November Group Read: Kick Off Post

[glinda]

It’s November the 1st! Ready, steady - read!



In exciting news we’ve got lots of new participants this year - thank you to everyone to promoted it to their reading lists! - so just a couple of brief housekeeping notes. Check-ins will be every Friday, with a final sneaky wee extra check-in/round up post on the 30th to share the joy/commiserate! Don’t worry if you forget to check in, there’s no penalty, commenting late or checking in for two weeks at the same time is perfectly fine! Also some people find making a list at the start and sharing it helps with accountability, so if that’s something you’re into then feel free to use the comments on this post for that.

And most importantly: have fun!

Comments

[steorra]

My main goal is to finish reading two books that I've started:

1. A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas, edited by Keith Thor Carlson (I'm about two thirds of the way done! I want to actually finish!)

2. The High King, by Lloyd Alexander. I've read and enjoyed the rest of the series. I've started this book twice and gotten sidetracked/stalled both times. I probably need to start over yet again since it's over half a year since the last time.

I'd also like to read, if I can:

3. Historical Brewing Techniques: The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing, by Lars Marius Garshol, which just I borrowed from a colleague.

4. A couple more chapters of A History of Wales, by John Davies. It's a huge book, and I'm currently only aiming to read as far as the chapter that ends in 1282, but that's a hundred pages beyond where I am right now.

[glinda]

Ooh, those sound really interesting, especially the Salish Atlas! Good luck!

[steorra]

It's a really great book. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in First Nations of the relevant area. I had to get it for a class in undergrad - the prof chose it because it's produced by the Stó:lō people themselves - and I used it enough back then to know that it was interesting, but I hadn't read it cover to cover, and now I want to.