Another successful day! Bout of Books is turning out to be very productive this time around! So far I am 2 for 2 (two books in two days).I didn't feel like picking up The Accidental by Ali Smith again (maybe today will be the day), but I did read two more 'essays' in A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett. I don't want to steam through that one, as it is a collection of non-fiction: articles for magazines, speeches, introductions to books, all written by Pratchett. Reading a few a day is going much better as I feel I am getting more out of it than I would if it became a blur. I decided to pick up another book on my TBR pile, Bird Box by Josh Malerman. A good choice for a readathon, because even if I was planning to go to bed early, there was no way I was going to put that book down. Nope, not a chance at all. Besides, it is hard to feel sleepy when feeling freaked out.
Plans for the day:Celebrate! The matric (final year of high school, whatever you call that where you are) results were released today, and all (100%) of our matrics passed! As I teach at a school for kids with barriers to learning, this is definitely something worth cracking a bottle of champers over!
Read another 2 essays by Pratchett.
Find another book to read, or maybe put a bit more of a dent in Ali Smith.
Day 2 stats:
Books read: 1 (total = 2)
Pages read: 316 (total = 861)
And now for the challenge! Today's challenge is hosted by Becksa at Ranty Runt of a Reader
Rainbows!
The cover challenge
My indigo is a bit dubious, But then, this isn't an art exam, so I am not too worried. It is in there. You just have to look a bit closely.
The author challenge
All from my book shelves!
O – Orwell, George
Y – Yancy, Rick (Hmmm, I could read The Infinite Sea today...)
G – Goodkind, Terry (because Neil Gaiman was taken)
B – Bray, Libba (one of the few YA authors I will read for my own enjoyment)
I – Irving, John
V – van der Ruit, John (A home grown writer!)
No comments:
Post a Comment