The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
The Confessions by St. Augustine Page: 11 The Best of Wodehouse Page: 139 It seems that I continue to fall behind in my reading. I’m starting to feel that it is hopeless if I can’t get 200 pages of Wodehouse in! Actually though I just had a very busy day. We have some extended family [...]
Here is a clip from the BBC production of “The Code of the Woosters” which is the first story in The Best of Wodehouse. Enjoy!
Ripey’s Game by Patricia Highsmith Page: 877 The Best of Wodehouse Page: 23 Ok so I just started Wodehouse and I’m already rolling on the floor laughing. On page one describing a hangover “I had been dreaming that some bounder was driving spikes through my head – not just ordinary spikes, as used by Jael [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 727 Finished Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith: 697 So I didn’t get a ton of reading done today but I did finish Herodotus – Yay! I’m glad I read it and I’m glad I had to finish it because I might of put it down after the first 100 or [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 647 Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith: 625 So I forgot that I had actually finished Ripley Under Ground and started the last book of the trilogy Ripley’s Game yesterday. I had barely gotten into it and didn’t make it much farther last night. I was up a lot but in [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 495 Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith: 613 Once again I failed to get my 216 pages read and I’m falling further behind. I don’t think I’m in dangerous territory yet but I’m anxious to finish Herodotus and get caught back up. I am actually enjoying Herodotus especially as I [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 387 Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith: 565 I did better today than yesterday but my overall average is continuing to drop. I know that once I finish Herodotus I’ll be doing better, that is until I start another thick, slow-moving book. I did get a lot of work done [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 263 Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith: 513 So I had grand ambitions to read a big chunk of The Histories today but I as you can see that came to naught. I failed to reckon with the consequences of Alex’s first birthday. I spent a good portion of the [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 225 Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith: 435 So I started the next Ripley novel and continued a little way in Herodotus. I survived the night without Quinn mostly because Jared was extra self-sacrificing and got up twice in the night. I felt even more rested than normal though I’m [...]
The Histories by Herodotus Page: 199 Lucky day number thirteen finds me short on pages for the first time. I did read over 100 pages of Herodotus, which I hope count for at least two each in anything else, and I started to actually enjoy him. Up to today I found his style a bit [...]