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Reading Wednesday!
Wed, Mar. 6th, 2013 10:26 amThis actually makes me look forward to Wednesdays, which is nice.
What I've finished reading: Brene Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection, which was nice but largely unforgettable. I feel like I know most of the stuff about taking it easy on yourself from therapy and am currently in the space where I am trying to not be perfectionist and beat up on myself for stuff, but also trying to Do More Things. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: I don't know if this was depressing because I am feeling depressed and morbid lately or if it's just the subject matters. There's an extremely good but extremely depressing piece on end-of-life care (and how we suck at it) by Atul Gawande, which made me morbid for the obvious reasons. Then there was a piece or two on the existence of the afterlife or not, several on species taking over environments or the general bad effects of global warming, and one on why a killer whale at SeaWorld may have killed his trainer. You know things are depressing when you turn to reading a murder mystery to cheer yourself up.
What I'm reading: Am now a few chapters into Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London/Midnight Riot, which has been enjoyable but put-downable for me. I really wish I had a UK copy; there have been several references to the main character wanting cable so he can watch soccer, which was extremely weird, given how rooted the book is in London.
What I'm reading next: Hopefully I will start the book I'm going to review for my Con or Bust offer. Also, I need to reread Ooku 4 and 5 and read Ooku 6 before it's due at the library. Sigh. I am reading so little manga lately, largely because I'm not buying any and because I'm trying to avoid reading them off LCD screens for the sake of my eyes and my nausea.
What I've finished reading: Brene Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection, which was nice but largely unforgettable. I feel like I know most of the stuff about taking it easy on yourself from therapy and am currently in the space where I am trying to not be perfectionist and beat up on myself for stuff, but also trying to Do More Things. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: I don't know if this was depressing because I am feeling depressed and morbid lately or if it's just the subject matters. There's an extremely good but extremely depressing piece on end-of-life care (and how we suck at it) by Atul Gawande, which made me morbid for the obvious reasons. Then there was a piece or two on the existence of the afterlife or not, several on species taking over environments or the general bad effects of global warming, and one on why a killer whale at SeaWorld may have killed his trainer. You know things are depressing when you turn to reading a murder mystery to cheer yourself up.
What I'm reading: Am now a few chapters into Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London/Midnight Riot, which has been enjoyable but put-downable for me. I really wish I had a UK copy; there have been several references to the main character wanting cable so he can watch soccer, which was extremely weird, given how rooted the book is in London.
What I'm reading next: Hopefully I will start the book I'm going to review for my Con or Bust offer. Also, I need to reread Ooku 4 and 5 and read Ooku 6 before it's due at the library. Sigh. I am reading so little manga lately, largely because I'm not buying any and because I'm trying to avoid reading them off LCD screens for the sake of my eyes and my nausea.