For a total of 499 pages… a nice number.
I changed my whole strategy after logging in to Scribd and seeing this:
I thought I knew why, but still a fascinating read that is more a contextual history of the 80’s generation and how Prince fit into it.
1. What are you reading right now?
I’m about to pick up Nine Stories by JD Salinger
2. How many books have you read so far?
One
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Getting back into The Merry Recluse, essays by Caroline Knapp
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
I had some errands, during which I listened to an audio book. I went to they gym, something I have committed to myself to do. That was just a non-reading time as I need to take classes else I won’t work as hard.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
What a fun community of readers are out there. I’m not sure why that surprises me. Of course book people are fun and cool!
One 323 page book. I may be the slowest reader in the read-a-thon, but that’s ok! Mostly I need to take breaks…
After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman
Also I did listen to part of The Death of Ivan Ilych in the car when I had to run a couple of errands.
Let’s go!
I am super excited about this read-a-thon ( so excited that I wrote super excited, as a 5th grader would). I have what feels like a million goals:
24 hours isn’t enough!
Does anyone else plan their day around finishing reading a book so they return it to the library because it’s WAY overdue? There are things that need to be done and they can be done at places close to the library, but they won’t be done until I finish reading this book.
Since receiving a Word A Day Calendar, I’ve decided to write a short something including my new word each day.
noun tour·bil·lion tu̇r-ˈbil-yən
Popularity: Bottom 30% of words
1 : whirlwind 1
2 : a vortex especially of a whirlwind or whirlpool
The cat standing on it’s hind legs is transfixed by the tourbillion of the front loading washing machine.
Since receiving a Word A Day Calendar, I’ve decided to write a short something including my new word each day.
adjective im·por·tune ˌim-pər-ˈtün, -ˈtyün; im-ˈpȯr-ˌ, -chən
Popularity: Bottom 50% of words
im·por·tune·ly adverb
Each time the cabinet door opens, the cat importunes me for treats, even when the cabinet opened isn’t the one containing the cat treats. She is shameless is her attempts to get what she wants.
Bissextile Year
Noun
1. a leap year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar.
Happy extra day of February, found only in bissextile years.
Note: Today’s word of the day is two words! An extra word for an extra day.
Since receiving a Word A Day Calendar, I’ve decided to write a short something including my new word each day.
noun, Rhetoric.
1. the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
2. a pun
Paronomasia seems like a word to be used to describe Fox Mulder, but it fact it describes the entertaining play on words the creators of the XFiles inserted by having an agent Miller. I tried with this one, I really did!
Since receiving a Word A Day Calendar, I’ve decided to write a short something including my new word each day.
adjective
1. reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
a queen regnant.
2. exercising authority, rule, or influence.
3. prevalent; widespread.
I am more and more terrified that Donald Trump will become regnant.
Living Reflections 