After a two-hour adventure in the libraries at Trinity with my indispensable guide, Gabriella, I have four text with me, four more on the way from the other library facilities, and a few that she thinks she already owns and will lend to me. Of course, none of these include the readings I have to complete for my two classes tomorrow. I'm trying to avoid buying books until I know I want to keep them. I know I will read lots of stuff that fulfills a survey-style path through Irish theatre and that I may not want to keep those texts. I would like to avoid accumulating lots of books while I am here. (A *VERY* difficult task for me as I am 1. a bibliophile, and 2. a pack rat.)
My goal is to limit myself to 20 texts that I will take with me back from Ireland. We'll see how that goes. (I already bought one at the conference!)
So I am reading one text that I only got for one week before I read the ones I have for a month even though that text won't be discussed for at least two weeks. I need to do a little more planning of what I will read and in what order. I don't mind so much the first week being a dabbling in different texts, but I know I will rapidly run out of time when I am actually able to read. With all the time in front of computers, my eyes and body get more tired and the headaches come more easily. I need to be kind to myself and be sure I don't push myself too far.
But, of course, the books are of genuine interest to me so I don't want to skim through them. I will find a balance between savoring them now and finding a resource to which I can return. I think I will start a reading journal and a bibliography.
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