This past Thursday, March 23rd, I finished my book-a-month for February! Yayyyy!
OK I realize I'm over three weeks behind, but The Shadow of the Wind was 486 pages long so I don't feel too bad. About 300 pages in, I was wondering if I'd chosen the wrong book for me, because while I felt it was well-written and interesting, it just wasn't grabbing me. But several pages later, something happened and suddenly it was totally worth reading. I've never had to wait that long to get into a book before. Strange sensation.
Now if I'm really industrious and clever, I can choose a book for March that I can finish in the coming week. The problem is that starting this Monday, between friends' bands being in town and the Noise Pop festival, I have a show to go to every night through the start of April. Plus I have to write about some of them, so when am I going to have time to read?
I think I'm going to choose a short book for March.
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A few weeks ago I got a review copy of Margot & the Nuclear So and So's record Dust of Retreat and promptly ignored it based on how awful their band name was. I expected them to be a female-fronted novelty punk band.
I'm not sure what finally inspired me to listen to it, but turns out it's a nice, mellow, melodic record and I love the male singer's gentle voice.
So it would be a bad name for a bad band, but it's an even worse name for a pretty good band.
RIYL:
Those Bastard Souls (yeah there's violin), The Unbelievable Truth, Death Cab? (just trying to throw in a recognizable name)
So far SXSW Interactive has been...meh. I had my margarita, ate some Tex-Mex, enjoyed the weather (a.k.a. walked around at night without a hoodie), and now we're waiting for something fun to do. SXSW minus all the bands is not so fun.
I did laugh a lot over the Ghost World photo though.
Current mood: meh
I made a really sad goal for this year -- to read one book a month. This depresses me, that I will only potentially read 12 books this year, considering there are hundreds I would like to get through before I croak. But, I'm busy, and if I didn't set this goal I'd probably only get through about five books before December.
Everything was A-OK for January. And I was on track for February. I actually read 300 pages in February, but I made the grave mistake of choosing a book that's 486 pages long. Plus, the book isn't knocking my socks off.
So now I'm all off track, with 186 pages to finish before I can even start my March selection (not sure what it will be yet) and I'm feeling very disappointed in myself.
Current mood: disappointed
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