Wow two days in a row!
Now I do not typically listen to audiobooks since I read faster than the readers, I like making up my own voices, and I don't want to buy two copies of a book (print and audiobook). However this is an opportunity that should not be missed:
Some crazy-awesome group of people got a bunch of famous and not-famous people to read a chapter of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Each chapter is being posted, for free, onto iTunes and other sites, one a day until The End. 135 chapters! And Stephen Fry read one of them! There's also a number of other great readers.
If you, like me, have long drives or other requirements that do not take up your entire brain space but do not allow for a book in front of your face (or if you like audiobooks and free stuff) go HERE
Happy Listening!!!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Well Hello Again!
So I was super excited about this blog when I started it. It was supposed to keep me reading AND writing in the midst of a crazy science filled life. Whoops... I have lots of excuses. Allow me to use them all:
1. I applied to med school only I was really bad at working on the application. I told myself that the only writing I was allowed to do was the writing required for the application. So I didn't write any blog posts. I also didn't write my application for a long time. Well... I did it eventually
2. I took 20ish credit hours my senior year while still applying for medical school. Bad idea.
3. I took classes that had writing assignments (Glory glory hallelujah!) Perhaps I'll post one of the writing assignments
4. I was introduced to the BBC's Doctor Who (probably the biggest limiter of my reading and writing in free time)
5. I graduated and spent several months in limbo. Read a lot. Didn't sit still enough to write
6. I started medical school. Still reading. Sometimes instead of studying. Yup it's that important. So I decided to keep writing about it sometimes. Now is one of those times. WOOOO
For a list of all the books I've read recently, I will refer the reader to the social reading network known as GoodReads. I have chronicled all the books I've read and even written some rudimentary reviews.
I have a goal to read 100 books in 2012. I will try to set up a widget to keep you, the reader, updated on my progress (which is generally slow)
Thanks for staying tuned!
1. I applied to med school only I was really bad at working on the application. I told myself that the only writing I was allowed to do was the writing required for the application. So I didn't write any blog posts. I also didn't write my application for a long time. Well... I did it eventually
2. I took 20ish credit hours my senior year while still applying for medical school. Bad idea.
3. I took classes that had writing assignments (Glory glory hallelujah!) Perhaps I'll post one of the writing assignments
4. I was introduced to the BBC's Doctor Who (probably the biggest limiter of my reading and writing in free time)
5. I graduated and spent several months in limbo. Read a lot. Didn't sit still enough to write
6. I started medical school. Still reading. Sometimes instead of studying. Yup it's that important. So I decided to keep writing about it sometimes. Now is one of those times. WOOOO
For a list of all the books I've read recently, I will refer the reader to the social reading network known as GoodReads. I have chronicled all the books I've read and even written some rudimentary reviews.
I have a goal to read 100 books in 2012. I will try to set up a widget to keep you, the reader, updated on my progress (which is generally slow)
Thanks for staying tuned!
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