shiver

a teen novel that i enjoyed, but loathed the end of.
Shiver
was going fine, slow and lazy and not too much to worry about, only the cold and days getting shorter, until a stupid conflict got shoved in the end. it sped it up far too much, and made me feel uncomfortable. a shame, the book was otherwise wonderful.

i'm now trawling my blogs for interesting sounding new fiction, and trying to collect old stuff that's decent and i've somehow missed. i feel i should read some Richard Yeats, just because Tao Lin's named his new book after him. i also want to read The Old Man and The Sea
because, not only is it something i am Supposed To Read, it actually sounds interesting.

i had Yoga today. i am surprised how wonderful i feel after it. i think this is going to be very, very good for me - the monkey mind is stiller, slower, better.

operation Being A More Constructive Human is going ok. less drinking, tick. exercise, tick. cooked dinner, packed lunches, tick. and a decent enough amount of groceries for this week too. once spending is controlled better, things will be swimming.