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seraphcelene) wrote2023-06-08 09:06 pm
seraphcelene) wrote2023-06-08 09:06 pm
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On the status of things ....
Three books behind on this year's Reading Challenge that, if I'm honest, has everything to do with the way I'm mood reading my way through life these days. Bookmarks (of the chaotic kind) live in three things that I'm moving through regularly and three other things that are on the back burner but that I'm still picking at.
The sum of which means that I haven't finishing anything and I'm three books behind on #goals.
1. My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones
2. Gallant - V.E. Schwab
3. The Searcher - Tana French
4. The World That We Know - Alice Hoffman
5. Unlock Your Storybook Heart
6. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R.R. Martin
And then there's the things that are just kind of floating:
7. Caste - Isabel Wilkerson
8. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
I am a mood reader and all over the place. And because I am writing and chasing aesthetics, I re-read a passage or two of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia and Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin R. Kiernan before I get started. I've added in Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth for parts of the novel because I'm also studying how body horror and dread work. It's a job of work on top of work. But I love it and it continues and the finish line is so close I can taste it.
The sum of which means that I haven't finishing anything and I'm three books behind on #goals.
1. My Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones
2. Gallant - V.E. Schwab
3. The Searcher - Tana French
4. The World That We Know - Alice Hoffman
5. Unlock Your Storybook Heart
6. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R.R. Martin
And then there's the things that are just kind of floating:
7. Caste - Isabel Wilkerson
8. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
I am a mood reader and all over the place. And because I am writing and chasing aesthetics, I re-read a passage or two of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia and Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin R. Kiernan before I get started. I've added in Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth for parts of the novel because I'm also studying how body horror and dread work. It's a job of work on top of work. But I love it and it continues and the finish line is so close I can taste it.
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Things are kind of weird for me at the moment. I've lost a couple of people this year and my job has been nothing but changes, so it's been a bit stressful. But I'm coping... avoiding a nervous breakdown, at least so far!
Fandom has been a great support for me, actually. I joined Tumblr and didn't expect to find such an active community over there. There's always lots of chatter and pics and fic to react to, which helps keep my mind off the stressful stuff. Hobbies help!