Pages read today: 15 for Meredith, 80 for Ilya
Well ok, I guess it's just one decision...
I'm trying to figure out if I want to forge ahead with Winter's Tale or jump ship for Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, which just became available for me to borrow on my Nook. Winter's Tale seems to have begun the intense descriptive text and it's really not holding my attention right now. Though to be fair, the lack-of-attention is probably more accurately a result of my thinking about Sharp Objects and how much I want to read that instead! It doesn't even seem possible at this point for me to get through all of Winter's Tale before I have to return it to the library (and it cannot be renewed as other readers have it on hold), and I really would much rather read Sharp Objects right now, so it seems pretty clear where this is going to end up. It will just be a pause for Winter's Tale. I do still want to try reading it all, and I can wait to do so until the hype of the movie dies down and the demand for the book dwindles, right? Right!
Terms of the Duel
New-Year's resolutions have a pronounced and infamous tendency to fall by the wayside by, say, the 1st of February. Perhaps, however, that is because they are resolved upon, adhered to, and discarded, by solitary individuals. Perhaps what's needed is some good old-fashioned competitive spirit.
The participants:
- Ilya Gandelman - desk jockey from 9-5:30, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, writing, reading, watching tv/movies (very selective in this area!), eating Meredith's delicious food, playing with Gizmo, spending time with family and friends.
- Meredith Gandelman - also a desk jockey, from 9-6, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, reading, watching tv/movies, cooking/baking for Ilya (and others), snuggling/playing with Gizmo and spending time with family and friends.
The resolutions:
- To read more books
- To watch less television
- To spend less money (by reading library books, and by making our way through unread volumes gathering dust on the shelves)
- To spend more quality time together with a shared interest
Therefore, the challenge proposed: who can read the most books in a year? On one side the wife, on the other the husband: who'll get the most volumes under her or his belt before 2015?
The rules:
- Books will be chosen independently. Any genre or subject is eligible.
- No second thoughts once starting a book. An uncompleted book is not counted, except of course as time lost. We shall have to choose carefully; and if a book seems to be disappointing, best to soldier on through to the end!
- A 300-page minimum. However, books briefer than 300 pages may be combined with others to count as one entry in the Duel.
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