The Book Pirate turns One

Happy Birthday to me (well, two days ago).

I started this blog one year ago. Well, on the 19th of Janurary was my first post, but I failed to notice it on the 19th.

I’ve been swamped with school the past three weeks which is why there hasn’t been any substantial updates. I made the mistake (mistake?) of taking on three literature classes this term in addition to learning a foreign language. Somehow I have managed to finish three books but have not found the time to post about them just yet. Maybe this weekend.

This term I am taking a Comedy and Satire class which wants me to find time to read 13 books in under ten weeks. Normally not a problem but so far the books have been greek classics like Horace. Those are surprisingly not easy to read. Luckily we have since transition the texts that did not need to be translated. I’m also taking The Bible as Literature which is pretty interesting. Luckily, we are not reading the whole Bible. Lastly, there is the generic sounding English 300 which I am still not quite sure what the topic of the class is other than we are reading Plato.

Anyway, I guess I should get started on my homework. Until next time…

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Since January 2008 I have been using this blog to write about the books i've read and other book related news that I find interesting. I also find pirates interesting so from time to time I may blog about pirates. I see this as killing two birds with one stone.

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