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Sunday, October 04, 2009

Come On Fall Break!

Just thought I'd check in and let everyone know I'm really NOT dead...just brain dead, if that counts. We are 7 weeks into school and my reading has fallen off majorly as my attention span has decreased--it seems my brain is flitting from one thing to another as I hit overload. School's been a bitch so far this year with a principal who leaves a lot to be desired, an assistant principal constantly on spin cycle, and generally declining morale. We're trying to hang in there but it's hard when your leadership is so poor. But enough about that...

Of course the fall television schedule has eaten into my reading time as well. I am a reality tv junkie. I'd join a twelve step program but I'm actually waiting for a television show to be developed around that theme (maybe there's been one and I just didn't know?). Currently I am watching Hell's Kitchen (which finishes in another week or two), America's Next Top Model, Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth, Survivor, and Project Runway. Oh, and The Amazing Race! Mix in The Office, Glee, and Vampire Diaries and you've got some major time occupying television.

But I AM reading. I finally finished An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, and while I can't review it here (check out my review in The Historical Novel Society, coming soon!), I will say I absolutely loved it. I've always loved Jamie Fraser, and this installment is no less wonderful. A couple of good cliffhangers, too! But it's a chunkster and it took nearly two and a half weeks to plow through 800+ pages. Then I decided that it'd be best if my next book was something completely different, so I've gone for Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, a young adult book about werewolves. Good so far, then who knows what I'll pick up next?

So that's a minor update on what's going on in the life of The Taminator. Fall break is October 19-23 and it can't come soon enough for many, many, many reasons. If I do nothing but rest and read, it will be successful. Until then, I'll keep plodding along, my brain fried and my hope resting in vacation time ahead.

~taminator40

4 comments:

Bookfool said...

Why can't you review your historical novel society books here? Curious. :)

Funny -- we just feel like kiddo is getting into the swing of school and he'd rather not have a week-long break. He had 9-weeks' tests, last week, goes to school this week and *then* has a week off. Very odd. Hope your fall break refreshes you.

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Hey Tammy...thanks for stopping by today. Do you know I have not read ANY of D. Gabaldon's books!!!

I just won the first one Outlander in a giveaway, so there is hope. (You are embarrassing me by having now completed her most recent.LOL

Taminator said...

Hey Bookfool--when I get a novel to review for HNS, the stipulation is that the review not appear anywhere else until it's appeared in print in their magazine. Since I'm getting books I really, really want, I can live with that.

Diane--You will LOVE the Outlander series! I always say hang with the first one for at least 100 pages because it takes a bit to get hooked...and then you won't be let go!

Paula said...

So sorry to hear your principal and asst are no better this year.. one always hopes over the summer they either quit or have a major personality change which of course never happens. Hang in there Tammy!