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March Wrap Up

The 5 books I read in the month of March:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo 
Revolution of Missions by K.P. Yohannan
Get Your Hands Dirty edited by Doug Priest
The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott (this was a re-read)
Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs

The number of pages I read in the month of March: 
1,522

The number of pages read year-to-date (middle of December 2011 - end of March 2012): 
5,304

Average number of pages per month: 
1,768 

Currently reading: 
Mine is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs (the sequel to Here Burns My Candle)

Next on the list: 
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (a Classics Club pick)

I am a fairly quick reader but unable to read more than one book at a time (unless it's for school -- which is no more since I graduated in December!). I just feel like I am cheating myself and the books I am reading if I try to read more than one at a time. And yes, I know the books don't have feelings due to not being alive. But still.  I have always been that way and probably always will be. But it's alright because I can still read a lot in a fairly short amount of time (as witnessed to the pages above). 

I am hoping to finish Mine is the Night by the this coming weekend so that I can start on Vanity Fair. Next week is going to be a crazy week for my fiance and me, but thankfully I only have to work two days and get to spend a lot of time in the car (which equals reading time while he drives!). So, I think I should be able to cruise through Vanity Fair fairly easily and quickly. I am excited to read it because it's been sitting on my shelf since January and I recently watched the movie with Reese Witherspoon. I rarely watch the movie before reading the book. And so now am really ready to read the book to get the whole story and see what makes it a literary classic.

Comments

  1. DianaApril 6, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    I have a hard time reading mutliple books simultaneously too. It seems like I can never give it my full attention if I'm distracted by another text.

    I hope you enjoy Vanity Fair. I've heard fantastic things about it!

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