No, not from blogging (at least not an intentional one), rather from the heavy stuff. Thank you for reading Wednesday’s post and thank you even more if you commented. Lots to think about and comment on there. And I’ll do it, just not today. I’m wiped out. Nightmares and panic attacks and more cold weather and UGH. So. Weekly thing it is.
Link Soup: Things I’m Afraid To Do – some awesome bloggers have been taking part. I have not. For 2 days I’ve been working on it and for 2 days I’ve had really horrible nightmares. So it’s not so much that I’m afraid to blog about this stuff, I’m just afraid of it period.
Health: Fatigue is kicking my ass.
Knitting: There has been some but no progress pictures (I’m too tired). Instead, I have a question. Knitters, what’s your favorite kind of DPNs? I’ve stalled out on the puffy hexes (despite some lovely leftover sock yarn from Jacey) because the cheap bamboo DPNs I’m using are killing my hands. Lightweight is a must, metal preferred.
Reading:
Currently: Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter
- The Housekeeper & The Professor by Yoko Ogawa – fiction. The story was interesting but all the baseball was not. Also, the math. I like math and all but… eh. I have problems with Japanese fiction. It’s so dense and sometimes I feel I am too.
- Micah’s Magick by Anya Bast – fantasy short story, free Kindle book. Apparently you have to read the whole series before you read this or it makes no sense and you’re like WTF? I did not read the series first. So.
- The Magic Touch by Dara England – fairy godmother short story, free Kindle book. Cute.
- Effie at the Wedding by Tracey Marchini – chick lit very short story, free Kindle book. I’d call this a chapter, not a story. Which is a shame because I think this would be a fun story. Will not keep reading.
- Wander Dust by Michelle Warren. YA time travel. Potentially a cool story. Actually, not very. Mainly wanted to kick the characters. Honestly, let the bad guys get the MC. She’s annoying anyway.
- When She Woke by Hillary Jordan – YA dystopia. The first part of this book is fantastic. Really well developed world, really visceral scenes and emotions. And then it all went kind of fluffy and dithery and annoying. By the end I was hoping the MC would get caught as she was a complete user and she’s always almost getting into terrible, horrendous trouble but she’s rescued. Every single time. So obviously the danger is implied, not actual. Which makes most of her actions a moot point.
- Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau – YA seafolk. I would have loved this as a kid. In fact, I would recommend it to any kid who likes mermaids, cute boys and a well thought out plot. A minimal amount of teen angst. Maybe pre-teen angst is less? Very sweet (yet actiony!) book. This is where implied menace works well. You don’t see much of it but you know the consequences are real and there. Unlike When She Woke.
- The Rancher & The Reluctant Princess by Christine Flynn – Mills & Boon (think Harlequin). One of the cheap hospital books. A nice brain vacation where nice people have nice things happen to them and everyone lives happily ever after. Awwww.
Watching: Knight Rider is on Netflix Instant. There’s been a lot of making fun of the hair. A lot.
A drive through the countryside on a typical 2012 English spring. So wet, so cold. So dreary.
Happy Friday.
