Open to words, forever–
Here’s my pile. It’s a fairly random pile, since I could have pulled a number of books that have been orbiting my reading space for a while now (“read me! “no, read me!”) and have had a completely different assortment, but I thought that starting somewhere might be a better strategy for me. Seeing what
Well, as a 1st year PhD student I have managed to involve myself in not one, not two, but three bookclubs this quarter. A terrible idea? Possibly. A fabulous idea? Hopefully. My plan of attack is (either smartly or ashamedly) to read the same books for all three. Thus, my mix will be eclectic. A
My stack.
Hi all ~ Here we go again! And, welcome those who are new! I am stuck inside in frigid Connecticut weather, but saw that it will warm up to 49 degrees by Friday– hard to imagine now, but it is surely something to look forward to…. So I have gone through this challenge several times
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
Hello, everyone. I am looking forward to participating in my first reading challenge with all of you, some of whom I know from ModPo. I live in the Dallas area with a current stack of books totaling some 3,500 pages (just summed them up) that I’m looking forward to reading. I hope to reach the
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.
It is ModPo season and we are in full swing studying the NY School this week. I have been exploring tons of poetry inside and outside the course and wanted to share a few findings. I got this book called The Poetry of Black America from the library in Woodland. Here are some of my
I can’t recall where I heard about this book, but I had been in the queue to get it from the library for about a month when I finally got notified to pick it up. I actually was a little worried about picking up a book while in the midst of the MOOC I help
Hello all! I can’t believe I am posting my 10th book of the summer- I have wanted to complete one of these challenges for a long time, and just haven’t been able to maintain the focus in past efforts. I think the key this summer was relieving some of the pressure by not creating unrealistic
Seasonal Reading 