Oh Robin Thicke. I
feel like you, too, are trapped by the male expectation to be a dirty hound-dog
whilst keeping a good figure and being involved with copious hot babes. Sometimes I think you just want to drink
extra beers on the couch and fart loudly whenever Paula Patton isn’t around.
Blurred Lines reference aside, I have finally found
something blog-worthy this week. The
last few weeks in May I went to a college graduation/mother’s day weekend and
drank, then went to a wedding as my bestie’s plus one and drank, then went out
for a friend’s birthday party last weekend and drank some more. But you can’t blog about how much you drink,
I mean you could but that’s oversharing.
In between these events, I have been reading like a
beast. Like, a nerdy beast. Nerdy, because well….now nerdy is a good
thing and reading books back to back to back is still within the realm of
old-school nerdism. It’s the best when
you have a brand new library card and your library stocks a pretty good
selection.
What have I been reading? Well a combination of science fiction, short
stories, blogger books, home décor, etc.
A real grab bag.
I didn’t finish this book until the bitter end,
mainly because one third of it follows around characters that ultimately don’t
matter to the core characters. These are
peripheral characters that only have minor influences on the main story. Also a majority of the female characters are
horribly clichéd. They exist as love
interests or eventual hostages, even the one who was a doctor.
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I did finish The Shining Girls. It has an interesting premise but seemed
horrifically brutal toward women. The
motivation of the killer was ill-defined and ultimately unsatisfying. Also the time travel elements, while
fantastical were neither well-defined or innotive.
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Okay, I loved this book. Jenny Lawson grasps what makes our childhoods
seem awkward actually can give us strength as adults. Never judge on face value and treasure what
makes you different.
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This comes quite close to Tina Fey’s Bossypants
record for making me laugh out so many times.
Why I had never thought to pick up a David Sedaris book until recently,
I’ll never know. I suspect perhaps because
his books are always soooooo popular, I thought somehow they wouldn’t appeal to
my off-brand sense of humor. Then I
realized my sense of humor is pretty broad and all-encompassing actually.
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I read this alongside with Me Talk Pretty One
Day and was amused by the similarities both authors share living in New York
City. Working under crazy woman and the
logistical nightmare that is moving in NYC.
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This is the third book in the Takeshi Kovacs
novel series, starting with Altered Carbon, which I highly recommend. The author has a habit of introducing
peripheral characters at length that ultimately slow down the pacing but I do
enjoy his sci-fi world building skills.
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From the same author as Soon I Will Be
Invincible, this book follows the rise and fall of a fictional video game
company. The protagonist is ultimately
not as fleshed out as the other characters and so makes for an unsatisfying
hero but I did like the author’s insights into the video game industry,
especially the parts in which the programmers have to expect and anticipate
players that actively try to break the rules or system of the game, just
because they can.
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Short stories aren’t really my thing but I have
started to enjoy writing some of my own.
I wanted to see what a master of the short story writes about and was
pleasantly surprised. I didn't like every single story but the majority provided insight on some interesting characters.
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I’m pretty much obsessed with the Novogratz
style. I like that both Robert and Cortney originally came from the South and really balance each other. Robert usually goes for weird funky lighting and art pieces while Cortney focuses on the nuts and bolts, like storage and comfortable furniture. In this book they work with a variety of budgets, so you can find tips for copying their style no matter what your budget is.
So what are ya’ll reading these days?
