Comments on: The Sunday Salon: 3000 Pages in 30 Days? http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/ A bookworm journalist blogs on literature and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: The Sunday Salon: 3000 in 30 Starts Today! http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5814 The Sunday Salon: 3000 in 30 Starts Today! Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:57:45 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5814 [...] a month ago I proposed a personal reading project for myself: read 3,000 pages in the 30 days of my Christmas break. Technically, I still have one magazine story to revise and turn in, but it’s so close to [...] [...] a month ago I proposed a personal reading project for myself: read 3,000 pages in the 30 days of my Christmas break. Technically, I still have one magazine story to revise and turn in, but it’s so close to [...]

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5451 Kim Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:09:09 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5451 Jennifer: I do better with things if I had a pace and schedule -- that's how I got through <i>Infinite Jest</i> this summer. I'm really, really excited for break so I can get started! Jennifer: I do better with things if I had a pace and schedule — that’s how I got through Infinite Jest this summer. I’m really, really excited for break so I can get started!

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5450 Kim Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:08:31 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5450 Callista: I'm one review book behind now, but since I only read a few review books every year I don't fall behind that often. I love the idea of mini-readathons. I like giving yourself permission to just put everything aside for part of a day to read. I haven't done that in awhile either, but oh well. Good luck catching up! Callista: I’m one review book behind now, but since I only read a few review books every year I don’t fall behind that often. I love the idea of mini-readathons. I like giving yourself permission to just put everything aside for part of a day to read. I haven’t done that in awhile either, but oh well. Good luck catching up!

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5449 Kim Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:07:24 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5449 Louise: My reading has gotten more consistent recently -- I don't go weeks at a time without reading anymore, I think because I want to make sure I have something for my blog :) And I totally get the avoiding pleasure reading because you should be studying. luckily I won't have any school reading this break, so I don't have that excuse to hold me back. Louise: My reading has gotten more consistent recently — I don’t go weeks at a time without reading anymore, I think because I want to make sure I have something for my blog :) And I totally get the avoiding pleasure reading because you should be studying. luckily I won’t have any school reading this break, so I don’t have that excuse to hold me back.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5448 Jennifer Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5448 I am definitely in a similar situation. And I know what you mean about getting distracted during break. Still, I really like your plan. I like the idea of pacing myself and holding myself accountable to that plan. Still, I'm notorious for giving up when I fail even if its just a minor slip up. I look forward to seeing how you craft this and might even try hopping on board. It's ambitious, but it sounds like fun and I'm sure that you'll make quite a dent in your reading pile. I am definitely in a similar situation. And I know what you mean about getting distracted during break. Still, I really like your plan. I like the idea of pacing myself and holding myself accountable to that plan. Still, I’m notorious for giving up when I fail even if its just a minor slip up. I look forward to seeing how you craft this and might even try hopping on board. It’s ambitious, but it sounds like fun and I’m sure that you’ll make quite a dent in your reading pile.

]]> By: Callista http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 Callista Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:34:21 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5344 Oh wow I know the feeling. I've had to turn down lots of possibly good review books because I am so behind it's not even funny. So much for my goal of 2009 to catch up and stay up to date. I haven't even remotely gotten near that goal. Maybe I should do something similar. Or hold some mini readathons of my own. Hmm. Oh wow I know the feeling. I’ve had to turn down lots of possibly good review books because I am so behind it’s not even funny. So much for my goal of 2009 to catch up and stay up to date. I haven’t even remotely gotten near that goal. Maybe I should do something similar. Or hold some mini readathons of my own. Hmm.

]]> By: Louise http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5334 Louise Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:28 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5334 Yes I certainly have a pile almost demanding to be read :) But I try not to stress because of it, and have accepted that sometimes I can read a book a day, other times I barely read for months. That is just how my reading-cycle is I guess. But since those periods tend to take over from one another, during the not-so-much-reading periods the tbr grows and grows. You will definitely race through The Nanny Diaries. I read that one several years back as a book club read, and while it isn't the book of the century by any means, I actually felt that there was a lot of good stuff in in for discussion. I have never managed to read for pleasure during my breaks when I was a student. I never got around to read any study-related stuff either, but picking up a non-study related book during breaks really made me think only of: Oh, you SHOULD NOT be reading for fun, you should be studying. So I guess it was easier not to read at all, since there was no way I would "waste" valuable time off studying ;) So in goes the dvds or the WII or whatever instead of reading anything ;) Yes I certainly have a pile almost demanding to be read :) But I try not to stress because of it, and have accepted that sometimes I can read a book a day, other times I barely read for months. That is just how my reading-cycle is I guess. But since those periods tend to take over from one another, during the not-so-much-reading periods the tbr grows and grows.

You will definitely race through The Nanny Diaries. I read that one several years back as a book club read, and while it isn’t the book of the century by any means, I actually felt that there was a lot of good stuff in in for discussion.

I have never managed to read for pleasure during my breaks when I was a student. I never got around to read any study-related stuff either, but picking up a non-study related book during breaks really made me think only of: Oh, you SHOULD NOT be reading for fun, you should be studying. So I guess it was easier not to read at all, since there was no way I would “waste” valuable time off studying ;) So in goes the dvds or the WII or whatever instead of reading anything ;)

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Kim Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:25:30 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5315 Jeanne: I'm sorry you (and your students) were sick! That's such a pain. I'm not exactly organized yet, but hopefully by December 20 I will be :) Jeanne: I’m sorry you (and your students) were sick! That’s such a pain. I’m not exactly organized yet, but hopefully by December 20 I will be :)

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Kim Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:24:58 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5314 Kailana: It's so weird! I don't like any of the shows I end up watching, but because they are on the DVR I just get sucked into them. It's so distracting! Kailana: It’s so weird! I don’t like any of the shows I end up watching, but because they are on the DVR I just get sucked into them. It’s so distracting!

]]> By: Kim http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/2009/11/the-sunday-salon-3000-pages-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-5313 Kim Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:24:28 +0000 http://www.sophisticateddorkiness.com/?p=3762#comment-5313 Kay: Yeah, reading more that I normally would is basically the point. I hope having a goal will keep me from wasting my vacation doing pointless things and instead help be do stuff I actually want to do :) Kay: Yeah, reading more that I normally would is basically the point. I hope having a goal will keep me from wasting my vacation doing pointless things and instead help be do stuff I actually want to do :)

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