One Woman, One Year, 200 Books
I didn’t read a single word yesterday. Soooo busy! We have about half the store packed up, half the shelves taken down and a whole patio finished. Woot. I’m at Veritas now, waiting for a bookstore owner to come and look at some of my books. I feel like a part of my soul is [...]
My morning blogging continues. I worked on Kafka’s The Trial last night after finishing the last of James M. Cain. Neither are very enjoyable. I’m planning on reading Dickens today. I’ve got Oliver Twist. We worked on our brick patio last night after getting home from Veritas. It is looking good! It might even be [...]
Yeesh! I’ve sounded depressed lately! Myabe because I have been… I have read a little bit the last few days but haven’t had my book with me much and haven’t had time to focus on it. We are working pretty hard but the biggest thing is emotional exhaustion. A few highlights: I seem to have [...]
We kipe our internet from the neighbors (shh) and sometimes you just can’t get a connection. Last night was one such night. We had a “wake” for Veritas last night and didn’t get home until late and then talking and crying kept us up even later. I’m tired and burned out right now…and I don’t [...]
James M. Cain novels I can’t remember all three titles…I’m too lazy/tired to check Page: 250ish Today was a sad and tiring day. Of course getting up on a Saturday morning with my husband (instead of already being at work at 6:30), eating breakfast together and driving to Veritas together was pleasant and unusual. I [...]
We’ve decided to close Veritas. Effective immediately. Those who are close to us will easily guess some of the reasons and those of you far away will likely understand too. We are sad that Boise will now be poorer by one coffeehouse and one bookstore and we are sad that all the wonderful people who [...]
The Complete Short Stories by Evelyn Waugh Page: 592 The Trial by Franz Kafka Page: 128 We had another ridiculously busy day. Meetings, business, busy little boys and I still managed to read 220 pages today. Yay. So far I’ve found Waugh’s writing to be quite enjoyable. Everyman’s list includes essentially everything he wrote but [...]
The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Page: 304 Finished The Complete Short Stories by Evelyn Waugh Page: 500 My love of books has been enjoying a renaissance. I’ve been moving lots of books around and the fun of handling them and seeing them re-arranged seems fresh. I love seeing lovely books all lined up and [...]
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Page: 235 Hawthorne’s novel is our book club selection for the week and I was actually hoping to get the whole thing read today…foolish dreams. I had forgotten that Marybeth was coming over for dinner tonight (until her timely message reminded me) and was planning on closing Veritas and [...]
The Complete Short Stories by Evelyn Waugh Page: 320 I still enjoy Waugh’s writing and am happy to be working my way through another book of his. My experiences reading short stories this year has convinced me that reading straight through a collection of them is not effective. They tend to blend together and individual [...]