Stymied

I've run into a snag with the March list. To keep my ratio correct, I need to read a non-YA book and there are only three left on my list. While I want to read all three of them...someday, I'm not feeling very motivated at this exact moment. This is the inherent down side of any list, there's always the stuff left at the end that are the least enthusing.

That's not fair. I'm actually getting a lot out of Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles, it's just taking me a healthy minute to get through because it's a pedagogy book. I've also really enjoyed the research that I did to prepare for reading Shakespeare's Richard II. I think I'm going to enjoy my reading of the play. What I've read so far suggests that the language is more approachable than in the tragedies. It seems like the big barrier is that a contemporary American  audience is less likely to have the background that Shakespeare assumes on the turbulent British succession

Probably I'm reacting to the issue of pacing again.

Also, I'm very tired.