18 January 2008

From the Stacks Update: Higher and higher.

"So, Ellen, how's that From the Stacks challenge you signed up for going?"

Erm... not so well. As usual, I had the best of intentions, but other stacks (most notably my to-review stack and from-the-library stack) got in the way. Since I'm about to start the Great Un-Bookening, this worries me a little; I'm going to have to use words like "discipline" and "no" on myself.

At least one of the books I won't be finishing at all; I picked up Lesley Lokko's SAFFRON SKIES, read about 50 pages, and was so bored I couldn't bear to go on. So here's what my list looks like now:

1. Michael Gross, 740 PARK
2. Mark Helprin, FREDDY AND FREDERICKA
3. Alexandra Potter, ME AND MR. DARCY Read all about it!
4. Laurie Graham, THE FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA
5. Martha Moody, BEST FRIENDS
NO LONGER IN CHALLENGE: 6. Lesley Lokko, SAFFRON SKIES

My realistic goal by January 31st is to finish 740 PARK and maybe one of the other books. Disappointing, I know, but I also have a few library books to finish in that time. But please check out all the great reviews coming in from the challenge! I know I'm about to go on a major commenting spree over them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You call yourself a reader, and yet you give up on a book 50 pages in? Thats despicable. You should have enough experience to know that some books take a little longer to grab you, and fifty pages in Saffron Skie is NOTHING. I've read it, gotten pulled in, and bought it only to read it about 25 more times. Show some respect and finish a book before you condemn it.

 
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