Tergiversations of a Traveling Mind

So I conquered NaNoWriMo's 50,000 words this past November, and there were many times that I hated every word I had to force onto the page. But now January has rolled around, and I'm feeling masochistic again. What is my new challenge? How about 50 books!

Yes, I have discovered the 50 Book Challenge, and the idea of killing myself once again for the sake of the printed word appeals to me. The concept is to read 50 books in a year ‒ a little less than one a week.

Will I make it? Probably not. I've got a fairly full schedule (although I'm hoping my summer will be more open, and I'll make up for lost time then), and don't foresee much reading time in the next few weeks. But I've got one book already read for the year, and one almost finished, so I call that a good start.

I'm not going to join the community (far too many posts), but I'll definitely keep track of the ones I finish on my own journal. So without further ado:

Book #1:

Self-Made Man, by Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent is an interesting character. She grew up a tomboy, found her sexuality as a lesbian, and became a political writer who is also a feminist. Her book Self-Made Man is her story of how she went "undercover" and lived as a man for a year and a half. That's right. She cut her hair, strapped down her breasts, changed her voice and her walk, and became a man called "Ned"...and she actually pulled it off, thanks to her already masculine looks. Throughout her research, she worked as a man in the highly competitive field of sales, joined a men's bowling league, went on dates with women, entered a monastery, and joined a men's support group. Her original expectations were that she would find a world of "male privilege" that she could expose. But her own experiences as a man soon taught her that feminists don't always know what they're talking about.

A good book, which I highly recommend.