Life and books

[eviltammy]

or should that be "books are life"?

My therapist recommended Weight Watchers to help me feel more in control - and for the extra support of the group. I'm not big on the whole group thing, but I'm going to give it a try. My first challenge will be actually going to the grocery store :) - mostly I've been eating out/doing take-out. No, actually, the first challenge is to clean out the fridge and get the old stuff out before putting new stuff in.

I went to DC for the library convention - basically that was a bust - I couldn't do the walking. And, damn, it was all walking. But I saw a book rep that I worked with in NC and caught up with her. Very nice lady. And I did see my friend Shirl, which was great. And the whole 'getting away from home' thing was pretty nice too.



Apparently, it was long titles for nonfiction month:
The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw and Never Will See in _The New Yorker_
Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After by Bella DePaulo
You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi On Writing by John Scalzi

Teen/Juvenile Fiction:
Top Ten Uses For an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro
Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Teen fantasy/science fiction:
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
The Runaway Princess by Kate Coombs
Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn

Fiction/chicklit:
Lemons Never Lie by Richard Stark
Con Ed by Matthew Klein
X-Treme Dating by Cathy McDavid

Fantasy/Science fiction:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton
Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
Beyond the Gap by Harry Turtledove
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hell's Gate by David Weber and Linda Evans

Mystery/thrillers:
Air Dance Iguana by Tom Corcoran
Vegas Nerve by Susan Rogers Cooper
Scavenger by David Morrell
Invisible Prey by John Sandford
Germ by Robert Liparulo
Tongue In Chic by Christina Dodd
The Dead Room by Heather Graham
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag

125 books for the year, so far.

Comments

[johnthewysard.livejournal.com]

If you'ld like any recipes I've got oodles of them.

And... better than most grocery stores is your local farmer's market. You can talk to the growers, often get tips for preparation, and the food is FRESH (instead of having been trucked 2000 miles).

Good luck with the WW!

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Well, I have a problem that if I have food in the house, I eat it, so I usually don't have a lot in the house. So I need some basic staples too :) But yeah, definitely need to stop by the farmer's market - I've been craving tomatoes too, so I can satisfy a craving :)

I may hit you up for recipes later. Thanks!