4 Books a Month FAIL
March was to be my first month of reading 4 books each month for 6 months. I failed.
But things started out really good. I read Kurtis's great book Mudville within the first 3 days of the month.
But things went downhill from there. But not from lack of trying.
The first book I tried to read was What is the What by Dave Eggers. It is an interesting story, I guess, but I just couldn't get through it. I would read one or two pages and put it down. I'd bring it on the bus, but just stare out the window. I just didn't get into it.
But, I didn't just give up on it and move on. It took me two weeks to finally give in, all the while I could have been reading something I liked.
Second was Watchmen by Alan Moore. Same thing. It just wasn't interesting to me. It was actually super boring and I didn't care what happened.
So, next month I try again. I just picked up The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper for the MNSpeak Book Club. I've read the first couple chapters and it is great. I'm ready to head to bed right now to read more. I will likely make sure the book gets finished in April so I can count it for them (they are my goals, I can cheat if I want.)
But things started out really good. I read Kurtis's great book Mudville within the first 3 days of the month.
But things went downhill from there. But not from lack of trying.
The first book I tried to read was What is the What by Dave Eggers. It is an interesting story, I guess, but I just couldn't get through it. I would read one or two pages and put it down. I'd bring it on the bus, but just stare out the window. I just didn't get into it.
But, I didn't just give up on it and move on. It took me two weeks to finally give in, all the while I could have been reading something I liked.
Second was Watchmen by Alan Moore. Same thing. It just wasn't interesting to me. It was actually super boring and I didn't care what happened.
So, next month I try again. I just picked up The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper for the MNSpeak Book Club. I've read the first couple chapters and it is great. I'm ready to head to bed right now to read more. I will likely make sure the book gets finished in April so I can count it for them (they are my goals, I can cheat if I want.)
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posted by Kassie @ Tuesday, March 24, 2009
4 Comments:
At March 24, 2009 7:54 PM ,
Jen said...
I had a hard time getting into What is the What too. I found it worth it in the end when I finally finished, though.
At March 25, 2009 10:12 AM ,
Pete said...
Isn't Watchmen a graphic novel? Why not just crank out four of those-- you've got six days! Nothing a trip to Big Brain can't fix.
At March 25, 2009 11:49 AM ,
Kassie said...
Generally, it takes me as long to read a page in a graphic novel as it does for me to read a page in a standard novel. While the graphic novels have less pages, they aren't that much faster and the end of the month is Monday.
It isn't that big of a deal to just start over next month.
At March 26, 2009 9:53 PM ,
Jen said...
Starting over isn't a big deal. I started one of my goals and then decided that I should have waited for another month because I already had too much on my plate. I think that's part of the process of this project. It's not just about actually accomplishing goals; it's also about learning time management and how to manage the process of accomplishing goals.
So you go get 'em next month!
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