Okay. I’ve decided to reinvent this blog as a proper book blog. I’ve spent the past few years on the sidelines watching how things are done and I think I’m finally ready to give it a shot! Since I’ll be graduating university in June, I think this will be a good activity to fill that void. I would like to start working on it now as a form of procrastination, […]
Last year I said “I’m going to exercise my willpower more”. Hahahahaha. I’m going to scrap the format of the last few year end posts and just type away a bit. This year was mostly eaten away by a three month summer trip around Ireland, England and Portugal, book-ended by two busy semesters (the first overloaded with school work, the second overloaded with paid work). Once again I did not meet […]
During the Readathon, I finished one book (~40 pages) and completed three books. Beyond the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo This is the book I finished. I had heard a lot of good things about this book, so I decided to pick it up. It’s written like a novel, with the author playing no role in the story (note: this is non-fiction), which I wasn’t expecting. I had to continuously […]
Just finished dinner…here’s my responses to the mid-event survey!1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired? My eyes were tired before I breaked for dinner, I actually shut them for about 15 minutes while lying on my bed…that little refresher did the trick, though, and I’m feeling bright eyed once again! 2) What have you finished reading? I’ve finished Beyond the Beautiful Forevers (had about 50 pages left […]
I’m a little bit behind (I slept til eight today! ;P) but here are my answers for the introductory questionnaire! 1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today? The Canadian Prairies! It looks a little grey out today, just how I like the weather to be when I’m spending time reading 🙂 2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Hard to […]