LLP: June 2009 Monthly Plan

I'm opting for summer vacation! Sort of. :-) This month I will focus on my reading challenges, especially the Countdown Challenge and the TBR Challenge, other random reads that I've had waiting around on shelves at home, and requests that come into the library. I have some ideas fluttering around the edges of my subconscious regarding the "book about books" I keep blathering about writing, so I also want to spend some time seeing if I can mold them into anything concrete.

Beyond that, I make no plans or promises other than to dutifully report on all I discover. Happy reading, everyone!



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LLP: May 2009 Monthly Plan

I'm going to cut myself a little bit of slack. I planned on too much heavy reading in April and ended up distracted, so I'm going to pick just a couple of things to finish off in May and leave more time for reading challenge and impulse reads.

(Struck out entries are finished as of May 31, 2009. If I've posted about the reading, the link is provided.)

Books To Read:

Managing Your Own Learning by James R. and Adelaide B. Davis
Book V of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
Book VI of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
Book VII of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
(My Thoughts on The Faerie Queene)

Text Chapters To Read:

The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
Chapter 8 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 9 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12

Writing About Literature: Step by Step
Chapter 3

I excused myself from the two textbooks for this month so I could focus on The Faerie Queene. -- May 26, 2009

Finish At Least Three Reading Challenges

Books Awards II Challenge (Completed April 30, 2009)
War Through The Generations Challenge (Completed May 6, 2009)
The Faerie Queene Challenge (Completed May 18, 2009)

Write At Least Two Posts Regarding Learning About Poetry

Does posting about The Faerie Queene count? Sure it does! -- May 26, 2009


This plan will finish off The Faerie Queene and Introduction to Narrative, and I'll be able to focus more on Tristram Shandy and further books in the Teaching Company course in June.



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LLP: March/April 2009 Monthly Plan

OK. Down to the nitty gritty. Here is what I plan to accomplish by April 30, 2009:

(Struck out entries are finished as of April 28, 2009. If I've posted about the reading, the link is provided.)

Books To Read:

Day by Elie Wiesel (My Thoughts)
Survival In Auschwitz by Primo Levi (My Thoughts)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stone
Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac
Blindness by Jose Saragamo
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene (My Thoughts)
Managing Your Own Learning by James R. and Adelaide B. Davis
How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch (My Thoughts)
Book III of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
Book IV of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer

Listen to Teaching Company Lectures on:

Tristam Shandy
Dangerous Liaisons
Pere Goriot
Wuthering Heights
Moby Dick

Text Chapters To Read:

The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
Chapter 3 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 4 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 5 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 6 (My Thoughts)
Chapter 7 (My Thoughts)

Writing About Literature: Step by Step
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

Finish What's In A Name Challenge


Good thing the NBA season is just about over for me, isn't it?
:-)



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