Well, actually not today, but some day in the not-so-distant future. I have now read 225 books on the list, which is pretty good. My major milestone will be 250, the point where I am a quarter of the way through the list (I tend to think of this project like running, so 225 I am half-way out, 500 I'm all the way out and turning back).
When I brought up this impending milestone and requesting celebratory ideas, Sarah immediately suggested ice cream, which I immediately dismissed. This was largely because it was about 16 degrees and icy outside, but on reflection, ice cream may be not be a bad idea, actually. I will likely hit this point sometime this coming summer, and summer in DC equals two things: misery, and ice cream. So I may very well have ice cream. The only issue is that it does not have any poetic or symbolic connection to the project.
Her other suggestion was to buy my favorite book I've read so far, and I'm also seriously considering this idea (note that I do not see these two ideas as at all mutually exclusive, either). The trick here will be determining which book qualifies as my favorite so far. Hmm.
I do want to read something at least somewhat momentous for book 250, so I need to do some advanced planning as well. Again: hmm.
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