Long Time No Read?

Just because I haven't posted in a while doesn't mean I haven't been reading.

And just because most likely no one even looks at this blog doesn't mean I'm not going to post in it again.

In other good news, if anyone has been checking on this blog from time to time, you may have seen all of my updates over in the right sidebar there, feeding from Goodreads.

Thank goodness for audiobooks. If not for audiobooks, I probably wouldn't be reading. (Let alone writing analytical reviews of everything that I read.)

So this post is more like a check-up, really. Because, being totally honest, I don't have what it takes right now to write eloquent literature reviews. My reading/listening hobby has become what many people like to call "escapism."

I hate that term. I'm not really sure why, but it seems like some high-brow readers use the term in a derogatory way to describe people who read for fun instead of for intellectual advancement.

What's so wrong with that anyway?

Last time I checked, even the most simple, pure-for-the-entertainment-of-it novel was a gazillion times more enriching than the latest episode of "we beat the dead horse of reality TV again for the 5th straight night." If it takes escapism to get away from depressingly awful TV (or a long and lackluster commute with only construction cones for scenery), then so be it.

Can we just call our reading habits something else? How about "adventurism"!?

Who wouldn't rather be called an adventurist? (Note the difference between 'adventurer.' I like to be an 'adventurer' too, but when it comes to book-clubbing, then I put on the 'adventurist' tag. Make sense? If you're just joining this blog, remember, I make up words.)

I have several up-and-coming adventures that I'm pretty excited about. When you drive 45+ minutes each way to and from work, you tend to get excited about series(es) that promise to be spine-tingling, imagination-exciting, and mind-occupying.

• Game of Thrones
• The Knife of Never Letting Go
• The Maze Runner

 I'll start at least 1 of these series next month, and hit up a 2nd if I finish it.

Good thing there's way too many novels in the world for me to run out of commuting adventures.