Author: borkali

I am impressed with the continued overlap between these two reads. I finished the last 125 pages over the last three days, immediately following finishing Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. Here are some passages from the remaining pages of Sacks that made me consider Didion’s writing and how these two pieces of literature intersect. The

Yesterday I finished reading The Year of Magical Thinking and as much as her writing is lovely and easily drank in large gulps, I was happy to finish this read. I think maybe that was an effect Didion was going for– the ending is not happy, or particularly hopeful, which is correct. As a person who

I have calculated that at the end of week 2 I am at 525 pages total. Not bad! I am pretty happy with my approach and the progress so far. Last weekend I went to the library book sale and picked up The Year of Magical Thinking. I have heard all sorts of good stuff and have

Well, as much as I tried to pace myself– I simply couldn’t help but spend the evening finishing this novel. I am glad I did. I was in no rush, and the last 107 pages kept me company on a quiet Monday. I won’t go into all the details but here are some of the

In keeping with my commitment to 30 pages a day, I am tallying myself for week 1 at 204 pages. I must say that I am enjoying slowing my reading and insisting that I read each day, instead of plow through works on the weekends. I find myself feeling the story from ANY DAY NOW

One of the efforts I am making this session is to (try to) read 29 pages each day. I sometimes find myself cramming in large reading sessions, and am trying to be better about “dosing” myself with content and letting it sink it more. So, today I actually forced myself to stop reading. What kind of

I actually read this around 3 times but I’m only counting pages once- ha! Such is the reading of a poem. This long poem “America Was Promises” by Archibald MacLeish was published in 1939, which of course is the year when WWII started. I enjoy thinking about how this poem is written in the past

Hi all, For me– my preferred method of communication is through reading and writing. I read continuously most days, to be honest. I always have a book next to me and sometimes I’ll just read the whole thing (waiting for a late meeting to start…). Other times I’ll skim a few pages and put it

2,018 pages in ten weeks 201.8 pages per week 28.8 pages per day This is how my brain breaks down this thing called Winter Reading 2018. Let’s call it 29 pages per day. I think I’m going to try to post more frequently than once a week– maybe even capture 29 pages at a time.