Racing

        Have you ever had a book that you absolutely hated, but you continued reading it because you felt as if you owed something to it? Oh yes, you know the one. It popped into your head just now. I have had many books like that, that in theory would be marvelous books to read but I never finished them. Not until now.
       If you know me in real life, you will know that I am reading The Once and Future King by T.H. White. It is a modern adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Starting out, the book was decent, despite a few writing things that I hated (such as the anachronisms that were used, but I will not get into that). I had left it sitting on my shelf for three years after purchasing it. I decided that I would start reading it, and even though there were some details that I ultimately disliked, I decided that I was going to finish reading that damn book. Even if it killed me.
     Right now,  it might very well kill me. I have been working on reading the book since the beginning of February, and even though I only read about 10 pages a night and much more on the weekends, one would think that I would be done with it by now. Nope! I do have around a hundred pages left to read, though. This is where my race begins. There are books that I want to get read before I graduate and there is one book that I want to read before the move comes out. That is The Great Gatsby. The movie comes out on May 10th and I fully believe that I can finish reading the book by then. I am firmly against reading two books at the same time, and that is part of the reason that I have no started it now. The plot lines would get all muddled up in my head and it would be a bad deal for everyone.
     This is why the race is beginning. I am trying to get The Once and Future King finished so I can start on The Great Gatsby and it is going ridiculously slow right now. I suppose that I could spend more time reading than I do on facebook, youtube, and tumblr... but the kittens. The pictures of the kittens are so adorable.
     I hope that you all can be better than I and get some reading in soon.