How does a woman find time to read a book every day? Raise your hand if you know!
I'm not shaming the project -- I'm jealous, of course -- but the reporting dodge sort of undermines the point of the piece, doesn't it? I'm tempted to launch into it, but it's a holiday, so.
(Thanks to Pearl for sending this to me.)
4 days ago
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She doesn't read them very carefully?
At least that's how I justify reading so slowly (especially when I was in college): because I'm thinking so hard. Really.
Due to an unexpected delay at the airport this weekend, I ended up reading a couple hundred pages (since I'm a slow reader, translate that into several hours) of THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE in a single sitting: it's been a while since I had done that. As it was my brain felt a little molten: and I didn't even finish the book.
There's no shame in being a slow reader. But what I was picking up on, though I could be wrong, is that the subject is a stay-at-home mother -- I assume not for a recession-related reason because otherwise the writer would have capitalized on that. Or is that so obvious the Times didn't see fit to mention it?
Whatever job she has would clearly affect the success or failure of this project, so it calls attention to itself by its absence.
Ellen, I had the same reaction as you. I assumed she was a stay-at-home mother, because stay-at-home mothers could more reasonably plan to read 365 books on a timeline, whereas, presumably, somebody out of work for a recession-related reason would 1) spend a lot of time applying to and interviewing for jobs, and 2) not embark on something as ambitious as a book-a-day-for-a-year project, because she wouldn't plan on being out of work for that long.
Also, I don't know if this was her phrase or the writer's, but "former environmental lawyer" sounds like it was mistranslated from a summary of a John Grisham book in another language.
i imagine she made time like we all do - by making it a priority.
skip The Office and 30 Rock, the kids soccer game and voila, enough time to read a book
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