I melt
The high for today is 42, a temperature unheard of since the beginning of January. I'm hoping the foot high pile of ice blocking the path to the front door starts to melt. Right now, we're just asking for broken bones every time we enter or exit our abode.
I've read eight books so far this year. They are, in chronological order:
Love Me by Garrison Keillor
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson
Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
I'm trying to keep up with a book a week. The one I'm starting today is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. It won the Pulitzer Prize and I've been wanting to buy it for months. I'm excited.
We started a little public speaking in class. I thought I'd start off easy with a 2-3 minute reading. Sadly, no one in my classes listens so they all forgot about it and were just reading random passages from their textbooks. Not the most inspiring class period.
That's about it. I bought a gameboy advance used and am a little obsessed right now. It's really cutting into my reading time. And I'm not sleeping well. Which does not bode well for my mental health. Also, I changed my comment settings so I think it's easier to post comments now. See how I beg?
9 comments:
Beware: That stuff on the ground that looks like water running from a melting pile of snow is really masquarading as ice. Danger.
I want to read again. Which is the best on your list?
I really enjoyed Storming Heaven for it's historic value, although it is a novel. But pretty historically acurate.
Teacher Man made me think that maybe I can be a teacher, and maybe I'm not as bad at it as I think I am, so that could be encouraging. I think it's newly in paperback, which is nicer on the pocketbook.
A Mighty Heart was a very good memoir, and I liked the writer's perspective on Islam and terrorists.
Those are my recommendations for this year.
And yeah, right now everything is ice, so basically it's the shuffle step until further notice.
And thank you for commenting. You made my day better.
Yay for warmer weather! We're excited here, too. It's 32 degrees! That's like, no hat and no gloves weather. In fact, I wore a skirt today! Good luck with the ice. I'm all about the shuffle step.
Holy Moly! You read a lot. I used to consider myself a prolific reader, but not anymore.
i read your blog :)
i'm blogging in class :)
i'm reading the chronicles of narnia again with Shelli. they're always grand.
i nearly died this morning because i didn't realize the road was covered with ice, not pavement.
yay! maybe i can finally leave comments now!
YAAAAY!!!
I read your blog, too.
Thank you all for your comments, it made my day happy. When I saw "8 Comments" at the bottom of the post, I flipped out. It meant (to me) that I do still have friends. Thanks for the encouragement today.
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