In preparation of the 24 hour read-a-thon that will take place in one day (!) on October 24th, I have joined the September read-a-thon at Bookcrossing, where you have to read 24 hours in one week. To be honest I don’t know what I find more difficult… Especially since I am having a busy schedule this week, and there’s the Dutch Film Festival going on as well… Lets see how far I will get.
I started fresh in a new book this morning: Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates. I’ve read 25 pages while commuting for 48 minutes. Yes, when you have to tick off 24 hours = 1440 minutes, almost every second counts! Revolutionary Road is not an easy read to start the day with — getting me a little depressed! Good thing it’ll be weekend soon :)
Now I’m at work (there’s other stuff to do here LOL), but the autumn weather is quite nice so I might go outside during my lunchbreak and get some reading done!
My BX bookshelf
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vrijdag 25 september 2009 bij 12:48
mee
Ooh I’ve been contemplating this book for a while now, but I’m waiting for the right mood!
vrijdag 25 september 2009 bij 19:18
gnoegnoe
What can I say after my remark in the post… LOL! I don’t mind the story is depressing — it is great! And I’ll be watching the movie with my online book group once October is over ;)
vrijdag 25 september 2009 bij 16:26
claire
Easy reading aside, I hope you are enjoying it!! I just purchased two others of his books (Cold Spring Harbor and YOung Hearts Crying) because I can’t wait to read more by him.
vrijdag 25 september 2009 bij 19:16
gnoegnoe
Yes, I was immediately grabbed by the story! I also have Yates’ Easter Parade on the shelf, so I hope as well that I’ll like his style. But as far as I can tell by now: I do!
vrijdag 25 september 2009 bij 16:27
claire
I meant “non”-easy reading aside!