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shapinglight) wrote2012-07-24 03:57 pm
shapinglight) wrote2012-07-24 03:57 pm
Books
I keep thinking I should make a post about the books I'm reading, if only so I can use this icon. I used to be a voracious reader, now a lot less so.
Not really sure why, but it's probably a combination of factors.
1) My eyes get tired more easily.
2) I don't have as much time for reading as I did, or rather didn't while the girls were at home and now they're gone, haven't got back in the habit.
3) There are other distractions occupying the place reading once took up - ie. fic writing, blogging, obsessively watching stuff on TV, going walking/birdwatching. This is bad in one way, I suppose, since I'm not nearly as well read as I should be for an Eng Lang/Lit graduate, and all those classics I meant to read seem too difficult to attempt these days. On the other hand, I'm probably healthier.
Anyway, as a rule, I like to have two books on the go, one non-fiction and the other fiction. It used to be three - one non-fiction, one literary fiction, one 'easy' fiction. However, the literary fiction has fallen by the wayside for the most part.
That said, I am currently reading Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger, which I suppose counts as literary fiction. I am struggling with it a little because I've never been a fan of ghost stories and it's creeping me out. Made the mistake of reading one very creepy chapter very late at night and couldn't sleep afterwards. Have told S to stop me if he sees me doing that again (though of course he would have to be awake himself to do so).
As a break from the scariness (and I appreciate that as ghost stories go, it's probably not that scary), I'm also reading a book about extinction. Yay? Can't say much about it yet as I've only read the first chapter.
Previous to these, I was reading a book about birds and how they affect our imaginations and a succession of sci-fi/fantasy/historical novels - Ursual Le Guin/Terry Pratchett/Lindsey Davis - which my guilty conscience consigns to the 'easy' pile, even though the first one at least isn't really.
How about you? What are you reading, if anything?
Not really sure why, but it's probably a combination of factors.
1) My eyes get tired more easily.
2) I don't have as much time for reading as I did, or rather didn't while the girls were at home and now they're gone, haven't got back in the habit.
3) There are other distractions occupying the place reading once took up - ie. fic writing, blogging, obsessively watching stuff on TV, going walking/birdwatching. This is bad in one way, I suppose, since I'm not nearly as well read as I should be for an Eng Lang/Lit graduate, and all those classics I meant to read seem too difficult to attempt these days. On the other hand, I'm probably healthier.
Anyway, as a rule, I like to have two books on the go, one non-fiction and the other fiction. It used to be three - one non-fiction, one literary fiction, one 'easy' fiction. However, the literary fiction has fallen by the wayside for the most part.
That said, I am currently reading Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger, which I suppose counts as literary fiction. I am struggling with it a little because I've never been a fan of ghost stories and it's creeping me out. Made the mistake of reading one very creepy chapter very late at night and couldn't sleep afterwards. Have told S to stop me if he sees me doing that again (though of course he would have to be awake himself to do so).
As a break from the scariness (and I appreciate that as ghost stories go, it's probably not that scary), I'm also reading a book about extinction. Yay? Can't say much about it yet as I've only read the first chapter.
Previous to these, I was reading a book about birds and how they affect our imaginations and a succession of sci-fi/fantasy/historical novels - Ursual Le Guin/Terry Pratchett/Lindsey Davis - which my guilty conscience consigns to the 'easy' pile, even though the first one at least isn't really.
How about you? What are you reading, if anything?