Bout of Books Read-a-thon

#Readathon Wrap-Up and Book No. 8 Bout of Books Update & Day 2 Chal...

Bout of Books Read-a-thon

I’m joining a read-a-thon. On the fly. An impulse participation, if you will.

Shhh. Don’t tell my husband.

That last bit is a joke. Eric humors me.

Actually, participation in a Bout of Books feeds into something I was thinking about this morning. I was in a very quiet place yesterday. I felt productive and unhurried, getting some chores out of the way and thinking some mildly creative thoughts. Most importantly, the day seemed to stretch. What was the different about yesterday? I spent a good amount of time yesterday reading. Relatively unconnected. Like I used to be when I was a more productive writer. (Maybe I’m just as productive now; I haven’t looked at numbers. But I don’t feel as productive.)

Plus, my 24-hour read-a-thon was kind of a bust.

My Goals

This is an experiment of sorts. I want to read a bunch this week, but I also want to write a bunch. I’m going to include a word count in my update section. Basically, I want shift the time I spend doing nonsense online into reading and see where I end up.

Books To Read

I want to finish up the available Nebula Award nominees before the awards ceremony this weekend:

“Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente (WFSA Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011) – I have about 3 pages to go.
“Kiss Me Twice” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011)
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)
“” by Ken Liu (Panverse Three, Panverse Publishing)

Also:

The Big Short by Michael Lewis

The Two Sams by Glen Hirshberg

Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett, Jr.

Updates
5/14

Number of pages I’ve read today: 3 so far.

Total number of pages I’ve read: 3

Books: Finished “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente

Words written:

5/15