Day 5
I've been not re-reading: The Sellout, Oroonoko
Pages re-read; 49
Pages not re-read: 126
Books finished: Orooonoko
Total pages re-read: 265
Total pages not re-read: 505
I realise my attempts to re-read more than I read is going to be foiled by the fact that my uni reading is not re-reads. Oh well.
I fell asleep again this afternoon... whoops. Really must stop doing that. Still super busy with uni work, which is cutting down on my reading time considerably. But I did manage a teeny bit of The Secret History in the morning and a bit of Gone Girl before I went to bed. I'd forgotten how downright unlikeable Nick is. Reading Amy's parts, in light of what I know now, I'm wondering how much of it is actually true.
Day 6
I've been re-reading: Gone Girl, The Secret History
I've been not re-reading: Moranifesto, The Sellout
Pages re-read; 104
Pages not re-read: 150
Books finished: Moranifesto
Total pages re-read: 369
Total pages not re-read: 665
Not a terrible day for reading, especially since I ended up falling asleep super early and sleeping for about 12 hours straight through to next morning. Oh well.
I finished Moranifesto, which I intended to finish before the re-readathon but oh well, better late than never. As always Caitlin Moran is hilarious, but maybe not quite as hilarious in her previous books? I think this might be more to do with more political themes in this one. Hmmm. I enjoyed it very much all the same.
Still liking Gone Girl, still liking The Secret History. I'm realising I have very little memory of what actually goes on in The Secret History beyond, like, the main big things, so that's nice I guess.
Day 7 and 8
I've been re-reading: Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy, Gone Girl, The Secret History, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
I've been not re-reading: The Sellout (I've also realised I haven't been counting another set text from uni that I've been reading all week, but oh well. Factor in 50ish pages for that!)
Pages re-read; 209 (plus a chapter of Mansfield Park - damn you kindle version and your lack of page numbers!)
Pages not re-read: 150
Total pages re-read: 576
Total pages not re-read: 815
Blogger has been super unco-operative the past few days, so I'm only getting to put this up now!
I started re-reading the first Lumberjanes book because I love them so, and who doesn't love graphic novels for bumping up your word count? Uni also finally came through with Mansfield Park which I can count as a re-read, yay. Since I read it last I have acquired a cat called Thomas which is making the references to Sir Thomas a lot more giggle-inducing. Doesn't help that the book also has a Mrs Norris... Catsfield Park anyone?
The Final Stats
Books read from:
Rereads: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Lumberjanes Vol 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson et al, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Not-rereads: Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran, The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, The Sellout by Paul Beatty, Oroonoko by Aphra Behn, Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman
Books finished:
No rereads! But I did finish all of my not-rereads which is fairly impressive I hope.
Total pages re-read: 576 plus a chapter of Mansfield Park
Total pages not re-read: 815 plus 50 pages or so of Surpassing the Love of Men
Okay so not re-reads won this round, but I think I can safely blame that on uni. All in all I think I didn't do too badly, considering what a hectic week I've had!
I've read bits of Moranifesto - I bought it for a friend and peeked at it before giving it to her - I liked what I read, though it did make me feel angry (but then the world does that to you these days, and I guess it is good to get angry when that anger can be used productively.)
ReplyDeleteI've never actually read The Secret History, but it seems like such a Me sort of book.