I finally did it. Now that I have a camera, I photographed my review book pile. It’s actually got one book in it that technically isn’t a review book (it was a contest win), and it’s missing one cookbook that I didn’t see an easy way of adding to the stack, as well as today’s review book: Weltman & Katt’s Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting an eBay Business. Now it’ll be easier to see if I can beat the pace of books—or if they beat me.

It’s funny; it used to be that things overwhelmed me very easily. This challenge, however, just motivates and excites me. I think that’s partially because (mentally speaking) things have been getting a whole lot better of late. You know things are going well, after all, when you and the therapist you’ve been seeing for your PTSD agree that you don’t need to set up a ‘next’ appointment—you’ll just call her if and when you have any problems. I think it’s also because I finally realized some months ago that reading & reviewing books is what I love doing. I don’t know why; it just is.

So here’s that photo:

Dewey has put up a fantastic new book meme that I just have to participate in, because it provides plenty of food for thought: the negativity meme.

1. When you dislike a book, do you say so in your blog? Why or why not?

Yes. I see my reviews as existing to help people pick which books they might want or not want to explore in their precious spare time. The best way to honestly help people is to list everything I think they might want or need to know about a book in order to make that decision. That includes not just things I like or don’t like, but why, and things I think others might like or dislike even if I don’t agree.

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This morning I was stunned to realize that Errant Dreams Reviews now contains 600 reviews. Six HUNDRED reviews. SIX hundred REVIEWS!

SIX HUNDRED REVIEWS!!!

*ahem* Sorry about that. Got carried away.

It took about 10 years, because I wasn’t always as focused on reviewing as I have been for the last year or so, but there you have it. Now that’s a milestone!

Edited to add: After all of that, you’d think I’d remember to post the link to today’s 600th review! Sheesh! Here it is: Susanna Carr’s upcoming Red-Hot and Royal!