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 […]
Now that my busiest semester EVER is over (regular course work was more than enough to deal with, then I had five papers and two exams all due in the first week of exam period…), I am looking forward to getting caught up on my reading tomorrow during Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon. Tonight I am cleaning my room and planning snacks and meals tomorrow – happily, I know I can depend on my […]