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[Jan. 15th, 2008|12:29 pm] |
Some not-so-great news about Zoe, but she is still hanging in there, and we are still looking at options. The money situation is at least temporarily somewhat better, so much so that I actually bought a trade paperback I've been dying to read and can't get through the library (Vellum, by Hal Duncan) before getting the problematic blood test results yesterday afternoon.
Tomorrow, I plan to sit at home and go nowhere for the first day in a while, and assuming nothing comes up that needs my attention, I'll try to get my favorite-books-read-in-2007 list up, which I know y'all have all been panting to read.
I haven't actually finished a non-fiction book since November; the Fitzgerald books went back to the library w/out any significant progress made in one, and the other never being opened. I have *finally* started reading Undertow & Inda and am thoroughly enjoying both, at least. And I read Paul Krugman's "The Conscience of a Liberal", which I can quite recommend.
Anyway, now that I'm reading again, I wish to broaden my horizons. So, recommendations are open. I've been reading nearly exclusively fantasy/sf/horror, mostly fantasy of one sort or another, for the last couple of years, and would like to broaden that a little bit, and read, oh, say 1/3 fantasy, w/the rest split among noir/thriller/"literary"/"hard" s.f. I promise to at least take a look at whatever fiction is recommended, and any nonfiction as long as it's not written by someone named Roiphe, Paglia, Hoff Sommers, Goodkind, anyone employed by Fox News, or anyone who could be easily confused with any of the above.
Oh, for books currently on my radar, if anyone has anything to weigh in on re: Thomas Pynchon, Lilith Saint Crow (best name ever!), Liz Williams, Elizabeth Bear's "Dust", Vernor Vinge (esp Fire in the Deep & Rainbow's End), Warren Hammond's "Kop", re-checking out Tender is the Night or This Side of Paradise now that I'm in more of a reading mood, or a particular favorite by Phillip K Dick (other than DADoES, cause read that after I saw Blade Runner) or William Burroughs. & I'm gonna read the newest Nightside book at some point & The Outlaw Demon Wails as soon as it comes out, so no need to recommend those.
Will probably post something political tomorrow, too. Spent much of Sat eve & Sunday morning/eve reading political blogs. Will link to some of my favorite. Have begun to group fanatical Obama supporters with fanatical Ron Paul supporters in my head. On Cali primary coming up, if anyone wishes to try & persuade me why Hillary or Edwards (probably no point in trying to persuade me to vote for anyone else at this point), feel free. I'm leaning towards Hillary at this point, for what it's worth; it's sort of a "I have more faith in this candidate" vs. "this candidate has clearly the better platform" deal at this point.
That's all. Will catch up more on f-list tomorrow too. |
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