One Woman, One Year, 200 Books
The Sword of Honour Trilogy Page: 645
Another ridiculously busy and productive day is ending. This morning Aimee, myself, my brother and sister, and the boys went to Veritas, moved half the books from one POD to the other and finished clearing out the last odds and ends. We now have three things left to move, [...]
The Sword of Honour Trilogy Page: 313
I didn’t get many pages read but I did have a very productive day yesterday. Alex and Luc and I ran a couple of errands in the early morning on the bike and then came home and cleaned out our new car. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on [...]
Oliver Twist Page: 427 Finished
The Sword of Honour Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh Page: 113
I enjoyed Chesterton’s Preface to Oliver Twist (which was at the end of the book) almost more than the novel itself. It is melodramatic, saccharine, and trite. But Chesterton points out positively, as Orwell pointed out negatively, that Dickens is overwhelmingly moral. [...]
Ok, here are the books I’ve read in the last week.
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Peirce, and Selected Stories by James M. Cain Page: 594
The Trial by Franz Kafka Page: 299
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Page: 88
Here are some of the common assumptions people have been making, stating, and otherwise annoying me [...]
I actually read a little yesterday. I finished The Trial just before going to bed. FYI, not a good way to improve your dreams. Anyway, after the dust settles at Veritas and I have a chance to spend a little down time with the computer and my stack of books, I’ll update my page-count and [...]
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 dying. [...]
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 finished tonight. [...]
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 lost my wedding [...]
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 love [...]
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 [...]