Running on empty

Haven't had any time to read - much less read what I want.  I swear I am going to finish Invisible Man this weekend!! Then I can get on with what I need to read and write for class.  Nadine Gordimer did win the Nobel Prize for Literature - it's hardly a chore to read her.  And the subject I've chosen for my paper - focusing on short stories written by Iraqi women - is highly interesting to me, so no chore there either.  It's just getting through this EXTREMELY long book that's kicking my butt.  But I have made a commitment, and I will persevere.  At least I know the next book is a much easier read (and a re-read, so there's that, too).  Wish me luck!