In my
country, Indonesia, Idul Fitri is the biggest national holiday. This year, we
would have nine days holiday, from 26th July to 3rd
August (yay!), and so, I think it would be a perfect time for another (long)
personal readathon…
There are two
books which I am very excited to read from my August schedule:
The first
one is obvious, because it’s another Zola! :) But the second book would be my
first encounter with Edith Wharton. Like Zola, she was a naturalist, so, it
will be very interesting to read them one after the other.
Right now I
am in the middle of Edward Gibbon’s The
History of the Decline and Fall of Roman Empire and Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum, but I think I would
have finished both before the holiday. As Zola’s The Debacle would be my first choice for the readathon, I might
start it earlier, if I have finished my present reading before the 26th.
I don’t have any reading target, and will just enjoy the readings; I’m so…
excited!
What about
you? Will you be on holiday too at the last week of July? Are you planning on
having a personal readathon?
A personal readathon sounds pretty good. I have two piles of books, one contains 4 that I am DESPERATE to finish because they're my last four on my Classic Club, and one contains three books that are read-along books that I *want* to read by the end of July, but I'm so hung up on the four.
ReplyDeleteAND - this is ridiculous - I forgot about pile 3 - the books I am drawn to (another four books). That's not good that they're at the back of my mind!
Wow...you have quite a lot of piles to read! And are you really 4 books from finishing the Classics Club challenge? It's not challenging enough for you then... :D
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