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As expected, classes have started and I have subsequently dropped off the face of LJ. I'm still here, I swear! And really, school is a pretty lame excuse for not posting in the past few weeks; I didn't end up getting into the Ancient Greece and Rome class that I wanted, so I'm only taking 13 credit hours this semester. Ridiculous amounts of free time, here I come! I've already read three books for myself in the past week and a half, which is more than I managed to read in the last month at home. Pretty counter-intuitive, considering the fact that I'm taking a lot more English classes than I did last semester, when I never seemed to find any time to read anything outside of class. I finally stole the second Sherlock Holmes volume from my sister, so I just read The Hound of the Baskervilles over the weekend. My sister calls me a fake Holmes fan because I didn't really start reading it until after House, but WHATEVER! Just because I snicker at all the HoYay and imagine House and Wilson roleplaying as Holmes and Watson doesn't mean I'm not fully appreciating the stories as the author originally intended.
I've also been trying to catch back up with lost_bookclub with both The Third Policeman and Watchmen. Even though I keep falling behind and missing out on all of the discussion, I've really enjoyed participating so far. It's certainly helped me step out of my comfort zone, genre-wise, and read a lot of stuff that I might not ordinarily go for.
I think the next time I stop by the library, I'm going to check out some cheesy Trek novels (Doctor's Orders? YES!! I hope they have it -- the online catalogue says that they do, but the last time I went it wasn't on the shelf). Gosh, my Star Trek deprivation has been the worst part of being at school by far. I'll probably stay up until 1:00 tomorrow night to catch the remastered episode on the CW, the only channel I get in my room that ever shows Star Trek. Oh, how I miss TVLand...
I've also been trying to catch back up with lost_bookclub with both The Third Policeman and Watchmen. Even though I keep falling behind and missing out on all of the discussion, I've really enjoyed participating so far. It's certainly helped me step out of my comfort zone, genre-wise, and read a lot of stuff that I might not ordinarily go for.
I think the next time I stop by the library, I'm going to check out some cheesy Trek novels (Doctor's Orders? YES!! I hope they have it -- the online catalogue says that they do, but the last time I went it wasn't on the shelf). Gosh, my Star Trek deprivation has been the worst part of being at school by far. I'll probably stay up until 1:00 tomorrow night to catch the remastered episode on the CW, the only channel I get in my room that ever shows Star Trek. Oh, how I miss TVLand...