I'm so tired I can't follow plot. My usual standby, really trashy novels, isn't working; I get halfway in and skim to the end.
Be careful! This is precisely how I developed a reality tv addiction back when my mom was in the hospital. I had neither the emotional nor the physical energy to deal with books or with scripted tv.
Seriously, though, I know exactly what that feels like, and it sucks beyond the telling. At times I feel like I'm still struggling my way back from that place.
(Thanks to all who brought us the book club, which is really helping me rediscover the joys of reading challenging and new books. We're on the first book, yeah, but just the process of getting it all set up has really reinvigorated me.)
(Oh, and thanks once again to Theodosia, who so kindly Tivoed an entire half season of Angel for me back in the day since I couldn't watch even that.)
I was dubious about the book club at first, but I am now glad for it, for the same reasons that Brenda mentioned.
(eta: Brenda! Did you hear from your brother? Is he okay?)
Speaking of book club, I completely forgot to look for
Asher Lev
when I went to the library this morning. I did, however, check out so many books that I had to buy a second tote to lug them home (it's a half-mile walk from my house, so I figure I got the CV workout
and
the weights in this morning).
Yes, Anne, thanks! He's fine, but he said it was very weird to be boarding a plane while all the families were crowded around the airport trying to find out what happened to their loved ones. I wouldn't have wanted to be there.
Have you tried anthologies, Betsy? When I get in that state, I can sometimes follow a short story or essay all the way through.
I'm a sad individual. Reading the long list for the Booker Prize, I realize I've only heard of two of them and read none.
I know none of the books, and have only heard of a couple of the authors. Bah.
I think a Brit will come along any minute now and point out that the Booker is named after some guy in Britain who had money (supermarkets?), so although it has a hoity-toity reputation, it is not The Prize Of All Books. Also, it is for British (& Commonwealth?) works, so I wouldn't be surprised if 50% of that list is not in print in the US (yet if ever).
I'm so tired I can't follow plot. My usual standby, really trashy novels, isn't working; I get halfway in and skim to the end.
When I'm like this I re-read books I've already read at least twice, because I can pick them up at any point in the story, and it's no biggie if I don't finish them this go-round.
I'm so tired I can't follow plot. My usual standby, really trashy novels, isn't working; I get halfway in and skim to the end.
Sometimes I'll reread poetry at this point. Especially sonnet collections -- short yet filling.
