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I'd like to read 50-100 books this year if possible. I have started listing the books we acquire over the year, as well as the books I read, and so far it's Read: 7 - Acquired: 12. I fear the scope of the trend is already apparent.
Books read:
The Code Book, Simon Singh (1999)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Cory Doctorow (2003)
Go, Dork, Go! Dork Tower #VIII, John Kovalic (2005) [Comics]
Fly By Night, Frances Hardinge (2005)
Deep Future, Eric Brown (1990-2000)
Goodbye To Berlin, Christopher Isherwood (1939)
Mr Norris Changes Trains, Christopher Isherwood (1935)
It is exam season, so this week and last I have been mainly invigilating students with individual requirements. This is time-consuming but not otherwise too onerous (and certainly more fun than doing the exams), though I am sometimes worked hard and required to read out exam questions containing the words "et-epimeletic" and "herbaceous dicotyledon". Today saw an hour of reading out 50 multiple choice questions on research methodology, posed in a style with 30 or 40 words to a sentence, containing multiple multisyllabic words, torturous logic and double negatives to interpret, and not nearly enough commas.
Four more exams, and then I have two weeks off before lectures start and I am needed back at University. I shall spend them catching up on Eastercon, tax, SF Foundation stuff etc. I am also inclined to seriously attack the waist-high laundry mountain; I will go to Blockbusters and take out a number of videos of the ilk of My Big Fat Greek Best Friend's Wedding Singer, and iron the whole bloody lot. (Of laundry, not of videos.)
And sleep, as well. Sleep is good. If I'd had more sleep this weekend, I would not have poured breakfast cereal into my pint glass. Sheesh!
Books read:
The Code Book, Simon Singh (1999)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Cory Doctorow (2003)
Go, Dork, Go! Dork Tower #VIII, John Kovalic (2005) [Comics]
Fly By Night, Frances Hardinge (2005)
Deep Future, Eric Brown (1990-2000)
Goodbye To Berlin, Christopher Isherwood (1939)
Mr Norris Changes Trains, Christopher Isherwood (1935)
It is exam season, so this week and last I have been mainly invigilating students with individual requirements. This is time-consuming but not otherwise too onerous (and certainly more fun than doing the exams), though I am sometimes worked hard and required to read out exam questions containing the words "et-epimeletic" and "herbaceous dicotyledon". Today saw an hour of reading out 50 multiple choice questions on research methodology, posed in a style with 30 or 40 words to a sentence, containing multiple multisyllabic words, torturous logic and double negatives to interpret, and not nearly enough commas.
Four more exams, and then I have two weeks off before lectures start and I am needed back at University. I shall spend them catching up on Eastercon, tax, SF Foundation stuff etc. I am also inclined to seriously attack the waist-high laundry mountain; I will go to Blockbusters and take out a number of videos of the ilk of My Big Fat Greek Best Friend's Wedding Singer, and iron the whole bloody lot. (Of laundry, not of videos.)
And sleep, as well. Sleep is good. If I'd had more sleep this weekend, I would not have poured breakfast cereal into my pint glass. Sheesh!
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Cool book. :-)