And so it begins

This week, I'm starting the marathon that is my Comprehensive Exam process.  I've been puzzling through where I want to take notes and how I want to record information as I read the 100-120 books on my reading list, and I decided that a blog would be a good place.  So, I'll post my reading responses and relevant information here!  This is what I intend to post in response to the books that I read:

• Summaries and relevant paraphrases from the books I read
• Important quotations that I might want to revisit or use in my essay
• Links to author bios or relevant author information
• Links to the amazon.com page for the book (which might offer summaries, publishing info, etc)
• Links to the MU Libraries page for the book (which will offer citation information and the location of the book if I ever have to return it and get it back)
• Reflections and thoughts on how the book might be useful to my studies

 In addition, I'll also post reflections and thoughts about the questions I might ask for my exam--those are still a work in progress, and I think that reading and thinking and reflecting will help them come to life in the next few months.

This might not be an interesting blog, and it may not be anything that anyone else wants to read, but I think it will be useful to me.  And that's a good thing :)