Week 3 1/19/2020 - 1/25/2020

As predicted, a second crazy week. This one was a bit more of a grind. Sometimes it feels like the kids come back extra crazy and it's just wears one down. As sure as I was that I'd blast right through Dreyer's English and move on to catch up with my pacing, I ended up stuck for almost six days in it. I managed to wedge in another before the end of the week, but it's making me look at my reading pattern.  I used to read a lot of YA (still do really, but less than I used to). I can get through most YA novels in about a day on a weekend, two days if it's a school day or if it is particularly long or difficult for some reason.  At that rate I'd be aboutle to read 200 books easily if I didn't need occasional time off for brain realignment.

When I read non-YA, it takes significantly longer to get through each book. I'm averaging about two books a week of non-YA. It's still a respectable number and I'll easily manage 100 books in the year, but it's not what I'm aiming for. It's possible that I will get faster on the non-YA as I read more, but I suspect I'm going to need to do some serious balancing to stay on track.

In planning for the next week, I deliberately added in a couple that I thought would be quick reads. I'm hoping to make up some ground, but I want to keep including the non-YA.

1. Half World by Hiromi Goto (Finished 1/9/2020)
2. Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
3. Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham: The Complete Collection Vol 1 
4. The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian
5. Delta-V by Daniel Suarez
6. Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Fred White