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MORE AND MORE BOOKS Ok, so I am not doing so great on the "post more" resolution. But I am working on it, I promise. 
I've also read a bunch lately. I wanted to start with something easy so
I grabbed
Good
Grief which has been sitting on my shelf for several months. It was
as chick-litty as it looks but at least not superficial like some of the
other stuff out there so it was a good combination of easy reading but
not too unlikeable. 
Then I moved on to The
Lovely Bones which I have purposely been putting off for years. I
hadn't been prepared for the raw horror of it. And I knew it was a great
book but didn't think I wanted to read it. So I finally did and it was
horrible. The book was very well written and I read it in one gulp.
However the story itself was as bone-chilling as I worried it would be
and I got as affected as I thought I would be. So much so that I had to
watch some really silly TV before I'd sleep at night so as to not go to
bed with the book in my mind. I know Alice Sebold has another great book
but until she stops writing about rape, I am not reading another one of
her stories.
Then I moved to my very trusted source of AskMe and as usual, they
didn't let me down. I started with the recommendation of Christoper
Moore and the Palo Alto library had
A
Dirty Job
available immediately so I started with that. And I loved it. I
swallowed the whole book in a day! I loved the subject matter. I loved
his writing style. It was hilarious and I generally am not known for my
sense of humor! I have since checked out another Moore book and let's
see if he's consistent.
I have also checked out 32 other books that I am supposedly going to read in the next three weeks. I figure if I read another three that will be major progress.  Breathing Room "Isn't that why you quit working at Goldman?" Asks my innocent father when I tell him how busy my life has been with work. It is and it isn't. It has now been four months since I've started working at Google. Life's been hectic to say the least. However, it's not the same kind of hectic I had at my previous jobs. It's tiring and at times overwhelming like the other jobs were. But it's also invigorating and exciting and interesting and challenging. Basically, it meets all the criteria I had when I was looking for a job. And then some... So the last few months have been busy. When I'm not working or tired from working, I generally try to hang out with David and Jake. I think about writing often, but don't actually get around to doing it. As is the case with every year-end, I decided last week that writing more often would be good for me. Taking photos more often would be good for me. And reading more would be good for me. So I plan to do more of all three. If you don't see me writing for three consecutive days, feel free to harass me. All this ambition could be fueled by the almost ten days of relatively lull activity that is sure to end within 24 hours but I am still going to give it my best. I have taken a ton of photos of David and some of Palo Alto. I have read two books and making good progress on a third. I have even scrapbooked a few pages. All in the last ten days. Let's see how the next ten days work. More to come later. |
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