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Mikki
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Jun 10, 2012 09:18PM
Well, since my insomnia has kicked in despite my glass of wine, I'm going to keep going with Pedro Paramo and who knows what else...
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Off to bed, maybe a little reading too.Tomorrow I should get in 5 or 6 hours of listening to a book at work, and a few hours of reading after work. Hmmm...where to pick up tea...yes, Tudors has 32oz for $.99. Until then!
I'm going to do a little more reading too before bed...now which book will it be?
How about Wed or Thurs. Just not Tues if possible.
Hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go. I can't read or listen at work, so I'll be squeezing in a few more pages while communting. Maybe I'll have a 2 hour train delay like last week to help me out ;)
Sue, Thursday sounds good!Kat, have a good day and don't work too hard -- save your energy! :)
Never fear Mikki - Mondays aren't meant for working hard ;-)
Great Mikki, that way we can carryover if necessary, though hopefully it won't be.
Just finished The Brown Fairy Book... was lovely.Also found out that I can get The Green Fairy Book as an Audiobook, so now I'm listening to that to rest my eyes.
2 books so far, 4 cups of tea, and it's only 4:30pm
Listening to The Green Fairybook... and the very first fairytale, The Blue Bird has a quote which is definitely going to give me a story idea some day."Tell me all that has happened. There must be a princess at the bottom of this."
"There are two." the king said wryly.
Otherwise, just started The Hobbit and finished the first chapter.
Doing better than I anticipated, since my nose is all blocked up since this morning.
Standing in the work car park reading a few pages with a sneaky cigarette. The things I do for books.....and topplers ;)
*sigh* Hey everyone! I'm not sure how great this toppler is going to be for me. I shifted to a different city last week and have too many things to wrap up.I don't have an internet connection so looking here and chatting every few hours like I used to do in the earlier topplers won't be possible now.
I have a Kindle now so that and no internet connection should mean more reading but sadly it doesn't.
For one, I am working now and secondly even after work hours, I have a roommate who is averse to books and keeps yapping all the time and also needs someone to either listen to or yap back with her. *huge sigh* I am contemplating a nearby park in order to get away from her.
And then some more....I can't find green tea here, can you believe it?? Thankfully I had two cups of it at work and will be going scavenging for a pack again today.
I hope to find ways to read and drink (tea). ;)
Sue wrote: "Great Mikki, that way we can carryover if necessary, though hopefully it won't be."Wednesday may be better for Anne, so we'll see.
Tajma wrote: "Hey, y'all!! I had a lot of writing to do today so I'm a little behind but I read Wharton very quickly. I think I'll read something old and something borrowed simultaneously."Tajma, did you finish the book? If so, you need to put your daily points on the Toppler thread.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9.... Put your totals there at the end of each day!
Finished Drowned Hopes in the wee (wee wee!) hours of the morning. I drank 12 eight ounce glasses of tea. 14 pointsStarting the Thursday Next series (fluffier). Things should go more quickly with The Eyre Affair.
Almost at 25% of The Hobbit, and 14% through The Green Fairy Book. Hopefully I'll finish The Hobbit before bed, if not I'll get to 25% of the fairy book.That's terrible about the roommate, Pragya! I really hope she gets better at not yapping!
Just listening to a 'borrowed' The Call of the Wild whilst cleaning. Not been able to do any reading this morning as I took small out on the train - it was just that one stop on the train, a drink and a quick look around the charity shops for cheap toys(he found a digger and a roller for the grand total of £3.50). I refrained from looking at the adult books but bought him one and his cousin one. Now big has taken small out bowling so I can crack on!218 pages for this book
Judy wrote: "Beth wrote: "I'm already thinking I was out of my mind to try this! The Night Circus for Something New."Uh oh Beth. Do you not like it?"
Actually, I do...it's just taking me longer to read it than I'd like. It's really good, just not a quick read. And I can't put my finger on why, other than the kids are out of school...lol.
Beth wrote: "I'm already thinking I was out of my mind to try this! The Night Circus for Something New."One of my favorite reads because of the imagery. Is it not holding your interest?
... Mrs. Judy, ma'am... the first 24 hours aren't up yet! Still... 39.5 isn't close to the Tipplers yet.Hmm... I'd keep reading, but I think I'm getting a slight fever. Off to the bathroom a bit, and then I'll write for 30 minutes and listen to my audiobook until the rest of the family decides to go to bed.
And since I think I can tell a good thing when I see one... I'll go edit my post. XD
Does something published in 2009 count for Something New... PLEASE?
I've just booked a day off work on Friday mwhahaha
To bed. Good luck everyone!For my part I'll head down to the kitchen early tomorrow and get at least 3 tea bags, or at least a saucer to keep the old one in! There's just plain Yellow Label Lipton tea... but it serves its purpose, and I can't taste anything anyway.
Almeta wrote: "Beth wrote: "I'm already thinking I was out of my mind to try this! The Night Circus for Something New."One of my favorite reads because of the imagery. Is it not holding your interest?"
It's difficult to explain...I think it's the jumping round in time. Plus other distractions, here...I keep getting excuses to stop and do something else...but at the same time, it's a good book. Weird, no? The imagery is great...love the secondary characters...I have a feeling in another 50 pages or so, it's going to grab me, then I'll race to the end. I did the same type thing with Outlander...struggled for the first 50-100 pages, not because it was bad, but just because I *did.* Then BAM...and couldn't put it down.
Mikki wrote: "Sue wrote: "Great Mikki, that way we can carryover if necessary, though hopefully it won't be."Wednesday may be better for Anne, so we'll see."
That's fine too. No problem. Even Tuesday, except I'll be out part of the day.
Just finishing Call of the Wild. So, going to start another. Which to choose? I think I'll have a brew to help me ponder this
Pragya wrote: "*sigh* Hey everyone! I'm not sure how great this toppler is going to be for me. I shifted to a different city last week and have too many things to wrap up.I don't have an internet connection so ..."
Good luck with all of this. A yappy roommate can be murder.
Right, back home and ready to continue with The Virgin Cure. Managed to read about 75 pages of The Immortal Rules when commuting and sneaking out of work ;-)
Pragya wrote: "*sigh* Hey everyone! I'm not sure how great this toppler is going to be for me. I shifted to a different city last week and have too many things to wrap up.I don't have an internet connection so ..."
You sound overwhelmed Pragya. It's perfectly understandable considering that you've moved. I'm still feeling overwhelmed myself and I moved 2 months ago.
I'm sneaking a few minutes at work until an appointment shows up. Everyone is hard at it already and I have to wait till I get home from work.
Janice wrote: "I'm sneaking a few minutes at work until an appointment shows up. Everyone is hard at it already and I have to wait till I get home from work."Don't worry, Janice...I'm dragging butt on mine...but plodding along!
Started listening to another old with The Diary of a Nobody or it could be a borrowed. Need to go to the mothers to download a new and parts 2 & 3 of the Psammead trilogy (or however you spell it)
Janice wrote: "I'm sneaking a few minutes at work until an appointment shows up. Everyone is hard at it already and I have to wait till I get home from work."I felt like that all day! And now that I'm home, Mr Kat keeps wanting to TALK to me. Seriously impacting my concentration!
Kat wrote: "Janice wrote: "I'm sneaking a few minutes at work until an appointment shows up. Everyone is hard at it already and I have to wait till I get home from work."I felt like that all day! And now t..."
You know, they never want to talk to you until you CAN'T talk!
Hey, Even if a book is blue, old and borrowed...it only counts for one of those categories. Is that correct?
Almeta wrote: "Hey, Even if a book is blue, old and borrowed...it only counts for one of those categories. Is that correct?"That was what I understood, yes. Otherwise I'd be down at the library looking for old books with blue covers ;)
Beth wrote: You know, they never want to talk to you until you CAN'T talk."Yep! Now he's got football to watch he's otherwise distracted so I'm back in the zone!
Kat wrote: "Never fear Mikki - Mondays aren't meant for working hard ;-)"Oh come now, give your job 110%, so there's not much brain power left :)
I'm giving my all to work, expecially the part that's listening to a book :D
Just caught up on this thread. I have finished the book I was reading on my Kindle so now I can start reading books for this toppler! Just not sure what to read! gah! I have two books I got from the library one is The Summer I Turned Pretty and the other is The Night CircusI'd like to read both this week, but I think it is unlikely that it will happen. Not sure if they will be a quick reads...What I really need to get my hands on is a James Patterson book. I fly through those, and I really need to read 11th Hour(hey look this version has a blue cover!) haha!
Pragya wrote: "*sigh* Hey everyone! I'm not sure how great this toppler is going to be for me. I shifted to a different city last week and have too many things to wrap up.I don't have an internet connection so ..."
Oh, man, yeah, you will be needing some headphones that block out all sound. I'm so sorry for you, Pragya.
Kat wrote: "I've just booked a day off work on Friday mwhahaha"mwhahahaha indeed! :) *rubbing hands together*
Judy wrote: "One quick word, before I get reading...Tipplers LOVE your reporting system. That will be so easy to total your points."
Judy, I liked it too and noticed that Maria did the same. I'm going to edit my post and keep updating so that there won't be 7 random posts from me, sound good?
JUDY: Oh well. Was going to read Barack Obama's Inauguration Address-- short, sweet, and important.But that's in January.
So I think I'll read one of the Kindle Daily Deals... depending on what's short and easy (I'll be needing short and easy).
I just went to the Toppler Update thread, and I love the fact that everyone there's stolen 'my' template, when actually I stole it from the Tipplers, modified it a bit...And then went back this morning and modified it again. XD
Since I'm not on a team where should I report? So far I have nothing to report but eventually I will.
But if u read a trilogy can that fit in elsewhere?
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