I pretty much give up

Every BPAL Lunacy shirt I see I want. They're all so gorgeous! I think I'm going to just start writing the cost into my budget. I'm wearing my Red Moon one today, and I just ordered the Singing Moon one.

50bookchallenge, 15000pages

Book #64 -- Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy, Seven Daughters and Seven Sons, 220 pages.

Novelisation of an Iraqi folktale in which a young woman dresses as a man and goes into business to support her poor family and earn dowries for her sisters. The only thing she didn't plan for was to fall in love with the prince. This is one of the books I read for the bibliography I'm writing. It turned out not to meet my criteria, bit it was a good book nonetheless, and very interesting given the current political climate to read a Muslim folktale that has a strong female as the main character.

Progress toward goals: 207/365 = 56.7%

Books: 64/100 = 64%

Pages: 20972/30000 = 69.9%

2007 Book List

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First of all Oooh, shiny!. How did I miss that Neil Gaiman is writing the screenplay for Beowulf?

Second, can anyone tell me the song that's playing during the trailer? I *know* I've heard it before, but I can't place it.

Daily post

Sleep: 10:30 to 12:30, 1am to 3:30am, 7am to 8:30am

Pain: 9

Weather: cloudy, 87F, humidity 63%, high 88F

Daily BPAL: ALICE

Daily Tarot: 2 of Pentacles, Reversed: Enforced gaiety; inability to handle several situations at once. Simulated enjoyment.

Reading:
Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen C. 1530-1603 by Anne Chambers
Hippolytus by Euripides
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton
Awakening to Oneness by Arjuna Ardagh
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley

It's that time again

When I beg for contributions to the book on re-told fairy tales I'm working on.

Below is a link to my themed wish-list. Used copies of most of the books are less than a dollar. Anyone who buys me books gets a mention in the acknowledgements section of my book when it is published (you have to provide your name, of course).

I really appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.

50bookchallenge, 15000pages

Book #65 -- Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and System of the World, 680 pages.

Finally I've finished this. I freely admit I didn't understand half of it. But the half I did understand -- incredible! It was fascinating to read things that we learn in grade school now as facts being presented merely as theories, and unpopular ones at that. To know that here was the first time many of these things had been proposed. This was very difficult going, but what a learning experience!

Progress toward goals: 207/365 = 56.7%

Books: 65/100 = 65%

Pages: 21652/30000 = 72.2%

2007 Book List

cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven