I should really be packing instead of writing this

[flexagon]

I wanted to do a bit of a mental catch-up here before leaving for California for a few days.

For a while there I wasn't blogging because of one person's reaction to something (and then my subsequent concerns that I might be hurting other people) but I've recovered. Back to the blog.

And for a while there I was delightedly drowning in books, because this season left me with only two things left on my wish list. Here's our combined haul of books:



For a while I was hosting apfelsingail, who has more planned for January than I have planned for all of 2010.

And for a while today I was tearing up the wall and ceiling of my half-closet with a claw hammer to see what was behind them... something I need to know so that I can start planning for the built-in drawer-and-shelf unit that's going to take its place as soon as I can get my Very Busy Contractor to come do some demolition. It was dusty, but the news is good: I can make the built-in go all the way to the ceiling.

Comments

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Wow, you DID get inspired! That's awesome! :-)

[flexagon]

Yeah... the built-in has been a plan for ages but our talk is what reminded me to get out the hammer. It'll be you soon... :-)

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

And awesome that you can go all the way to the ceiling!

So, um, and you'll be doing some book reviews, right? :-)

[flexagon]

Sure! Any of those you're particularly interested in? I don't always write reviews but I'm happy to.

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

I got The City and The City as part of my Christmas book haul, too!

[flexagon]

Cool! Are you familiar with Mieville's other works, like Perdido Street Station and The Scar? I'm curious how this new world will compare to Bas-Lag.

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with anything else of his. I heard about this book on a book review on NPR and it sounded intriguing so I asked my mother in law for it for Christmas.