Raw Data:
Novels – 6 ↓↓
Short Stories – 0 ↓
Manga/Graphic Novels – 6 ↑↑
Comics – 1 –
Average Rating – 3.08 ↓
Pages – 3022 ↓
Words – 709K ↓↓
The Bad:
Neuromancer – 1/2star of Utter Badness
Web of Spider – 1.5stars of neo-paganism
The Good:
If Only He Knew – 4stars of good relationship advice
Demon Slayer #1 – 3.5stars of mercy in action
Movie:
Vacation Daze, the 5th dvd in the Cardcaptor Sakura anime.
Miscellaneous Posts:
- [Journal] Orwell’s 1984 or My Week XV
- Flight – MTG 4E
- Announcement: Love Saves the Day Buddy Read
- Flood – MTG 4E
- [Journal] Amy Winehouse, Tears Dry or My Week XVI
- Flying Carpet – MTG 4E
- My Week XVII
- Book Recommendations IV
- Fog – MTG 4E
- [Art] Happy Thanksgiving 2024
Personal:
As you can tell from the book numbers, Neuromancer absolutely destroyed my book reading rhythm. I had almost zero desire to read after that blasted thing. If it wasn’t for me trying out the Demon Slayer manga and loving it (I read more manga this month than I have in the entire year for goodness sake), my numbers would have been even worse. As it was, I read about half the number of words that I usually consume in a month.
Couple that with one week at work where my coworker and I were setting lot corners all week. That is a combination of granite bounds and iron pins. We set a total of 20 granite bounds and 25-30 pins. A day or two isn’t a problem, but by day three my elbows begin to throb by 8am and it’s pain reliever time at lunch time for the rest of the week. And one night of sleep isn’t enough for my body to recover from that level of labor any more, so I was simply exhausted by week’s end. Thankfully, that was only one week out of the month, so it was survivable, just not enjoyable. But it did coincide with the week I reviewed Neuromancer, so I was blasted both in body and in mind.
Thanksgiving, REAL Thanksgiving, was yesterday and I had that off and I get today off from work as well. Using that time to do as much nothing as I can.
Cover Love:
The Old Gods Waken, the first in the Silver John series takes this month’s cover love. I love the cover, but in all honesty, it had NO competition at all this month.
Plans for Next Month:
I am desperately hoping my reading mojo returns and that I can return to my more normal levels of reading. I do have a bunch more of the Demon Slayer manga on standby though, just in case I’m still not fully recovered.
Each Friday in December I plan on doing my Love Saves the Day by Barbara Cartland update for the chapters I’ve read. Anybody is more than welcome to ride along. Here is the schedule for the chapters and dates
- December 6 – Chapters 1-3
- December 13 – Chapters 4-5
- December 20 – Chapters 6-7
- December 27 – Chapters 8-10
- January 7 – Final Review
Other than the usual Magic the Gathering posts, I figure I’ll squeeze in an Art post or two. Honestly, the first week in January is looking extremely busy (in terms of blogging) so I’m trying to give myself all the extra padding I can ahead of time. Yes, that’s a month away, but doesn’t everybody plan their blogging schedule that far ahead? 😉
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