My Reading Plan and Stuff Related to the Spring Challenge…

As promised, I have devised a way to tackle Atlas Shrugged. It is probably not foolproof, but hopefully it will help me get more out of the book as a whole.

Here is the plan:

I have decided to read 2-3 chapters a week. I could probably read more than that, but I don’t want to commit to more, because I go insane when I can’t stick to a schedule. The book is thirty chapters long, so I’m looking to be done in 10-15 weeks.

I’m going to bite the bullet and get the Cliffs’ Notes on this one. I may even see if I can find an audio version, but since we’re moving I can’t count on that. I also plan to do what was suggested at Seasonal Soundings with all the books I’m currently reading and that is to make a list of vocabulary words in which I am unfamiliar.

I also plan to write a short summary of each chapter as I complete it, which ought to be interesting! Since completing college, ahem…ten years ago, I realized that I do no writing whatsoever. Except for the occasional letter and a blog entry here and there, there seems to be no reason to write. I am not a writer by any means, which you can probably deduce by reading my gibberish! My grammar at times can be horrible and my use of punctuation can go a bit overboard!!!! (See?) At least there is spell check, so you shouldn’t see too many misspellings. Now, don’t get too excited folks, I’m not going to post my writings because I don’t need you smarty-pants real-life writers out there to critique me!

I think that my other choices for the Challenge are not as hard as I think, so I’m just going to try to plow through those. Speaking of plowing through, as promised I am making great headway with Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Shank! I think Ms. Rivenbark is a hoot, because the way she writes is the way I think. Now, if only I could get my thoughts out on paper like she does…

Amanda