So I'm reading, or trying to read, some stuff ( Read more... )

So I read some stuff and watched some games. :)

Reading--( books wot I read )

I've been playing a lot of Sims and listening to ballgames almost every day, so I've cut back on my reading a little.

I'm trying to finish Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America by Peter Andreas. It's a really interesting look at American history. I love the fact that the early American textile industry was based on intellectual property ( Read more... )

But I haven't been to bed yet, so it's still Wednesday night ( Read more... )

I'm a lot better. I got lucky and the cold didn't move down into my chest, so while the whole sinus thing was agonizing, at least it was short. I also think I'm responding to the increased dosage of Lamictal; it's been easier to get up and do things that need to be done. The Spring Training games are helping too. The games usually start at 1pm so ( Read more... )

I kind of missed the Wednesday reading thing, but I only read one new book, so there's not a lot to talk about. Only, there is.

I reread the rest of Gibson's Sprawl trilogy. I always forget how much I like Count Zero, so it was nice to realize that all over again. And then I reread the trilogy that starts with Pattern Recognition, which is such an ( Read more... )

I did a re-read of William Gibson's Neuromancer and yeah, it's still an amazing book. I was amused that people in it used payphones and of course, it's dated in other ways too (whatever happened to those scary Japanese multinational corporations?), but it's still a well-written book with a good story full of fascinating characters. I think I feel ( Read more... )

This seems to be a thing people on my flists are doing, so I thought I'd give it a try for a few weeks. :)

Last night I finished Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Sadety--her ambitious look at the French Revolution, mainly through the eyes of Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Maximilien Robespierre. I like the Cromwell books better; her ( Read more... )