Yep, I’m throwing in the towel. I really did want to finish, but when the thought of picking up a book makes you cringe, it’s time to admit defeat. I lasted 260 pages, and the only thing I’ve gotten out … Continue reading
Here we are back at Moby Dick Monday and I’m once again caught up on my reading. I’m about 1/3 of the way (I’m on page 204 of 625) through this whale of book, and I think Billy has the … Continue reading
Today, I have nothing. I haven’t picked up the whale since last Sunday. I had plans to catch up on my reading on my days off, but I forgot to take into account the fact that we spent yesterday at … Continue reading
After lagging on my reading last week, I’ve now caught up and am back in the game. I’m on page 90 of Moby Dick, and while it’s a bit (okay, a lot) long winded at times, and there are biblical … Continue reading
Today, I’m starting another read-along. Yep, call me crazy, but I’m going to (try to) read Moby Dick. However, Ti has come up with a beautiful plan…4 pages a day. I figure I can handle that. Maybe. I fell … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
