Today’s lunch. (See also.)
Yes, I am the sort of person who stops mid-sandwich construction to take photos. Now you know, but you shouldn’t be surprised. (:
Yep, I made tacos with flatbread instead of shells or tortillas. (: They ruled!
Shot a roll at lunch, today. I love that camera.
Progress: 4 down, 16 to go
Which: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan
The size of Pyramid surprised me after the relatively short Percy Jackson installments, but Riordan fills that extra space well enough. Pyramid has a lot more going on, not least because of its two narrators (brother and sister), but it doesn’t drag and he keeps the sibling jokey-bickering to a minimum.
This? would be a fun movie. (Provided they keep Chris Columbus away from it. Yeah, I said it! but look: how can you have multiple Percy movies when you’ve deleted the Titans from the story?! Bah.)
Previously scattered between 2 bookcases, my unread books have their own shelf, now. (full size)
25 books: 11 borrowed from friends (Yumes, Tiff, Kim, and Ky) & the library; 1 re-read (To Kill a Mockingbird).
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Location: Leesburg, VA
Time: 1:00
Notes: Saturday I got it in my head to sit out on the back porch—in the hot, hot heat—to read for awhile. After recording this (the extra sounds are me turning pages), I lasted a total of 15 minutes. (:
Rhino Chaser Pacific Pilsner. Delicious.
Monday, more reading.
Sunday, reading
a.m. commute
Original goal: to read 20 books by the end of June.
Final results: 16 books read, 1 abandoned, 4 incomplete¹.
It’s only the 28th! You could still do it!
…no. The 4 books left?
- The Rest is Noise - 7300 of 15,103 Kindle locations—after 6 weeks of reading, mind
- His Excellency: George Washington - 535 of 5831 Kindle locations
- The Inheritance of Rome - not started
- 2666 - 77 of 912p
So, I’m calling it.
That said, I’m pretty happy with how much I read and the variety thereof. The 2 biggest reasons I didn’t finish the list: a nearly 2-month break in the middle and choosing the entire list up front in January. I’m giving myself some slack on the break: getting laid off wasn’t exactly planned. Heh.
For the next set of 20 (by New Year’s :P), book selection as I go. I’ll choose a few at a time, so there are always a few on deck, but fixed list…pass! (:
One of the side effects of not letting myself read anything but the list was an ever-increasing backlog in my living room. Ahem…
(full size)
¹ My math’s not off, the final list ended at 21, but I didn’t feel like changing the tag. :D
