The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
Joseph and His Brothers Page: 410 I’m halfway through the year and it’s time for another assessment. Numerically things don’t look good. At this point I should have read 100 books or 39,675 pages. In fact I have read 84 & 1/3 books or 33,914 pages. I’d like to think that catching up almost 6000 [...]
Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann Page: 185 I’ve hardly read today. We did finally get a whole Sunday off (thank you Q) but between church, taking the boys swimming and trying to spend a little time with my husband…well, the book just lost out. I’m tired and I don’t feel well; Alex has been [...]
Song of Solomon Page: 363 Joseph and His Brothers By Thomas Mann Page: 160 I ordered a new batch of books yesterday. It’s been awhile since I’ve ordered any (I had to spend my book money on that speeding ticket. Sad.) and I’m so excited to see them come in. I ordered Sherlock Holmes, more [...]
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Page: 607 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Page: 300 Given the bawdiness of much of the Canterbury Tales, I was taken aback by the reverence and orthodoxy of The Parson’s Tale. And given the satirical treatment of essentially all of the characters, the gentle respect granted the Parson was refreshing. [...]
Canterbury Tales Page: 563 I will post about Chaucer tomorrow. Tonight I’m too busy talking to my husband.
Canterbury Tales Chaucer Page: 350 I’m tired and Jared is sitting here telling me all about how he wants to replace the windows in our house. The windows are ever so slightly a bone of contention between us. Not really but just enough to make me roll my eyes a bit when he brings them [...]
Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu Page: 1184 Finished I’m finished *happy dance*. Unfortunately the novel got better as it ended. I’m sad…I wanted to skim it. OK, I need a primer in Greenbelt etiquette. Of course the ruling principle in all codes of etiquette is to ensure that other people are as comfortable as [...]
Tale of Genji Page: 1028 So bybee over at Naked Without Books described me as “nucking futs”…that sounds about right… It’s not Genji’s fault that my page count was so low today, I was uber-productive at work which equals very little reading. Then I came home with the boys this evening and spent all my [...]
The Tale of Genji Page: 960 Before I started this blog I had no idea that there were a gazillion book blogs out there already. Thanks to WordPress’s incoming link tracking, I’ve discovered that they’re all over. Other readers find my blog and then post about it and link back to me. Sometimes I’m annoyed [...]
Tale of Genji Page: 740 I promise it’s not Genji’s fault that I didn’t get much reading done today. There is nothing like going without to make you realize how much you appreciate something. I think I’ve always been properly grateful to my mother-in-law for watching Alex and Luc on Saturdays. This week both she [...]