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Month: June 2008

The Complete Persepolis

by Athena // June 30, 2008 // 5 Comments
The two volume omnibus edition of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoirs and Bildungsroman of growing up in Iran.  I actually did not know about the French edition until too late. As is the case sometimes, I regret not having found the original French... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Readathon Hour 24

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 6 Comments
Books Read: 4 Current Progress: p.3 of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: a Memoir by Bill Bryson 24 Hour Readathon. I was active in reading in 19 hours out of 24. Next time, I’d set make goal... Continue reading →

Hour 22 and 23: Nearly There

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 1 Comment
Books Read: 4 I finished Promothea Book 1; I think I’ll write a review after I read the whole series. Oh graphic novels, good for light reading. I read it in an hour and the hour before, I wrote one... Continue reading →

Hour 21: Review Writing and A Well-Rounded Challenge

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 4 Comments
Books Read: 3 I finished My Sister, Life and Other Poems and am going to write the reviews for it and Persepolis this hour before moving onto Promothea. So that this post is not a total waste, I joined another... Continue reading →

Hour 20: Vocab Challenge

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 1 Comment
Books Read: 2 Progress: p. 48 of My Sister, Life. Care has a challenge about favourite new words or run-on sentences read. Beloved had some intense prose, but I think I liked the word “rememory” from it the most. It’s... Continue reading →

Hour 19: Back

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 2 Comments
Books Read: 2 Current Progress: p. 7 My Sister Life and Other Poems by Boris Pasternak, translated by Olga Andreyev I was pretty delirious when I went to bed a couple hours ago. I am still tired, but I am... Continue reading →

Hour 14 and 15: Time for a long Nap

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 3 Comments
Books Read: 2 I finished The Complete Persepolis. I really enjoyed it. I have gotten a bit delirious; it’s almost 2:30AM. I need to sleep, at least for 3 hours. I’ll set an alarm. I’ll wake up and read Pasternak.... Continue reading →

Hour 13: Poem Challenge

by Athena // June 29, 2008 // 2 Comments
Books Read: 1 Progress: p. 172 Persepolis Vasily has a poem challenge which is good since I can skip ahead and read some Pasternak (Did you know? Pasternak is Russian for Parsnip). I posted two poems since I could not... Continue reading →

Hour 11 and 12: Nothing and Mid-Event Survey

by Athena // June 28, 2008 // 2 Comments
Books read 1: Current Progress: p.106 of Persepolis Back to reading again as I basically did not do anything for two hours but talk to all the people who came online and watched a tv programme. I became really lethargic.... Continue reading →

Hour 10

by Athena // June 28, 2008 // 3 Comments
Books Read: 1 Current Progress: p. 103 of Persepolis Took a 15 minute walk, and now I am going to take a break this hour to watch some television programme. I’ll be back to reading next hour. I’m having a... Continue reading →

Hour 9: 8PM

by Athena // June 28, 2008 // No Comments
Books Read: 1 Current Progress: 54p. of The Complete Persepolis I am enjoying Persepolis immensely and going to take a walk soon as prompted by Dewey. It will be be dark in the next hour so this is my last... Continue reading →

Hour 8 and Book Awards Challenge Wrap Up

by Athena // June 28, 2008 // 1 Comment
Books Read: 1 Progress: p. 1 of The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Still need to catch up on my reviews so one more before diving into the next book. Book Awards Challenge Wrap Up  With Beloved, I completed the... Continue reading →

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