I found a way to use the word 'fortnight' in my blog tonight.

Normally when I'm in a sour mood books seem to be the last place I ever want to turn to (making book puns already). It often seems difficult for me to focus on reading when I'm perturbed and this only results in further frustration. However, I have started to wonder that this problem isn't attributed solely to that I'm reading, but what it is I'm reading. I'm sure there are many people in this world who can manage reading multiple books at once. Or those who can breeze through novel's and reading requirements as if they were nothing. I, however, am different. I don't allocate too much of my free time for literature and is therefore problematic for me to read multiple stories simultaneously or even finish a book in under a fortnight. This ties into my earlier point because much of what I read these days is required for this class. Of course I have some freedom in my choices (the 3 novels we could pick for the independent reading project), but these novels are all essentially the same and offer no especially unique idea's. So reading in relatively recent time periods, since school started, has not helped me deal with or alleviate problem's since I don't have much control over what I'm reading. Trying to read The Road whilst in a chipper mood is simply impossible. Reading Beloved without wanting to jam a stake through my eyes was also pretty hard. And trying to figure out what is happening in Emily Dickinson's mind as she writes her mood shattering poetry is torture. But reading books I get to choose definitely helps my attitude. I don't think the content or genre of the books I read for pleasure much matters. I thoroughly enjoy reading when I can do so at my leisure and have an interest in subject matter. This being said, I can't wait to finish any reading requirements we will have for this class. The Hobbit  has been gathering dust next to my bed for nearly 3 months since I haven't had time for it. I'm also interested in No Country for Old Men, Fight Club, maybe some more Cormac McCarthy and  Tolkien if I have time before college starts.