YAY!

I finished another book, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and it was good, I'm pretty stoked right now. First, note to self: Never start a 973 page book the weekend before finals. I picked it up at the library thinking, "this can't be any bigger than Harry Potter.." but when I was about 80 pages through I realized it was not only twice as long as I expected- but very thrilling as well. The time I should have spent studying was spent in Medieval England with some incredible and very human characters who made me smile and cry and huff and puff with anger. It was literally like reading the video game Obvlivion, with all of the priory business and nobles and peasants. It was awesome to finally read about that time period from many different perspectives- not just the nobility who wrote the history of the time. Unlike other books with multiple storylines and perspectives, I actually looked forward to every single one of them, and wasn't disappointed when the point of view changed. I can't wait to read the sequel but there's really a lot of books I need to read before I get started on another epically long and awesome one. I'm just going to watch the miniseries when I can meanwhile. But yeah, loved it. And proud of myself for reading a huge ass book.

Gosh Darn

I spent the first two months of this year doing nothing but studying smooching and working so it's pretty clear how much reading got done. Mostly I read when I could, getting a couple chapters here and there and gobbling up old National Geographics for what I called "supplemental reading" for my classes (when in reality I was just craving some words to see). Finally I settled on short stories, specifically by David Sedaris who happens to be the funniest author out there. I just finished When You Are Enfulfed in Flames after many days of L'ing O Elll (new slang for laughing out loud). I'm not sure if it's just me, but I feel like I laugh the most in parts where I'm like "hey that's how my brain works!" In any case it's morbid, pathetic, hilarious, and brilliant. I mean, who else would think to compare puffy sneakers to hot dogs?? Tee hee. I can't wait for more by this author! (Oh and I can't wait for spring break because my brain is in dire need of some good novelage.)