52 in 52: Week 4/5

Week Four was actually done really fast. Julia Sweeney is one of my favorite monologues  She's sweet and funny and this book was totally worth it. Plus, it means I get to keep going with Emperor of All Maladies, which I'm still getting through.

Luckily, David Sedaris has a new book, which shall be week 5:

Memoirs are actually great for me to read because they blur the border between being fiction and non-fiction. MAYBE I'LL PICK FICTION AGAIN SOON. I really do want to read more fiction, but its slightly harder to motivate myself to read. Weirdly, since I love good stories.

Anyways, thus far this is going pretty well.

52 in 52: Week 3

Woops, forgot to add in my book for the week. 

Based on last weeks disaster at actually getting around to reading fiction, I'm staying non-fiction this week. The Emperor of All Maladies. Thus far its interesting, though not as well written as The Disappearing Spoon. I am finding it fascinating though. The history of science is so so so intriguing. There's so much there, and it turns to all the other disciplines in interesting and unexpected ways.

Okay, done being nerdy. I maaaay not finish this by Friday, but I didn't finish the last one on time either. I'm just going to keep plugging though. I can go through books really fast if I want, but science and history reading is slightly harder to examine like that. I'll just have to figure out a book I can devour in order to get back on track.

52 books in 52 weeks: Week 2 UPDATE

Heads up, I'm changing from Great Expectations to The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean.

Apparently non-fiction is king, cause I'm ripping through this book. Its HIGHLY excellent writing about the periodic table. LOVE IT.

52 Books in 52 Weeks: Week 2

I finished last week's early, and since Kat and I have been discussing reading "great classic books" lately, I'm putting up the book for next week:

Yeah, I've never read it. But I think it'll be good to have someone else reading with me. Also, gotta get back into fiction man... or I'll end up like my dad.

Anyways, with 10 days to read it, I only have to do about 40 pages a day (10% a day, since my kindle edition doesn't tell me how many pages it "is")

Onwards and upwards!

Oh and notes on Screenplay? Good, interesting. Gave me ideas on how to create and structure my novels. Kind of made me want to write a screen play, but FOCUSING on novel first.

We'll see what happens.