Excuses, weather and books
I have the tiniest bit of an excuse. I was sick nearly all of last week and a tiny bit before. But after that, my excuses go all to hell. I have been perfectly well all week, just not very talkative (writative?). I have a post in mind about friendship, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that it will not be terribly complimentary to me. I am a bit lonely these days, but I suspect that it is a little bit of karmic payback. The thinking about it seems to hurt a bit, so that post is unlikely to be forthcoming.
The weather is gorgeous today. I am looking forward so much to putting the boat in the water and getting away each weekend. I am particularly looking forward to all the reading I will be able to accomplish once we get back to the boat. That is, after all the spring clean-up work we will have to get done in order to make everything ship-shape. Then I have a whole whack o' books to enjoy, including two I just ordered from QPBC. Here's a list of the books in my pile, the last two being the ones just ordered:
The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey, Patrick O'Brian
Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, M.G. Vassanji
John Adams, David McCullough
Seduced By Moonlight, Laurell K. Hamilton
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
Farewell Summer, Ray Bradbury
I am particularly excited aboout Farewell Summer, which is a sequel to my favourite Bradbury novel, Dandelion Wine. Or maybe I am nervous, because how could it possibly be as wonderful as its predecessor? I also have been perusing the Eyewitness Travel Guide for Ireland, in preparation for our July trip, and leafing through the pages of Our Bodies, Our Selves: Menopause. I figure the Boston Womens' Health Collective did a pretty good job of getting me through most of my twenties and thirties; now they can help me deal with the rest.
Then there's the stack of Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, which I am re-reading in order. I am approximately halfway through the series and still enjoying it as much as the first time I read them. Old friends, you know.
Old friends. *sigh*
I just wish the people-versions were as easy to acquire and re-visit as the book-versions.
The weather is gorgeous today. I am looking forward so much to putting the boat in the water and getting away each weekend. I am particularly looking forward to all the reading I will be able to accomplish once we get back to the boat. That is, after all the spring clean-up work we will have to get done in order to make everything ship-shape. Then I have a whole whack o' books to enjoy, including two I just ordered from QPBC. Here's a list of the books in my pile, the last two being the ones just ordered:
The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey, Patrick O'Brian
Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, M.G. Vassanji
John Adams, David McCullough
Seduced By Moonlight, Laurell K. Hamilton
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
Farewell Summer, Ray Bradbury
I am particularly excited aboout Farewell Summer, which is a sequel to my favourite Bradbury novel, Dandelion Wine. Or maybe I am nervous, because how could it possibly be as wonderful as its predecessor? I also have been perusing the Eyewitness Travel Guide for Ireland, in preparation for our July trip, and leafing through the pages of Our Bodies, Our Selves: Menopause. I figure the Boston Womens' Health Collective did a pretty good job of getting me through most of my twenties and thirties; now they can help me deal with the rest.
Then there's the stack of Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, which I am re-reading in order. I am approximately halfway through the series and still enjoying it as much as the first time I read them. Old friends, you know.
Old friends. *sigh*
I just wish the people-versions were as easy to acquire and re-visit as the book-versions.
Labels: Rants and Observations
posted by allison | 1:54 PM
3 Comments:
*hugs*
I'm re-reading The Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony. I might add the Pern for afterwards although I've got a few library books to get through as well.
No, I don't remember their names :)
I loved Fragile Things!
Unfortunately, I think Seduced By Moonlight was written after Ms. Hamilton's bad case of the crazies had taken a firm hold of her...
I hear you about wishing old friends were as easy to re-visit as old "book friends".
Though, right now, books are as difficult to re-visit as friends.
I would love to sit down and re-read all the Xanth novels.
Good times.
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