Carina

01 Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
02 The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
03 The Unabridged Pocketbook of Lightning by Jonathan Safran Foer
04 The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories by Angela Carter
05 Atonement by Ian McEwan
06 Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty *
07 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty
08 If I Ran the Circus by Dr Seuss
09 Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty
10 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
11 Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan
12 The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
13 The Boy Book by EL Lockhart
14 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
15 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
16 Learning to Love You More by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher
17 Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden
18 Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
19 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
20 Avalon High by Meg Cabot
21 Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
22 No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
23 Prep by Curtis Sittenfield
24 Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Number 25 is The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007, edited by Dave Eggers.

I think this is a good pace. :)

I weighed myself the other day after the longest time. I stood at 120, and to my amazement, I am now at 115. I’m not disappointed or anything, just surprised, as I haven’t been actively watching my weight or exerting any strenuous exercise.

Shrug.

I’ve finished 4 books since January 1st. I’m currently in the middle of several, and while it sometimes feels like a failure (as the projected pace would be, if there were 52 weeks in a year, a book and then some a week), I’ve come to terms with this “failure” and have realized that what it really is is a small victory. It is a victory because I have not read this much since I began to discover my love for words.

As much as I don’t think I can catch up to the 50, there is still enough time (ten-and-a-half months is ten-and-a-half months) to read as much as I can, and I’ll be resolute with that simple goal.

(I’m still hoping for a fifty. For those of whom are going strong, cheers to all of you, as I’ve none left at the moment.)

:)

As expected, schoolwork and org-work have gotten in the way. I’ve only finished one book so far, but I’m adding to my stack of currently-reading>

“The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis (nearly done!)
“The Mystery of Things” by A.C. Grayling
“Atonement” by Ian McEwan
“The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter

My fingers are crossed for a speedier development! Good luck to those who have a similar goal of reading more this year. We can do it!

(I’m the kind of person who needs to read things simultaneously.)

1. “Rebel Angels” by Libba Bray – second book of a trilogy
2. “The Mystery of Things” by A.C. Grayling – an anthology of essays
3. “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis – satire on religion and temptation

I’m almost finished with “The Screwtape Letters,” have read two or three of Grayling’s essays and am about to start on “Rebel Angels.” I’m trying to read very fast because school will get in the way soon. :(

But I’m excited to read. More than I have been in a really long time. :D

He’s a little firecracker. It’s hard to keep him still enough to read to him, and every time he’s around the house, everyone wants to play with him.

I got as far as about 2,000 words, which is really far from the goal, but at least I got somewhere, yeah? :)

Right now, I’m on holiday break from school and I’ve read about three books. Because of this, I definitely got excited about reading the books that I do already have that I haven’t read due to other “more important” (or more urgent, I guess) commitments.

If anyone also doing this needs a tip, Good Reads is a great way to keep track of your progress.

Good luck to everyone and myself!
2008 is going to be fantastic. :)

(Photo isn’t mine; chotda @ Flickr.com)

So. I posted this goal a sufficiently long time ago; it was cheered seven months ago and I’ve basically forgotten about it.

This morning, I received a letter from one of the users who came across my page. In it, he told me about his day, mostly. And a little bit about his family. It was completely gratifying, though I don’t think I can explain why or how.

I am in the process of writing a reply. :)

if anyone wants to be the said stranger:

carina santos
3 sulu street,
west avenue,
qc 1100 philippines

i will reply, if you provide a return address.
and if you aren’t creepy.

This is what I have so far. There’s a corkboard in the middle, and I don’t want to get rid of it because it’s useful. I might fill it up, even over the windows. I don’t know, we’ll see.

But look, I’m nearly done with one side. :D