I am a sad excuse for an educated human.

This week I finished:

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (aka my God)
How It All Began by Penelope Lively

I don't know if I wrote down that I finished The Ice Twins by SK Tremayne a few months ago. I've been so bad at this since moving back and losing the joy of bath time reading, but it ( Read more... )

Every time I log into Livejournal I'm reminded of why I need to move off.

I finished Deborah Feldman's memoir Unorthodox. This was one of the effects of my trip to New York, maybe... I wanted non-fiction. I thought I'd like this more, probably because Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven had such an impact on me. It was so much more informative ( Read more... )

The bright side - I guess there is one - of lost phone is that now I read on the train. Staying with Miwa, the train ride is at least 30 minutes to anywhere I want to go and I read pretty fast.

I finished these on the boat:
- Half-asleep in Frog Pajamas (last time)
- Strangers on a Train (last time)
- Choke (last time)
- Super Sad True Love Story ( Read more... )

The summer heat/humidity/rain combo is killing me. I am the most horrifying mess in the morning, and by the end of the day…

I am going out nearly every day with friends, and the nights are so much fun. I haven't gotten as drunk as I did the night with Y, though, and I think this is a good thing.

I finished this book on the train today. I haven't ( Read more... )

I am feeling particularly wobbly lately. It's all in your mind, it really is. Sometimes I walk along the street and feel like I've ingested bubbles of laughing gas and I'm suddenly giddy, and others… I don't feel sad per se but blank, or overwhelmed with emotion. Sometimes I do feel sad, but there's usually a trigger. I feel too volatile, too ( Read more... )

I want these books!!! I need to make my booklist for last year and list all the ones I read on the boat still, but goal of the next week is to see how many of these I can find at a used bookstore.

This is How You Lose HerJunot Díaz ( Read more... )

January 7th, I don't think we've passed Madagascar yet ( Read more... )

I want, quite simply, to stay afloat this year. I want to be grounded, find direction, and start becoming a person with a sense of belonging and purpose. These sound too fluffy and vague to be much help ( Read more... )

Finished this in a sitting yesterday:
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper ( Read more... )

The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti.

Bossypants, Tina Fey.

Brida, Paulo Coelho.