I've been in a rut with reading for a while. That's partly due to mental health issues, partly due to the fact that I've just started my master's degree and I'm getting into the swing of reading and research for that. (Just completed the best mini-project ever, research-wise: dragons!)

Anyway, the point is, the 24-hour readathon is coming up -- ( Read more... )

01:20: Earlier I posted a picture of one of my companions. Here's another: Archimedes the Owl.


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It's the 24 hour read-a-thon tomorrow! I'm going to have a bit of a spanner in the works, in that I'm going to be going to a concert -- Karine Polwart -- tomorrow evening. But I'll take along my Kindle/my iPod with a Kindle app, and we'll see what I can do ( Read more... )

Time for my readathon! 10am to 10pm, GMT, as planned. I'll be updating on this post, every half hour to an hour, and might spread into two posts if it gets too long. Feel free to comment and chat with me, or if you have my MSN/AIM/gtalk names, grab me on there. Or ask for them if you don't have them ( Read more... )

I feel like doing a readathon again! This time, I'm posting a couple of days in advance, so that if anyone feels like keeping me company and/or doing it too, we can coordinate that a bit. I'm planning on reading from 10am GMT 'til 10pm GMT, non-stop, on Saturday 27th, and I'd welcome company and encouragement on MSN, AIM, gtalk or twitter. Just ask ( Read more... )

Readathon time! Sort of. This is just for me, and I'll keep it to a single post. It's also going to be quite a short one, in comparison -- just six hours, noon to 6pm (GMT). Feel free to join me, whenever you like and for however long. I'll be on MSN and AIM, if you have those, and chattering away on twitter, too ( Read more... )

I managed to stay up all twenty-four hours of the read-a-thon, and spent most of it reading, apart from when I was providing food or answering mini-challenges. I'm now really tired, but it was a lot of fun. Here's what I managed to read. The links go to the goodreads review pages.

1) Shakespeare's Richard III. I needed to read this for a class on ( Read more... )

04:16: I took a picture, so I might as well include it and make a new post. Do I look tired yet?


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23:22: No picture to go with this post! I'm oddly tired, so I've gone and put some cans of coke in the fridge to chill. Mmm, caffeine. In the meantime, I have apple juice and I'm not afraid to use it!

Currently reading We, by Yevgany Zamyatin. Probably my last literature book of the day, given that I'm tired now. Just did some meditation and yoga ( Read more... )

A new post, cleverly timed so I can start it with a picture, like the first!

17:14: Still reading Nennius. And for the hour five mini-challenge, here is a photo of my bookshelves -- awkwardly taken balanced on top of things on my desk, but showing at least some of all my shelves!


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