perhaps you are thinking of me as the world's slowest reader. what about American Woman ? you say. will i ever finish? will i ever say anything about the book? and so on. no, actually i am a fairly fast reader, way above average. i'm just overburdened with reading things like grammar tests, essays from intermediate ESL writing class, inept summaries of texts from the beginning ESL reading class, memos from the department heads, newsletters from the department of adult education. stuff like that. eccchhhhhh.
however, i did finish American Woman, several days ago. i'm into Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake now. not very far into it, and not likely to get there any time soon. i'm doing an extra writing class tomorrow. it's a four-hours-once-a-week class, friday mornings. they've already lost one week's worth thanks to hurricane isabel and they'll lose another one next week for the thanksgiving holiday. i feel that this leaves them at a disadvantage - so, we're going to meet to do some catch-up work in the library tomorrow. that, with yard work, grocery shopping and laundry, will take care of the weekend. i also insanely picked up three movies after i left school today. when do i think we'll watch three movies? sleep is about abandoned during the week, maybe i'll give it up on the weekend too.
American Woman was a book to think about for a long time. and i am. thoughts will eventually be typed in this space after some gestation.
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how are you liking namesake so far?
so far, i'm finding this book entirely delicious. about a third of the way in, and loving it. if i could just keep my eyes open 24 hours a day!
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