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So, let's see how I did for my first official month of my Lifetime Learning Project:
Books To Read:Day(My Thoughts)by Elie Wiesel
Survival In Auschwitz(My Thoughts)by Primo Levi
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanby Laurence Stone
Dangerous Liaisonsby Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Pere Goriotby Honore de Balzac
Blindnessby Jose Saragamo
The Heart of the Matter(My Thoughts)by Graham Greene
Managing Your Own Learningby James R. and Adelaide B. Davis
How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry(My Thoughts)by Edward Hirsch
Book III of The Faerie Queeneby Edmund Spencer
Book IV of The Faerie Queene
Listen to Teaching Company Lectures on:
Tristam Shandy
Dangerous Liaisons
Pere Goriot
Wuthering Heights
Moby Dick
Text Chapters To Read:
The Cambridge Introduction to NarrativeChapter 3(My Thoughts)Chapter 4(My Thoughts)Chapter 5(My Thoughts)Chapter 6(My Thoughts)Chapter 7(My Thoughts)
Writing About Literature: Step by StepChapter 2
Chapter 3
Finish What's In A Name Challenge
Well, I got a lot read in April (see the bottom of this blog for a full list), just not necessarily what was on this list. :-) I got hung up with The Faerie Queene, Tristram Shady, How To Read A Poem, Introduction To Narrative, and Writing About Literature going all at the same time. Consequently, I got no lectures listened to at all. I need to fix that going forward.
On the upside, I got a lot of good reading done in general, made a dent in my Lifetime Learning Plan, started teaching myself about poetry, and rather than the What's In A Name Challenge, I finished the Chunkster Challenge. I'm calling it a success! On to May . . .
Back to 2009 Second Quarter Goals
Back to 2009 General Concepts
Back to Lifetime Learning Project Personal Mission Statement
14 comments:
That sure sounds like a success to me, too!
what a great month for you! I'm glad you read so many great things.
How many books are in The Faerie Queen?
Thanks, JoAnn! I see some adjustments I need to make, but this was pretty darn good for the first run! :-)
Rebecca ~ Thank you! The Faerie Queene consists of six books of twelve cantos each, then a seventh book that I think is only two cantos, maybe three. It's a *long* poem and the language can be frustrating at times, but overall I'm enjoying the experience!
Lezlie
Wow that's a lot of pages turned, well done!
Thanks, Zetor!
Lezlie
Lezlie, You sure did accomplish a lot! Yay You!
Terri ~ Thanks! Having a concrete plan to look at helps keep me focused, even if I don't follow it exactly. At least I'm consciously deviating from it and not spinning off on some tangent, never to return. :-)
Lezlie
You had a great month! Congrats on finishing your challenge!
Wow! Your program is ambitious! But it sounds so enjoyable -- I'm a little jealous.
Stick with Tristram Shandy. It is the greatest. Funny as anything. And once you read it, you will appreciate the movie, A Cock and Bull Story that is all about trying to make a movie out of TS.
Just where was Uncle Toby injured? :)
Ladytink ~ Thanks!
Rose City Reader ~ I have every intention of finishing TS. I was enjoying it, but it was too much with the other ones I had going at the same time. And, yeah, poor Uncle Toby! :-) He's a great character though!
Lezlie
Wow Lezlie, you had a busy month. Good for you, hope May is as good.
Thanks, Dar!
L.
Well done Lezlie, looks good! :-)
Thanks, Joanna!
Lezlie
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