"She has spent most of the day reading and is feeling rather out of touch with reality, as if her own life has become insubstantial in the face of the fiction she's been absorbed in."
After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Read-a-thon Hour 4 Update
Reading Now: Freewill by Chris Lynch
It's been __61__ pages and __87__ reading minutes since my last update.
Total Time Spent Reading: 2 hr 38 min
Cumulative Pages Read: 116
Books Completed: Still 0
Eating?: Sobe Lifewater Fuji Apple Pair and Snyder's of Hanover Buttermilk Ranch flavored pretzels (yum!)
Wow, Freewill is way more intense than I was expecting. The mystery is coming clearer, but I'm still waiting for that obvious tell-all moment where all the questions it's asking work themselves out, and I hope there is one or else I'll probably just end up confused. The 2nd person narration is definitely an interesting device and is definitely what makes this book tick. It's almost like the narrator talking to himself, but it's not illuminating at all, in fact, I trust him less than he seems to trust himself, which is not all that much. I'm sure that by my next update I'll be finished with it, and I sure hope that I'm satisfied.
Nonetheless, I'm sorely in need of a breather, so I think it's time to do a bit of cheerleading and mini-challenging and possibly change into a different set of comfy clothes.
Hope all you readers and cheerleaders are having a good time!
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Glad you are enjoying your book so far. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI hope it all turns out satisfactory as well...or it can be too frustrating. I haven't heard of this one but I like a good mystery, so I will check in to see how it all turns out. Happy reading...and blogging:)
ReplyDeleteYay! Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your book sound interesting!
ReplyDeleteI'm in need of a break too. Some fresh air.
Happy reading!
Enjoy your break - and your meal sounds yummy! Good luck with the readathon and happy reading!
ReplyDeleteGood job!
ReplyDeleteThere is just so much to do outside of reading isn't there?!?! Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteOooh, your book definitely has me intrigued! And your pretzels have me wanting to raid the snack pile (despite the fact that I just ate lunch!). Hope you're having fun, Megan! :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Read-a-Thon day! Can you believe we're already a quarter done? Have fun today and enjoy the wonderful books you have lined up :)
ReplyDeleteYou're over a quarter of the way through-I hope you're still enjoying yourself! Keep it up! :D
ReplyDeleteGo cheerlead Megan. ;) It's fun!
Very happy readathon! Enjoy your books, and have lots of fun :)
ReplyDeleteYour blog has an awesome title, BTW