Book Challenge

[annuin]

So, I'm attempting the 50bookchallenge this year. I found out about this mid-way last year, and didn't get as far as I would have liked, even if I had pro-rated the amount of books.

Mostly I'm just wanting to increase the amount of books I read this year. Lord knows the stacks of To Read books are getting to be bigger than I'd like.

And so maybe 50bookchallenge will be to bookreading what embodiment might be to paper journalling. Incentive. Kinda.

Anyway, 2 4 down, 48 46 to go.

Comments

[crescentmuse.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should join as well. I think I read a total of 3 books last year. L seems to be mostly against me reading though. She thinks I should be dancing with her in her room.

I just finished a book book though... The Thirteenth Tale (http://www.amazon.com/Thirteenth-Tale-Novel-Diane-Setterfield/dp/0743298020/sr=8-1/qid=1168257592/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3956389-8402530?ie=UTF8&s=books)

I recommend it. *nods*

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Well, even if you don't get to 50 by the end of the year, if it helps you pick up a few more than last year, that'll be a bonus, right? :)

I'm lucky that Dashiell will play by himself for periods of time. He'll check up on me every so often, but generally unless he wants to nurse or is hungry, he's happy to totter around doing his thing.

And crazy sleeping patterns make for plenty of reading time. It's not like I can do noisy clean-up or vacuuming at 2am.

I've not been playing much World of Warcraft lately, so I guess that's where some of my reading time is coming from also.

I think one of my resolutions for the year should be to learn to balance all kinds of things... domestic stuff, baby stuff, and various hobbies and interests, so that everything gets it's just share.

[crescentmuse.livejournal.com]

Some one on my flist asked if reading kids books counted. LOL If so I've read Goodnight Moon as easy 200 times.

You are right it will at least spur me on to read more. I feel like my brain is turning to mush. I just feel so guilty over reading when I have a thousand errands to do.

Balance is what i'm working on as well. It seems almost impossible at times.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Well, I read a Lemony Snicket book and a Harry Potter one, I'm counting those :P

But I don't read those to Dashiell, and HP at least is more young adult than anything.

[crescentmuse.livejournal.com]

How was Lemony Snicket?

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Depressing, lol. As the narrator warns, it's not a happy story as miserable things befall the children, hence obviously the title of the series. It makes an interesting change from the saccharin happy stories, lol. It's not that bad, they do triumph over the evil Count Olaf, they just don't get their live-with-a-nice-person happily-ever-after ending.

Did you see the movie? That was based on (if I'm remembering correctly) the first three books.

The first book basically chronicles them as they go from learning about their parents demise to moving in with Count Olaf and his plot to try and marry Violet for real during a staged play.

The second one is called The Reptile Room, and (I think, haven't read it yet) will cover the segment where they go to live with the Billy Connolly herpetologist. And then the third book covers when they go to live with that aunt with the house teetering on the edge of a cliff. (This will make sense to you if you saw the movie).

It's a short book, 156 pages, and the book's size is fairly small, and it's got the usual kids' book larger print, so the amount of text on the page isn't that much. It's a fast read as a result. I think I read it in about 2 hours or so.

So, it was entertaining, and I'll probably read more of them, but it didn't grab me as much as the Harry Potter books (but then they're way more dense and in depth).

[crescentmuse.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie. I would like to see it and read the book at some point. It sounds like my kind of thing. :-)