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Reading Wednesday and Ennui
Dec. 8th, 2021 01:28 pmToday, I am feeling a lot of ennui... or possibly just general malaise.
Whatever I'm feeling, it's definitely French.
It's "What Are You Reading Wednesday" so I'll start with that, I suppose. I have been very slowly reading a book called THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by C L Polk. It's a funny book because the premise really shouldn't interest me--it's a Jane Austin-esque marry or die, comedy of manners 'oh noz, the social engagement that I am ever so unsuited for, but will totally excel at!'--but then, I'll decide to pick it up and suddenly I've read fifty pages without meaning to, you know? I think I am enjoying it because it continues to subvert the genre in subtle ways, while also giving fans of it all the things. Courting handsome men! Ball gowns! Demon summoning!
I haven't finished it yet, however, because I kept setting it down and forgetting about it.
Is this a recommendation? Weirdly, I do intend it to be. I need to work on my delivery, I think. I suspect that a lot of my friends out there in SF/Fdom would enjoy it.
Otherwise, like I said, today has been kind of 'meh.' I've been dodging a headache all day. I blame the sunshine. My sinuses react to rapid changes in barometric pressure and the temperature is spiking outside. It's gone from 5 to 18 F (-15 C to -8 C). I guess that doesn't seem like a huge amount, but I'm pretty sure something has shifted. One side of my face feels filled with cement.
And, I don't know. Do any of the rest of you ever have days when you feel like you're just doing everything wrong and no one likes you? That's the kind of day I'm having today.
This too shall pass, I know. I at least got a package mailed today along with some postcards. I should probably turn my mind towards some Christmas baking. Chocolate mint cookies are restorative. They can heal any wound, I believe.
Whatever I'm feeling, it's definitely French.
It's "What Are You Reading Wednesday" so I'll start with that, I suppose. I have been very slowly reading a book called THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN by C L Polk. It's a funny book because the premise really shouldn't interest me--it's a Jane Austin-esque marry or die, comedy of manners 'oh noz, the social engagement that I am ever so unsuited for, but will totally excel at!'--but then, I'll decide to pick it up and suddenly I've read fifty pages without meaning to, you know? I think I am enjoying it because it continues to subvert the genre in subtle ways, while also giving fans of it all the things. Courting handsome men! Ball gowns! Demon summoning!
I haven't finished it yet, however, because I kept setting it down and forgetting about it.
Is this a recommendation? Weirdly, I do intend it to be. I need to work on my delivery, I think. I suspect that a lot of my friends out there in SF/Fdom would enjoy it.
Otherwise, like I said, today has been kind of 'meh.' I've been dodging a headache all day. I blame the sunshine. My sinuses react to rapid changes in barometric pressure and the temperature is spiking outside. It's gone from 5 to 18 F (-15 C to -8 C). I guess that doesn't seem like a huge amount, but I'm pretty sure something has shifted. One side of my face feels filled with cement.
And, I don't know. Do any of the rest of you ever have days when you feel like you're just doing everything wrong and no one likes you? That's the kind of day I'm having today.
This too shall pass, I know. I at least got a package mailed today along with some postcards. I should probably turn my mind towards some Christmas baking. Chocolate mint cookies are restorative. They can heal any wound, I believe.