A Midsummer's Night Update

Have you ever looked back over an ongoing project and realized that, as you go on, you get less and less precise?

I have.

Now, don't get me wrong I love precision. I demand precision from my students (and myself, when it comes to academia). But, sometimes I start out very precise and then relax as I realize that the parameters of my precision were possibly a bit too tall of an order to fill, even for me.

Blah, blah, blah, you're saying. Get to the point already, you say.

Okay.

My blog is less precise. Instead of exact dates, I'm giving estimates in terms of hours, days, etc. Why? Because I'd like my reading to be recreational this summer, and when I try to keep track of dates and other such specifics it starts to feel a bit too much like a chore.

I hope you are all cool with that, because that's just the way it is.

The second point of this post is to give you all an update on what's coming up in the next several posts. The books I've read that I haven't yet posted about on here:

24. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larrson.
25. Save the Cat! Blake Snyder.
26. Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury.
27. Confessions of a Freelance Pen Monkey, Chuck Wendig.

Plus, you know, I'm hoping to reach the 30 mark before the month is over so that I can start the Bloglovin' Summer Readathon with a bang!

Book Twenty-One: KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON

Kitty Goes to Washington, by Carrie Vaughn, 2007. Book Two of the Kitty Norville series.

(See, I'm not all excuses! Told you I'd read this sometime near the beginning of the summer).
     

TTR: Uh, a day and a half? Something like that.

Comments:

I read the first Kitty book after listening to Carrie Vaughn speak at the Jack Williamson Lectureship in Portales, NM. She talked about the roots of Urban Fantasy and mentioned the Bronte sisters, which was awesome because I LOVE ME SOME VICTORIAN LITERATURE. And anyone who can reference it on a whim is worth talking to, or reading as the case may be.

I liked this book better than the first Kitty book. I like that the series takes place in different locations, and I like that Kitty is much more self-confident in this book.

Consensus? I'll keep reading the series. I like the premise.

Summer Lovin' Read-a-Thon

In hopes to boost my reading numbers, I'm signing up with the Summer Lovin' Read-a-Thon (though I'll have you know I am actually at 20 books read, I'm just a bit behind on blog posts). Check out the blurb below for more information!

The Summer Lovin’ Readathon is a week-long readathon event hosted by seven independent bloggers! (Oh, Chrys!, Tumbling Books, Effortlessly Reading, Love Life Read, Shelf Addiction, Read Sleep Repeat, and Reviewing Wonderland)

Spend the week reading at your own pace, when and how you want to. There will be daily challenges for awesome prizes and opportunities to get points toward the Grand Prize Packs.

As if that weren’t enough – the week will end with a 24-hr marathon readathon! Twitter parties, mini-challenges, games, prizes given EVERY HOUR, and more chances to get points toward the Grand Prize Packs.

Sign-ups will be open through July 6th. I’m in, are you?!