Lit corner!

This year, as with last year and the year before, I am signed up for the Goodreads reading challenge. All it entails is you setting yourself a goal of how many books you want to read, and then reading them.

Last year, and the year before, I set myself the pretty ambitious goal of 100 books. Kind of embarrassing that I only finished six :/ this year I'm going with the more reasonable goal of 50 (although it's still quite a lot!) I don't count rereads because - well, it's a challenge. I'm notoriously terrible at finishing things, anyone who knows me can vouch for that. So this time round I hope to at least break into double digits.

I'm not just doing this as a challenge, I'm doing it for me. People who don't know much about literature students are surprised when they hear I don't really read. People who don't know much about lit students, but who do know a lot about me are more surprised. When I was younger I was constantly reading. During class, when walking, at meals... I tell you, the literary character I most identified with was Matilda, and not just because of the magic powers!

I wanna get back to that. I want to start reading again because I like being a reader. It's one of the few things I ever did with any real dedication, and it is a huge part of my personality. So who am I without books?

At any rate, the challenge is off to a good start. I finished my first book today - La Résistible Ascension d'Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht. I read it for a class but I enjoyed it nonetheless. When I've got another book or two under my belt, I'll do a Lit Corner for y'all :)

Happy Reading and

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Retour à Tours

I'm not one for New Year Resolutions, which is why I haven't made any. But being home for the first time in a few months meant that I was on the receiving end of all those 'my, how you've changed!' comments. Nothing I want to hear, either.

I've always been skinny: now I am skinnier, and my hair is in sadly terrible condition. Now that I'm back in Tours, I figure I should do something about it. I have also made the decision, along with a friend from home who is in Tours with me, to start actually doing things in the hopes that we can actually experience our year abroad rather than just live it.

So, this is all precursory to what I hope will be an increase in posting about everything. Fingers crossed for me! That being said - I'm exhausted. I don't want to push myself too far: I've only just begun!

So this is Little Newman, over and out!

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