As predicted, school started back and that 200 page a day reading goal got hard. I slipped behind some. I got serious stuck on Bridge to Terabithia. For a 120 page book, it really took me a long time to get through. It's always weird how that goes. Who Fears Death was every bit as good as I hoped and I'm going to try and finish up reading all of Okorafor's work over the next couple weeks. Maybe I'll put together an Author Review post.
Short List for the Week:
- Housegirl by Michael Donkor (Dekalb Library) - abandoned 1/18/2019
- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (Ryan's Recommendation)
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (Dekalb Library)- (Finished 1/13/2019)Binti: the Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor (Dekalb Library)- (Finished 1/18/2019)Zahrah the Windseeker by Nedi Okorafor (Dekalb Library)- (Finished 1/17/2019)- The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman (Dekalb Library)
- Grammar to Get Things Done by Darren Crovitz and Michelle Deveraux (Pedagogy Book for January)
There is an extra book on there this week because two of them, the Binti books, are very short. Generally, I want to keep the lists around five with an additional pedagogy book for a total of six. I have a bad tendency to get over ambitious with my lists. Five feels about right. To stay on track in terms of number of books I need to read about three books a week. However, being human and all I tend to go in streaks. I'll read obsessively, four or five books a week, for weeks and then read nothing at all for a couple weeks. I'd like to make sure that I read at least one book a week for the year and even things out some. In any case, a five book list means there's some variety in there but that it is feasible for me to complete it if I'm on a reading jag.
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