Thing Two's things to topple - twelve/twelve

[Thing Two]

8:57 a.m. - finished With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today by Daniel Rothenberg (20 pages)

All Wrapped Up Badge - who can resist a Florida orange?

and started Solo by Rana Dasgupta(10 pages).

(total 30)

[Thing Two]

11:18 a.m. read 50 more pages of Solo.

(total 80)

Peace on Earth badge - I read about Bulgaria during WWII

[Thing Two]

1:10 p.m. listened to 30 pages of Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot.

(total 110)

Old Man Time badge - I've had this book on my shelf forever (and that's how long it's been since I've been listening to it, too!)

[Thing Two]

3:16 p.m. Looking for Alaska by John Green - 80 pages read.

(total 190)

Happy Holidays badge earned - those kids went home for Christmas break.

[Thing Two]

5:04 p.m. 35 more pages of Looking for Alaska.

(total 225)

[Thing Two]

8:04 p.m. Finished Looking for Alaska (50 pages).

(total 275)

[Thing Two]

4:30 a.m. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (20 pages)

(total 295)

Ummm ... thank you? badge earned - I hated Kazuo the first time around. Why do I have to read him, again?

[Thing Two]

8:00 a.m. 50 pages of The Remains of the Day.

(total 345)

[Thing Two]

10:03 a.m. 50 pages of Solo.

(Total 395)

[Thing Two]

It's Better to Give Badge - dropped off half a dozen books at my mother-in-law's assisted living facility when we picked her up Friday. Working on another stack for when we return her after Christmas.

[Pragya]

Yay, Thing Two, well done!

[Thing Two]

All that and gumbo, too. ;)

[Ava Catherine]

Amazing, Thing Two! And gumbo, too! I love gumbo!!!; )