Hello, Stranger

Okay, wow, it's been almost exactly a year since I posted in this blog last. I'm...not sure how that happened. I mean, I kept reading during that year. I kept knitting. And yet somehow I did not keep blogging. What's up with that?

Anyway. Sorry about that.

So, here's what's new with me: I've finally started graduate school. I'm working on my English Education degree and my certification at the same time, so in a couple of years, I'll actually be able to get a real job! With benefits and everything! And I can maybe stop being such a desperate loser and actually feel like a grown-up! Radical concept.

One of the classes I'm taking this summer is about book clubs and the use of book clubs and/or literature circles in the classroom. So, as a practical demonstration, the professor divided our class up into book groups of our own! My group is reading Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, which is a book I've always wanted to read but had never gotten around to for one reason or another. As part of the class, we're supposed to keep reading journals on our book club reading. That thought reminded me of this blog. Well, I thought, why not post my reading journal online in my blog? It's been ages since I last updated. If I have any readers left, they might be interested! So that's what I'm going to do: I'll be posting my first impressions and initial thoughts of each chapter of The Poisonwood Bible as I read it. You can play along at home, if you'd like! We could have an online readalong! Hey, it could be fun.

So you can expect -- brace yourself for the shock -- actual regular updates of this blog for the next few weeks. (All bets are off after that, though -- after my spectacular year-long nonblogging streak, I refuse to make any promises.) Go on and check the Poisonwood Bible out from the library and read with me, if you'd like. Summer's the perfect season for reading! Let's do it!