tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802249479172014282024-02-01T22:08:51.573-05:00Leonicka Valcius--concerning words--Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-22255321870155481142013-02-12T10:00:00.000-05:002013-02-12T10:00:09.683-05:00Canada Reads 2013: Turf Wars
This year's edition of Canada Reads kicked off yesterday and, though I missed the live broadcast, I watched the video online and was very impressed.
For one, I found the debate to be much more intelligent and respectful than last year. All the opening statements were thoughtful and compelling and only one panelist attacked the other books right away.
Besides the perennial "Why Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-72910023771814283092013-01-21T10:00:00.000-05:002013-01-29T23:17:19.079-05:00The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
There is a magical box at my office. It’s called "the box at
the end of the hall.” The box at the end of the hall is where all the books
people want to get rid of end up. And it’s where I found this gem.
I get you Lucy Wu. I, too, have a long lost aunt that no one
knew existed until we started filling out her immigration papers. I, too,
struggled with understanding what exactly it meant Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-82617182479622619682013-01-18T10:00:00.000-05:002013-01-18T10:00:03.761-05:00Les Misérables de Victor HugoLast year I wished I read more books in French and Spanish so this year I challenged myself to read Les Misérables in the original French.
I started this week and have already learned a lot. For example, it is easier for me to read French out loud than to myself. I think this is because I learned as a spoken language--my parents spoke it at home, I watched French TV, and listened to French Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-28919060101183265432013-01-15T10:00:00.000-05:002013-01-29T23:16:47.910-05:00Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - Review 2
Part two of our super-awesome insightful review!
Leonicka: I didn’t withdraw it. I kept it to myself. I mean
how could I say, “Omigawd she’s so pathetic” when my particular friend
was saying “she’s just like me!” Awkward.
Sabrina: Thanks dude.
Leonicka: I LOVE YOU
Sabrina: Moving on, Italy was a wonderful, delicious, magical
whirlwind. Not everyone gets the chance to just up and Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-33073721855653405232013-01-14T10:00:00.000-05:002013-01-14T10:00:00.832-05:00Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - Review 1You’ll notice this is a bit of a different post. A friend and I read
this book together and instead of being normal and writing two separate
reviews, we simply conducted a bit of a “review conversation” if you
will. Enjoy!
Sabrina: This is a very, very, very delayed review. This was my
very last book of 2012 and I have to say I had a lot of mixed emotions
about it. Hence the epic delay Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-57864541600655143722013-01-07T16:00:00.000-05:002013-01-07T16:00:00.627-05:00More Reading Challenges<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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I just
finished book 48 of the 50 book pledge. Assuming
it won’t take me four months to read two more books, I need another challenge.
Right now I have 27 books in my To-Read pile. Considering my
current pace of approximately 1.5 books per week, I have exactly enough time to
get through them all!
My plan:
Don’t buy new books!
This will be super difficult because books are the only Leonickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11453734040977017977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080224947917201428.post-9235782681211237022012-08-13T09:38:00.000-04:002012-08-13T09:38:28.480-04:00Olympic Readathon Results
While London
was hosting the 30th Olympiad, Random House of Canada hosted the
Olympic Readathon! I participated because I’m a champion reader. Or I thought I was. Here are my numbers at the
finish line.
Miguel Street
by V.S. Naipaul—complete: 115 pages
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce—complete: 296 pages
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas—complete: 406 pages
Tar Baby by
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I was
working most of this week and had very little time to enjoy life. My entertainment was split nearly fifty-fifty. I wonder what I’ll do when the Olympics are
over. My hours of entertainment will probably decrease overall. Ideally I want
to maintain an even ratio by consuming more diverse media, not by cutting out
other media. Once again, suggestions are appreciated.
Paper Droids:
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On Tumblr I wrote about my commitment to extend my POCreading challenge to all my entertainment. Since a significant amount of that
entertainment includes reading, I think it is fitting to record my progress
here.
This week will count as my baseline because I put no effort in finding entertainment with
diversity. Looking at the results, I can tell this is not going to be an easy
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