Waking up this morning sucked. Last night could have been my first
full night of sleep in I don't know how long but then my alarm went
off less than six hours after my head hit the pillow. Good grief.
One of my main goals for Spring Break, and any break for that matter,
is to sleep in and just get more sleep in general. I have done the
opposite this past week. Between my kidney stone and my sore throat
I really haven't had much of a break.
Being stuck at the theater all day today was productive in terms of
reading and knitting. I finished one book, one novella, and took
another seventy pages out of the book club book. The book I finished
was All You Need To Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. I wanted to
read it because Tom Cruise's newest movie, Edge Of Tomorrow,
is based on the book and the trailer looked epic. It will obviously
be quite different from the book but I was still intrigued enough by
the trailer to get the book. I wasn't disappointed. I wish the
ending had been different, and I hope they change that in the movie,
but other than that I enjoyed reading it. And it made me want to
watch Groundhog Day, which I need to do.
The novella I finished was Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan.
It is a prequel to Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, giving a
brief glimpse into the past of Mr. Penumbra and how he became
involved in the bookstore. I really enjoyed the novel and the
novella was a nice addition to the story. It is short enough that I
think in the future it should be collected together with the novel
and sold as one book.
As for the book club book, it continues to easily hold the title of
the most depressing book club book to date. Based on the story alone
it would hold this title, but it goes above and beyond by being a
memoir, so all these horrible things actually happened. It is sad
and disturbing and awful and unbelievable and depressing. I'm not
quite halfway done yet but all I want is that happy ending.
I added over a foot to my scarf today without any mistakes. I'm
pretty happy with that. Still no telling whether or not I'll finish
it but I'm making progress.
It snowed tonight. I think a couple days ago it was in the 70s and
now we have snow. Make up your mind Weather.
I once again got off early tonight, which meant I only had to work
sixteen hours today.
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