Day 269: C&P

Day 241: P&P

Reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for school. I listened to the book at work, now I'm reading the annotations in the book. I love this book.

Day 228: Reading

About 90% of my homework this semester consists of reading. This seems like it would be a fairly easy task. However, with Ashley away, the dogs demand more attention from me. Toby wants to be petted and Rodney always wants to play fetch. Eventually they both settle down and cuddle with me on the sofa, and that's when I am finally able to focus on my reading.

Day 213: Back to School

For Wednesday, I have to read a chapter out of Major Problems and pages 5-122 of Robinson Crusoe.  I'm listening to Crusoe on LibriVox, so that's no sweat.  I don't actually have to start reading the Anne Hutchinson book until next week, but since I have to write a paper on it, due in two weeks, I figured I should start reading it now.

Day 176: Lounging Lily

I went to lunch with Sarah, Gage, and Lily.  After, we walked over to Good Will to look around.  Lily found a good spot to relax and read a book.

Day 133: Julie/Julia

I started reading Julie & Julia.

Day 101: Homework

Rodney is "helping" me read "The Wife of Bath" (one of the Canterbury Tales).

Day 86: Beowulf

For my literature class this semester, I have to read Beowulf—thankfully it's a modern translation and much easier to understand.  Also, I was able to find an audio version of it, so I listened to it today while I cleaned the pool and when I was cutting up tomatoes for the dehydrator, and cutting up bell peppers and green beans for the freezer (from Mom's garden).

Day 62: My Books

My library currently contains 176 books.  Clearly, they are not all on this shelf.  I really need another book shelf or three.

Day 59: More Research

This is a book I'm reading to write my characters better, since all of the major characters are anti-heroes, instead of heroes.  I'm currently working on the characters biographies, making them more three dimensional.

Day 55: Million Miles

Today I finished reading A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller.  It was a quick read—I started it on Sunday and read 100 pages that first day.  The book was excellent.  I learned things from it both as a writer and as a regular human being.  I would HIGHLY recommend this book to pretty much everyone.

Day 34: Research

This is the book I am currently reading--it's research for my 2009 NaNoWriMo story, mentioned on my blog.  Originally, I borrowed a copy from the library, but the information was so good that I knew I needed my own copy to underline and highlight.  So, I ordered a used copy (though it looks pretty new to me) online and it arrived today.  Let the marking begin!