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st_aurafinaStill reading Summerlands, because it's my at-work book, and I only get about 20 minutes lunch break. I'm nearly finished, and I sure have learned all lot about baseball, and although I'd probably never play it, watch it or go to a game, I can certainly appreciate the meditative aspects of playing that kind of team sport.
I really empathise with Ethan, because he has that kind of self-sabotaging indecision, where you choose to make no choice rather than the wrong choice. I have that, and often vacillate in damaging and painful ways. It's been therapeutic to watch him start taking more risks, and also to see him sometimes rewarded for erring on the side of safety. That's how it goes sometimes. I'm enjoying how Michael Chabon incorporates mythology and history into the story. It's something that I really enjoy in urban fantasy, (like in American Gods), and I love the way you can see mashed up legends and myths all kind of sedimented together as we go about our daily lives walking around on top if it all.
The reason it's taking so long to read this book is partly because I'm really trying to read slowly and thoroughly, and work on the whole visualising of the first person point of view. I think it's really important. I think I'm enjoying the book because of it. I also think it's slowing my reading speed right down, and I make myself go back and read things if I've skimmed ahead. It makes me nervous to do this, because it feels like I'm learning to read again (which I am, really) but there's no competition, and it's not a school issue, and I can read slowly if I damn well want to. It doesn't make me an idiot. (I'm cursing you bastard teachers. Curse you teachers, and your accursed trade! You exist but to mess up minds up big time! If there are any good or even well-intentioned teachers in the world, I apologise, and wish you well.)
Also, I'm reading other things at home. Prisoner of Azkaban came and went since April, and I signed onto![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
a_chapter_a_day so I didn't have to read right through Goblet of Fire again, since I only read it recently. I'm starting on Order of the Phoenix now.
I splurged on an Amazon order, and then surprisingly got a big voucher for my birthday, which was great. More presents for me! So I get to read the incredibly trashy but fun Tales of the Slayer 2. The first story was very off putting, but the rest so far is a rollicking read, with pirates and girls cutting their hair and binding their bosoms and so on. Heaps fun.
I really empathise with Ethan, because he has that kind of self-sabotaging indecision, where you choose to make no choice rather than the wrong choice. I have that, and often vacillate in damaging and painful ways. It's been therapeutic to watch him start taking more risks, and also to see him sometimes rewarded for erring on the side of safety. That's how it goes sometimes. I'm enjoying how Michael Chabon incorporates mythology and history into the story. It's something that I really enjoy in urban fantasy, (like in American Gods), and I love the way you can see mashed up legends and myths all kind of sedimented together as we go about our daily lives walking around on top if it all.
The reason it's taking so long to read this book is partly because I'm really trying to read slowly and thoroughly, and work on the whole visualising of the first person point of view. I think it's really important. I think I'm enjoying the book because of it. I also think it's slowing my reading speed right down, and I make myself go back and read things if I've skimmed ahead. It makes me nervous to do this, because it feels like I'm learning to read again (which I am, really) but there's no competition, and it's not a school issue, and I can read slowly if I damn well want to. It doesn't make me an idiot. (I'm cursing you bastard teachers. Curse you teachers, and your accursed trade! You exist but to mess up minds up big time! If there are any good or even well-intentioned teachers in the world, I apologise, and wish you well.)
Also, I'm reading other things at home. Prisoner of Azkaban came and went since April, and I signed onto
a_chapter_a_day so I didn't have to read right through Goblet of Fire again, since I only read it recently. I'm starting on Order of the Phoenix now. I splurged on an Amazon order, and then surprisingly got a big voucher for my birthday, which was great. More presents for me! So I get to read the incredibly trashy but fun Tales of the Slayer 2. The first story was very off putting, but the rest so far is a rollicking read, with pirates and girls cutting their hair and binding their bosoms and so on. Heaps fun.
