Holy cow I'm a reading machine! I finished 2 books Friday, although they were small tomes (156 pgs - 54 pgs read the previous day + 225 pgs = 327 pgs). But then I couldn't sleep, the pharmacist warned me that my decongestants might keep me up. I was up until 3 am catching up on my Dickens. I'm one of those people that mark out so many pages/chapters to be read a day/week - not on every book but to meet a goal or break up what could be monotonous reading. Nerd! Trust me - I know - I got weird looks last year everytime I pulled out my tabbed copy of War and Peace at work or on the bus. Well
A Tale of Two Cities is due back to the library on Wednesday and as of last week I hadn't picked it up yet. Someone wished me good luck and said that they found it kind of difficult to get into so I thought I'd better tab this baby and get it done. Feb 19-26 about 48 pgs a day - no problem. Well Wed & Thurs night of this week I was out late after seminars and didn't get to it so I was behind. So I guess I just decided to tuck in and catch up. I read Wed, Thurs and Fri's tabs and since technically it was Sat I decided to read that bit as well. I don't think it's a difficult read I'm rather enjoying it. Let's see it's 1 am now - not tired - I think I'll go ahead and read Sun's bit. Oh finished
People of the Book - it was good. I know, I know, I need to post reviews... I will, I swear! When I wake up later I'm going to try to finish
The Yacoubian Building.
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ashleigh (ash'lė) n.
1: egyptologist; currently living in the uk attempting to
obtain a phd
in egyptology, hoping in the end there will be a job.
2: literary; reading to escape reality, to improve
conversation, for
inspiration.
3: crafter; crocheting and needlework, creating heirlooms,
keeping the
world warm.
4: dreamer; head in the clouds, full of fantasies, wishing
to be someone
else, somewhere else.
:: reading ::
: Ivanhoe . Walter Scott
: Schindler's Ark . Thomas Keneally
: The Amber Spyglass . Philip Pullman
: The Red Queen . Margaret Drabble
: Un Lun Dun . China Miéville
: A Handful of Dust . Evelyn Waugh
: Adjunct: An Undigest . Peter Manson
: A Kestral for a Knave . Barry Hines
:: recently finished ::
: Falling Man . Don DeLillo
: Written on the Body . Jeanette Winterson
: The Bell Jar . Sylvia Plath
: No One Writes to the Colonel . Gabriel García Márquez
: The Subtle Knife . Philip Pullman
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5 : True Love
4 : Like
3 : Good
2 : Ok
1 : Why did I read this?
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: The Pub
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