Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

Considering how much I read, I am shocked that I have not talked more about where I post about books I've read, and list the books I want to read. I am always happy to learn more about what others are reading and of course share my thoughts on what I have read. I find bookshelves to be very interesting (and revealing!) Goodreads is a site for readers to review books, get recommendations, talk about books with others who are interested. You can see what your friends are reading and what they want to read. The fact that I have two boys who are 6 years apart who are evolving different reading tastes from me and each other means that I am always looking out for good material!  Goodreads also has an author program so authors can promote their books and reach their target audience as well as a writing section to get feedback on your writing, from those people, you know, who actually read and buy books. For comparison of the scale of the Goodreads membership and engagement, t...

In my never-ending quest to optimize my time, I've ventured into the world of audiobooks on CD (from the library because I'm cheap...I mean.. economical). I borrowed Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen . Audiobooks work for me because I could cook, clear up, fold laundry etc, while listening. (Watching television while doing chores didn't work out so well for me.) I picked a book that I wasn't salivating to read, a "second-tier" book if you will. It so happened that in Water for Elephants the narrator was in his 20s for parts of the book and 90 (or 93) for other parts. A different reader read each part so it was easy to follow the transition from one to the other. The readers were professional so I felt that they added to the positive experience of the book by using different voices for different characters. There were no extra sound effects to detract from the words and because the story was being told to me, I remembered the turns of the plot and quotes mu...