"I'm going to go back there someday"

Based on the "unread book meme" below is a current list of all Hugo and Nebula award ( Novels )

With only a couple of days left till Harry Potter book 7 comes out, I think I will post my ( predictions. )

Anyone else want to make a prediction? (Behind cut-tags of course)

I was recently directed to paperbackswap.com by apocalypticbob It has worked great for me so far. When first registering you enter (fair condition) books that you would be willing to part with. You get 3 "starter credits" for the first 9 books you make available (1 credit = 1 book). After that you get 1 credit for each book you ship, and each book you request costs 1 credit. The shipper pays the shipping cost (Typically $1.59 for a single book.) There is no cost to register.

I have shipped off 7 books, received 5, and 3 more books are enroute to me (plus 1 to my nephew). I have been able to fill in some of the "holes" in my collection. Entering books into the system is simple (it uses ISBN), and it will print out the "shipping lable.

By the way, if any of you do decide to join, and you put me (Nickname:MaverickWeirdo) down as the one who recomended the site to you, then I get a bonus credit.

I truely appreciate advice and feedback. Even stuff I don't agree with, or that I am not ready to hear, lets me know that people care enough to share their opinion/feelings/experiences.

I have now reached the point where people are recommending books. So far I have had recommended to me Neale Donald Walsh on Relationships by Neale Donald Walsh & The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. I'm typically not much for "self-help" books, but I may look into those once I finish the one that has been waiting for me 2 years now.

It is (  'The Invitation' by Oriah Mountain Dreamer )

I was very impressed with the poem, and even more impressed by the real and pratical writing style of the author. The meditations are meant to help people live more thoughtfully, more intimately with themselves, others, and the world. I read the first couple of meditations, then chickened out. The author mentions a couple of times that living more fully brings changes into our lives, and we cannot control what those changes may be. I though about what "living more fully" might be like, then I though about what I had to lose. My biggest fear was that by changing the way I live my life, I might alienate my wife, and I did not want to lose her. So I put the book down.

I cannot say if continuing the book two years ago might have saved my marriage, or ended it sooner, or made no difference at all.

Today I completed the third meditation.