Read-a-thon... Further updates

Hour 8

Tummy a bit funny. Too much pesto? Cheesecake? Or was it the mushroom paté?!

On page 77 of Titus Groan. So far: Supremely Weird and Excellent

Here's a quote:

His fish eyes swam all round his glasses before finishing at the top, where they gave him an expression of fantastic martyrdom. (59)

However... that makes exactly 33 + 62 = 95 pages read in the last 8 hours. I'm facing up to the fact that I'm a really slow reader. (Or easily distracted.)

Returning to the book. Trying to resist chocolates.

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Hour 11

Taking a break for a bowl of cereal. Been reading nearly solid since 5:30 pm (with a snack or two) and now it's 11:00 pm. Getting a bit tired.

On page 125 now... so that means I've read 143 pages total so far. Hmmm I'm sure I can usually read more than that in a day.

Why does time seem to fly so much faster during the read-a-thon than at any other time?

Well, no sense in staring at the page numbers. I'm back to the reading and it'll be bedtime in an hour or so.

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Off to bed! See you in about Hour 20 or 21.

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Hour 21

I'm awake! I'm reading! I've got tea and it's another sunny day. I'm on Titus Groan page 143.

It's great, I'm loving it so far. I'm reading it slowly which is my habit when I'm enjoying a book.

Another notable sentence, when Peake describes the twin aunts:

Their faces, identical to the point of indecency, were quite expressionless, as though they were the preliminary lay-outs for faces and were waiting for sentience to be injected. (109)

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