How many books have you read so far in 2017?

[hay rick]

18. I read a lot, but a lot of my reading is not books.

A lot of my reading is online and driven by my political and environmental interests. The books I read are mostly on my Kindle. I do most of my "book reading" at the gym to distract me from my stationary bike workouts. This year I have been reading the Max Allan Collins' Nate Heller series. I also read a book on the federal budget and "On Tyranny." I suppose my year-to-date book count is about 10.

I live in South Florida and my sister called me today to see how I was dealing with the pending arrival of Iris and to offer her Maryland home as a sanctuary. Thanks sis. We ended up talking about our childhood home and some of the books that we both read 60+ years ago. She talked about reading "Boxcar Children" books to her grand kids. They loved it. Then I mentioned that we used to read books about an Italian priest- but I couldn't remember the name of the books. About an hour later she sent me an email. I downloaded "The Little World of Don Camillo" to my Kindle and am looking forward to a very sentimental re-reading.