I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to participate in the read-a-thon this time, but it ended up that I was able to, and I’m very glad of it!
At the start of the read-a-thon (12 Eastern), I was doing some required errands. What to do? An audio CD, of course! So I was able to listen to the first disc of Nabokov’s Lolita, read by Jeremy Irons. Disgusting subject, but very well done by Irons. That took about 1 1/4 hours.
Next I read The Bear by Marian Engel, a book read for the Canadian Challenge because it was extremely short — only 141 pages. A woman alone on an island with a bear. Umm, some disturbing scenes, to say the least. When I initially looked up the info for this book, it said the bear and Lou, a librarian, had an intimate, but not s*x*al relationship. Wrong. Weirdness, of which I won’t go into detail here. It only took 2 hours to read, though, and now I have only one more book read to complete the Canadian Challenge.
Now off to read some updates of fellow readers!
good for you for joining. You can do one more book to finish the Canadian, but I hope you find one that’s easier to read. Have you read Owls in the Family by Farley Mowatt? Short, and really cute.
good luck