About
I started this site at the end of 2007 in order to chronicle the project I had dreamed up for 2008. I wanted to read 200 books in one year while caring for my toddler Alex and new baby Luc. I was also running a small bookstore and coffeehouse at the time. I accomplished my goal, finishing The Odyssey on December 30th 2008. My sanity mostly survived the vicissitudes of that nutty, nutty year. You can read all about it in the archives.
I’ve just finished my Master’s in English Literature from Boise State University, and work at oddments of tutoring, teaching, and writing jobs. I continue to love and care for my home and my two little boys. I still read quite a bit and blog about that and about life in general.
Email me at akpatchin (at) gmail (dot) com
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January 9th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Be not scared, be invigorated by the adventure that lies before you! I am duly inspired…
January 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
“in an effort to avert this disastrous decline of my intellectual capacity and pathetic loss of my favorite activity” –
What a worthy goal and your motivation is a noteable one!I applaud you as my part to cheer you ever on!
February 20th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Way to go Amanda! If you have any more room, I’d love to add my own book to that count! Good luck with your endeavour!
February 20th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Good luck.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:16 am
Wow, I am inspired by you! I read about this endevor in Sunday’s paper and wish I could help! I have been meaning to stop in to your store, now I will because I want to meet someone who is so crazy! But crazy in a GREAT way! I read that people from around the world are checking in on you but I am just down the street. I will be in soon! You have inspired me to start reading Pillars of the Earth, 800 pages scared me but not anymore!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I love to read, too. I can collect books and enjoy having them, as well as re-reading the ones I love best. I enjoyed ‘The Wind In The Willows’, years ago, and still own a copy. I always wanted to write my own, and finally did. It is called “Outcasts of Skagaray” and was written to make a happy outcome out of a miserable situation. If you ever feel like reading it, I would love to hear your opinion.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:54 am
I skimmed. Not sure if I saw a Hardy in there or not. If there is not one, I am highly disappointed. Hardy is the best. But I was encouraged to see some Maugham. Why not some Collins?
Yes, Moby Dick is quite the whaling manual. I think about 1/4 of the book is actual narrative.