One Woman, One Year, 200 Books
Essays by George Orwell Page: 1363 FINISHED *ahhh…*
Today seems like a good day to review my progress so far. We are one-quarter of the way through the year but sadly, I’m not one-quarter of the way through my reading. I thought I was going to end up marking this milestone with a day of [...]
Peter Pan Page: 240
Essays George Orwell Page: 1265
Today was an exceptionally good day. Both boys slept until 9am (well, Luc got up at 6 but then went back to sleep until 9), then I headed down to Veritas to join Jared and Marybeth stopped by with Cole to visit for awhile, and then Pam offered [...]
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Page: 80
Essays George Orwell Page: 1140
So tired…I had a great line today: “What’s a Saturday without a 17-hour workday?” But then Quinn decided to polish her halo and offered to close for me so I’m sitting at home, feet up, tapping out a blogpost. I didn’t get nearly as much [...]
Ulysses by James Joyce Page: 50
The Thin Man & Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett Page: 644 Finished
When I write a crappy blogpost like yesterday’s I wonder if it’s even worth sticking to my daily blog commitment. Some days I can compose a long and thoughtful-ish post and other days…nada. Oh well, here’s to the [...]
The Thin Man by Dashiel Hammet Page: 406
I’ve almost finished another Hammet novel. I like the banter in this one better than the dialogue in The Maltese Falcon. Still I’m a little worried that this is one of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century…it is just a detective novel after all.
I don’t have [...]
The Maltese Falcon Dashiel Hammet Page: 227
I’m really tired tonight and not looking forward to my early morning tomorrow. Our faithful employee, who works Monday through Friday mornings for us, needed to take Spring Break off to finish her volunteer hours for her Social Work degree. I miss her. So much. If you’re reading this [...]
Essays by George Orwell Page: 1030
Still slogging through Orwell and other than the occasional chuckle at his self-contradiction I’m still not a fan. A few points. He writes repeatedly about the need for efficiency in building homes to avoid drudgery and unnecessary waste; then he writes an entire essay about how every home should have [...]
The BFG Page: 243
Essays George Orwell Page: 766
I LOVE DAYS OFF! As previously mentioned, yesterday was our first day off since Christmas. Not just our first day off together but really our first day off. I’ve kinda had a couple days (last week when I tried to get lots of reading done, and a couple [...]
The BFG by Roald Dahl Page: 155
Jared and I are headed out for our anniversary night off. Quinn and Amanda are taking turns watching the boys and taking care of Veritas. Or is that taking care of the boys and watching Veritas…
I read part of The BFG and am enamored with Roald Dahl! I will [...]
Essays by George Orwell Page: 720
So far I’ve avoided talking too much about Orwell and his writing other than to point out how sad and depressing he is. The further I read into this collection of essays – which is arranged chronologically – the more that is confirmed. He reviews books, writes opinion columns, and [...]