#FitReaders Check-In

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  • This check-in is for March 17th – 23rd.
  • I didn’t do much this week.
  • If you have a FitBit, you can find me HERE.
  • Steps: 25,131/70,000
  • Miles: 8.88/35
  • Total Miles: 115.23/1779
  • Active Minutes: 63/210
  • Days I Drank 64 ounces of Water: 5/7
  • Virtual 5Ks: 0/10
  • Total Money Donated: $1.44/$30.00

Monday's Minutes

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

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Finished:

  • Discovering Kwan Yin by Sandy Boucher
  • The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  • The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Riot Grrrl Collection edited by Lisa Darms

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Challenges:

Total pages read this week: 713

Total # of books for the year: 17 of 85.  I think I’m making up for lost time with my reading.  After having a mild, and luckily short lived, reading slump, and then being too sick to read much, I’m now flying through the pages.  It feels wonderful! 🙂

What are you reading this week?

#FitReaders Check-In

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  • This check-in is for March 10th – 16th.
  • I’ve been feeling much better this week.  I made it to work every day and even managed to get to yoga twice.
  • If you have a FitBit, you can find me HERE.
  • Steps: 24,801/70,000
  • Miles: 8.82/35
  • Total Miles: 106.35/1779
  • Active Minutes: 172/210
  • Days I Drank 64 ounces of Water: 6/7
  • Virtual 5Ks: 0/10
  • Total Money Donated: $1.38/$30.00

Monday's Minutes

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

  • The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
  • The Riot Grrrl Collection edited by Lisa Darms
  • Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
  • The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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Finished:

  • You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Challenges:

Total pages read this week: 841

Total # of books for the year: 13 of 85.  I was sick most of the week.  I managed to make it back to work on Thursday, even though I didn’t really start to feel like myself again until Friday.  I didn’t do much of anything over the weekend except read to my heart’s content since I was too sick to read during the week.  I am determined to finish The Return of the King by the 19th.

What are you reading this week?

The Classics Club Spin Number…

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The Classics Club announced the Spin number yesterday:

12

Which means I’ll be reading Paradise Lost by John Milton.  I’ll take a look at the book later today and figure out if I want to do a read along.  My copy is 737 pages, but I’m not sure how much of that is Introduction, Notes, etc.

#FitReaders Check-In

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  • This check-in is for March 3rd – 9th.
  • I was sick for most of this week again.  I didn’t do much of anything but sleep and eat.
  • I had a brief respite from being ill over the weekend, which was very lucky for me since I attended a weekend-long meditation retreat.
  • If you have a FitBit, you can find me HERE.
  • Steps: 23,759/70,000
  • Miles: 8.25/35
  • Total Miles: 97.53/1779
  • Active Minutes: 55/210
  • Days I Drank 64 ounces of Water: 4/7
  • Virtual 5Ks: 0/10
  • Total Money Donated: $1.28/$30.00

Thursday's Things: Women's History Month

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Original Image: Viktor Hertz

“Thursday’s Things” is a collection of interesting stuff I’ve found during my meanderings on the net.  Sometimes it’s monthly, other times it’s whenever I happen to find at least 10 topically related links I think are worth reading, but it’s always on a Thursday.

March is Women’s History Month, and yesterday was International Women’s Day.  That makes today the perfect Thursday to give you tons of stuff about Women, Women’s History, Feminism, etc.  Most of these links are reading suggestions, but when do we not need more books to add to our TBR piles?

Classics Club Spin #15

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It’s time for another Classics Club Spin!  Below is my Spin list.  While I’m interested in reading all of the books on this and my master list, I’m really hoping it will be one of the books below in particular.  I’m not saying which one, though.

  1.  Lawrence, D.H.: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
  2. Atwood, Margaret: A Handmaid’s Tale
  3. Du Maurier, Daphne: Rebecca
  4. Barrie, J.M.: Peter Pan
  5. Beckett, Samuel: Waiting for Godot
  6. Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo
  7. Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
  8. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  9. Bronte, Anne: Agnes Grey
  10. Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night
  11. Flaubert, Gustav: Madame Bovary
  12. Milton, John: Paradise Lost
  13. Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita
  14. Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden
  15. Eliot, George: Middlemarch
  16. Goethe, Johann: Faust
  17. Proust, Marcel: Swann’s Way
  18. Heller, Joseph: Catch-22
  19. Hemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to Arms
  20. Crane, Stephen: Red Badge of Courage

The Spin number will be chosen on Friday, and then those of us participating will have until May 1st to read the book that corresponds to that number.
Are you participating in the Classics Club Spin?  Whether or not you’re participating, would you be interested in doing a read-along of any of the books on my list?  Let me know in the comments!

Monday's Minutes

“Monday’s Minutes” is a weekly post in which I track my bookish life.  All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

Currently Reading:

  • The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – for #FanspeakTheRing
  • The Riot Grrrl Collection edited by Lisa Darms
  • Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

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Finished:

  • A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
  • Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

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Challenges:

Total pages read this week: 314

Total # of books for the year: 12 of 85.  COYER is now over, so I’ll be returning to mostly reading my physical books.  I’m hoping to finish The Return of the King before The Lord of the Rings read-along ends on March 19th.  There are several other books I have stacked up on my desk that I want to read this month and in April, but I’m going to concentrate on finishing The Lord of the Rings.

What are you reading this week?

#FitReaders Check-In

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  • This check-in is for February 24th – March 2nd.
  • The Boyfriend and I have been sick most of this week.  Exercising was not a priority.
  • If you have a FitBit, you can find me HERE.
  • Steps: 22,350/70,000
  • Miles: 7.90/35
  • Total Miles: 89.28/1779
  • Active Minutes: 117/210
  • Days I Drank 64 ounces of Water: 3/7
  • Virtual 5Ks: 0/10
  • Total Money Donated: $1.18/$30.00