No idea what I was thinking, but I’ve signed up for Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon. So, if you’re bored today, check back because I’ll be updating frequently.
This morning’s first post offers insight into who I am for anyone stopping by from the outside world:
Where are you reading from today?
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I’m reading in an overcast Washington, D.C. Right now I’ll be reading at home, but the location may vary throughout the day to keep things interesting.
3 facts about me …
- I am not a morning person.
- I leave for France in eighteen days for my first trip to a wholly foreign-speaking land.
- I don’t like coffee.
How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?
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Well, I picked up seven new books at the library yesterday to provide me with a bunch of options, but my TBR pile at home is deep as well.
Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?
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I’m supposed to have goals? Crap! I thought getting out of bed in time to start was a pretty good one…
If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, Any advice for people doing this for the first time?
I am a novice professional, but have many years under my belt in the amateur category. I do, of course, welcome any and all suggestions of how to muddle through on the five hours of sleep I got after last night’s marathon French Monopoly game. If you think that game is endless in English, you haven’t seen anything until you have to pull out a dictionary to translate the Community Chest cards…
France!! How exciting!!
(also- I LOVED Book of a Thousand Days. I love Shannon Hale anyway 🙂 )
Comment by Jenn 10.18.08 @ 11:37 amCould you pack me in your suitcase and take me to France with you? Pretty please?
Comment by dewey 10.18.08 @ 11:43 amOnce upon a time I was known to declare my distaste for French – the people, the language, the country. Yes, this was a bit of a case of sour grapes – my grandmother spoke French and used it to keep secrets, and she largely influenced my decision in school to study Spanish. I’ve retired my conspiracy theories as to why she pushed in that direction because in truth it turns out to be the much more useful language here in Southern California. I’d like to learn French someday. And lots of other languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Latin, German, Arabic, and American Sign Language… but anyway, no more problems with French these days.
And I love games. We have a brand new curio cabinet that allowed us to take the games out of my closet shelves and display them in the living room where they are easy to access. We have friends over twice a month to play board games or card games. We own a copy of Monopoly that came in a special edition tin.
Playing Monopoly in French sounds like torture. Even in Spanish or Hebrew, languages I theoretically am familiar with, it would be torture. It’s torture in English. It’s not just endless, it’s boring.
Comment by Grey Kitten 10.21.08 @ 1:57 am