Book report!

[kleenexwoman]

It appears that the orgy of New Stuff is not totally over yet. Grandma Debbie dropped by a few days ago and gave me a Border's gift card that she'd gotten at the Chanukah gift swap and didn't really want.
FREE BOOKS YAY.

I got:
--ALL of the Pendergast books that I don't yet have, not including "Dance of Death" because they didn't have that in paperback yet. Mom looked at me funny when I produced my haul. "Haven't you read all of those already?"
"Um," I said, "yes. Why?"
"Well, what's the point of reading them again? You already know what happens."
--"Was," by Geoff Ryman, as a present for Mom. I told her it was about "The Wizard of Oz," which she loves, but I didn't tell her anything else. Well, once she reads it, she'll know what happens and then I'll be able to steal it for my own.
--"Magic for Beginners," by Kelly Link. Not an instructional book, but a book of lovely surreal short stories. Everyone should go get this, or her first book, "Stranger Things Happen." Everyone.
--"Now We Are Sick," edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones. A little book of "kid's" poems that are not, in fact, for children. Reminds me of a book I used to love called "Ghastly Girls and Beastly Boys," which was a book of poems about children who did terrible things and often got punished. I need to find a copy of that.
--"THUD!" and "Where's My Cow?" I'm starting "THUD!" today, over eggs and toast and tea. It was a choice between those two or "Anansi Boys," and much as I love GNeil, PTerry demanded more immediate attention. Maybe I'll go back to Border's and buy "Anansi Boys" after I finish "THUD!"
--"Know-It-All," by A.J. Jacobs. Exemplary bathroom reading material; focuses on the quest of one man to read the entire Encyclopædia Britannica. Nicely chopped into little sections, good writing, quite funny in a slightly deadpan, Bill Bryson way.
--New copies of "Coma" by Alex Garland, "Hogfather" (PTerry), and "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer" by Philip K. Dick, because I lost mine. I also need to get another copy of "The Divine Invasion" for myself. Border's doesn't have it, for some reason. I spend more in replacement books than I do on new books. Maybe I should get little book leashes.

Also finally sent out little gift packages. If you don't get one, it doesn't mean I don't love you, it just means I didn't have anything I thought you might like. One of the things I dislike about Christmas is that it's a specific mandatory gift occasion. I like giving gifts, but not for specific reasons. So various people may be getting either random mix CDs or earrings (I make a lot of earrings) during the year. Just pretend you got them today, retroactively.

Also I have a sore throat. Mom is feeding me fizzy tablets that are supposed to cure that. They seem to be working OK, but now I want to throw up.

ETA
Things I like: Cheery, upbeat songs about how we're all going to die.
Things I hate: Not being able to go on the computer for more than an hour a day because Mom thinks it's unhealthy. diraskyria, I promise that when I get unlimited Internet access back, the first thing I will do is read the new chapters. FIRST THING.

Comments

[bestfiend.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that you are under the weather and I'm especially sorry that you have limited computer time!

Your book list sounds great, I think I'm going th check out Magic for Beginners. I love, love, LOVE short stories!

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks. I'm hoping both situations will clear up soon. What's the fun of being sick if you can't use it as an excuse to listlessly click around your friendslist all day?