I’ve put down the Deryni Rising book. I gave it about 50 pages but it just didn’t grab me like I’d hoped (feared?). A shame, really. There’s something about an old paperback, recovered from a used book store, with its cheesy covers, stained page-edges and teeny tiny type that makes me feel [...]
Posts Tagged ‘reading’
22 May
A Collection of Random Facts
A collection of (not-so?) random notes until I have something directly related to my writing to blog about:
Terminator: Salvation was a terrible, terrible movie. I had been excited to see the flick, and after the surprisingly enjoyable Wolverine and the sock-knocking, mind-blowing Star Trek, I thought I was on a theatrical roll. [...]
20 May
Small Changes
Today wasn’t spent writing.
But I don’t mind so much. Today was pleasant. Started the day with a load of laundry and taking the dog for a walk under dark skies being whisked away by the early wind, then some puttering before I dived head first into the book I was reading, Magic Study [...]
14 May
Following The Obsession
I am forgoing writing tonight, the night before the next Hypergraphic meeting. Delany’s About Writing compels me. It must be finished. Afterwards, I will raise my head up and wonder at the passage of time, curious but not distressed, because I know I have spent the time well.
That was weird and cryptic [...]
15 Apr
Bullied By Books
Reading. I’m having a hard time of it lately. I have a stack, a trove if you will, of books bought both new and used. The authors are writers I want to read. The titles are books I want to read. I’m spoiled for choice. Besides all that fiction [...]
12 Feb
Deftly Doing Nothing
This is day two of my Stay-cation, and it’s been a leisurely affair. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, either.
After some necessary shopping, a new pair of jeans and groceries for my days off, I did a little splurge. I picked up Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook (I keep [...]
11 Feb
Stay-Cation Redux
Here I am, Day One of my Stay-cation.
Todd and Jim are en route to Tremblant, I have secured a third day off, giving me a very rare three-day weekend, and soon I’ll be heading out for some groceries and shopping. In the meantime, I’m still in my house coat, finishing off the dregs of [...]
30 Oct
The Speed of Eyeballs
I’ve nattered on about this in a previous post, but it’s percolated back up into the forebrain and I thought best to get it down.
Reading, specifically how fast I (or anyone) can read.
Listened to The Dragon Page Cover-to-Cover on the iPhone this morning, specifically episode #332A. One of the hosts expressed how surprised he [...]
16 Oct
Speeding on The Reading Highway
Since I’m on my own today (it’s “Sunday” in my work-week schedule, and Todd is heading out for a dinner in another town and won’t be back until late tonight), I’m determined to make the most of the day.
I’ll be inputting the writing I did at work on Tuesday, adding to it with any [...]
9 Oct
No Fury Like A Book Lover Scorned
By the way, when I was trekking across Toronto, I happened to find myself near several Indigo Books and Music, the uber (and only) chain bookstore left in Canada. In one instance, as I walked through one of the connecting hallways of a shopping complex, there was a inset display for Indigo behind glass. I [...]
