Finnegan's Wake

I am determined to read this entire text cover to cover.  Even if it kills me.  I will read it.

Wish me luck, or try and talk me out of it.  I'm not sure which would be better.

Anyone interested in reading along with me is more than welcome to do so.  We could have a lot of fun discussing the text....or perhaps we'll just rant and rave and ramble....Either way, it's sure to be interesting.

Fall 2012 School Reading List

Hi, guys!  So, this update is mostly for Robby (who said he would like to see what I'm reading for class), but of course, same as before, anyone can read along with me.  I'm taking three English classes this year (one is a writing class, the other two are literature).  And while I don't have nearly as many books as last time, I still have a nice list for everyone.  I would love it if you would be interested in reading along with me.  I'll try and be better about posting updates this year.

• The Awakening (Chopin)
• Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Hawthorne)
• Moby Dick  (Melville)
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Jacobs)
• Final Harvest (Emily Dickenson)
• Turn of the Screw (James)
• Selected Writings (Poe)
• The Dubliners (Joyce)

...And a few extra books, such as criticisms and backgrounds.

Looking forward to reading with you guys :)

Age of Innocence

I finished Age of Innocence!  For those of you reading along, how far are you?  Let me know when you finish, and we can talk about it :)

Read-Along Apologies

I'm really sorry I haven't posted anything about the read-along.  I've just been getting hit with more and more reading assignments than I really know what to do with.  For example, for my current English readings, I'm supposed to have up to Chapter 17 of The French Lieutenant's Woman finished by Tuesday, all of Age of Innocence by Monday, and the first 100 pages or so of Moll Flanders by Monday.  Gaah!

Still, if anyone DOES want to discuss the books, let me know.  And if you have any ideas of HOW we can discuss the books, please tell me.  I guess we could always just comment on it as we go?  If you want to do it via email, that works, too.  Just leave your email in the comments, and since I have to approve comments before they post, I'll see your email, but it won't get posted on the site.  I could also just make a quick post and let everyone ramble about what they read?  Too busy to think of suggestions right now.  This semester just might eat me alive.  I'd appreciate any help I could get, haha.

On a side note, I found a nice little tome which I'm hoping to use as an incentive to finish my actual reading.  It's called Pamela, and it's told entirely in letters.  My professor told us that it's a story of a very virtuous girl who is being seduced by the mysterious Squire B, whom she works for.  She sends letters to her poor parents, telling them of what has been happening to her.  It sounded good, and so that and Heineken are my rewards for getting all my homework done.  I just picked up a six-pack yesterday :)  (And don't worry; that's going to last me for a couple of weeks!)

English Updates

For those of you participating in my literature class read-alongs, I'm also going to be reading Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.  On Friday, I'll be able to post the title of my third book (one for each of my three English classes).

In class, I'll have to have finished Age of Innocence by Monday (and we're going to discuss it for the next few class periods after that).  So, for my personal schedule, I'm attempting to have the first half of the book finished by Friday.  I'm sure that most of you won't have time to obtain a copy AND read that far ahead, but if you want to try and keep up with me, that would be great.  (Halfway through the book comes to about 17 chapters).  I'll try not to post any spoilers in the discussions next week.  Still, I'm aiming for a small discussion on Friday about the first few chapters.

And don't forget about The French Lieutenant's Woman (Chapters 1-5) on Thursday!

English Class Read-A-Long (A Quick Update)

Just a quick update.  According to my syllabus, I'm supposed to have the first five chapters of The French Lieutenant's Woman finished by Thursday.  So, for all of you reading along, I'll not post anything past that point in the reading, and I'd like to ask that you all do the same (so I can avoid spoilers, too!)  There might be some slight spoilers in my posts, but hopefully nothing more than I've done in the past.  If I'm posting about something REALLY juicy, I'll make sure to mark the post as a spoiler alert, so that you don't have anything ruined.  Feel free to add anything you want to say in the comments, or if you feel so inclined, follow along with posts on your own blog.  Either way would work splendidly :)

I've finished Chapter One already (these chapters are real short), but, out of courtesy, I'll try not to post anything until Thursday or Friday.  Also, my two other books will be posted online as soon as I find out the titles (which should be on Wednesday and Friday).