I was planning to keep all our Read-A-Thon updates in a single refresh-able post, but even I got tired of scrolling down that far. And, okay, the fact that I accidentally deleted the whole thing in a single blurry-eyed moment? It required precious reading time be spent reconstructing. So the
As the Read-A-Thon day unfolds, we'll be including more than one update in a single refresh-able post. We're hoping to reduce the Reader Traffic for non-Read-A-Thon-ers. Update from BIP and Mister BIP, Hour Three: Title of book read: Pippi Longstocking (BIP read 114 pages of it) Amount of time spent reading:
8am: Started reading Pippi Longstocking, my first Read-A-Thon read. 8:15: Taking break (hoping this isn't indicative of day's attention span). This is my first Read-A-Thon. The wee BIPs are not home for the weekend (but I'm sure they'll want to participate in the next R-A-T). We'll be taking notes, mentally
Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer Grand Central-Hachette Book Group, 1996 Isn't it funny (funny-dumb) how the simple act of putting a book on a list can transform the idea of reading it from a pleasure into a chore. Even when you're the one listing it? That's what happened with me and
Michael Winter's This All Happened: A Fictional Memoir House of Anansi, 2000 Gabriel English was also the protagonist of Michael Winter's short story collection One Last Good Look. I realized this after I had finished this novel and felt a little badly. As though I'd arrived significantly late for an
