Hello!
How the hell are you? THREE WEEKS! I don't even have any proper excuses. I haven't been busier than usual, I've just been sort of...absent. Mentally & blogally. Been going through that "What the fuck am I doing with my life?" circle but sort of deeper than usual & the fact that time keeps continuing isn't a great help. I need that stop watch thing from that kids tv programme really. Or to quit my job without that having any consequences. Neither of which are possible. But I have finally made myself take some photos & think about posts. Because I still enjoy doing this! Getting comments & e-mails from lovely people who like the blog helps a lot & I promise if it ever got to the point where it was forced I would stop. Pinky swear.
Phew. Well minus learning how to make video gifs I have been solidly reading just non-fiction for about 2 months now. With a slight deviation in the form of The Unbearable Lightness of Being when I was in Greece. & it's making me feel like proper clever. My primary school teacher would have been so proud, they always complained at parents evening how I only read fiction. Although I'm sure drugs, feminism & fucked up famous people probably wasn't what she had in mind.
But honestly guys this contains like 4 of the best books (I only just started Just Kids when Girls to the Front arrived & I got distracted, & the Isabella Blow biog wasn't my favourite) I've ever read in my entire life. Bitch is probably the hardest to read just because it's so dense but the others are extremely accessible & not dry at all. So I was thinking, does anyone want to do book swaps? Either we exchange lists of books we've read or would like to read & then pick one & post to each other, returning when we're done. Or we just pick the best book we've read recently & post that instead (checking that the other person hasn't already read it). The second one appeals to me more because it would push people out of their comfort zones more. I think postage would be about 2-3 2nd class stamps each way.
Who's in?
Sounds like a great idea - I'm not a massive reader but I'm going to try and read some more this summer! Most of my reading has been for English and Harry Potter which is quite shameful...
ReplyDeleteBut I'm reading 1984 for the first time out of choice!
Missed your posts! :)
Ooo that's one of the ones I always think I should read. Is it really good though? Or all hype like Thomas Pynchon!
DeleteMust admit it's pretty good... if a bit predictable? You'll see I'm a slow (or lazy) reader because I still haven't finished it!
Deletewayy you're back. well i can relate to your wanting to quit with no consequences. i'd love nothing more to do that but not right now. i need money, but i know it will come to the point where i need to take a risk and just move away on a whim. the whim hasn't arrived. the looooong gifs took me by surprise, i know nothing about that area, is it hard to do? funny.
ReplyDeleteyes i have opened shop, no sales yet but i thought it was worth a go
Not at all: http://bit.ly/frfmqu
DeleteThose books look amazing! I adore Just Kids and really need to getting around to reading the others. Have you read any Joan Didion before? The White Album is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWe got her newish one in at work the other day with the blue cover. What's she about?
DeleteBitch sounds awesome! I'd definitely like to read that. And maybe the riot girl one too. I've already read the patti smith and thought it was lovely. So much beauty and artistry between the two of them. I would def be interested in a book swap. Need to finish my current book - very interesting but very dense non fiction about private lives in Stalinist Russia. Might need to cut it with some fiction! X
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