There are a total of seven books in the series. It will take me a while since I am not a fast reader.</p>
<p>&#8211; Jeremy</p>
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