August '25 Roundup & Ramblings

 

Raw Data:

Novels - 22 ↑

Short Stories - 1 -

Manga/Graphic Novels - 0 ↓

Comics - 1 -

Average Rating - 3.10 ↑

Pages - 6484 ↑↑

Words - 2071 ↑↑

The Bad:

A Kiss Before Dying - 1.5stars of horribleness

See Them Die - 2stars of me stopping the 87th Precinct books

The Good:

A Wizard of Earthsea - 5stars of still good as ever!

Lord of the Isles - 4stars of re-reading'ness

Miscellaneous Posts:

• Hurkyl's Recall - MTG 4E
• [Art] The Summer Maiden
• Hurloon Minotaur - MTG 4E
• Hurricane - MTG 4E
• Hurr Jackal - MTG 4E

Personal:

I was off of work due to my eye, again. Thankfully, I am now back to work and everything is working as it should. 2 months of not working has not treated us well and thus I am actually happy to be back at work and earning money again. Bills don't magically disappear. And that is all I am going to say on that subject.

Because of the enforced time off, I read a massive amount. 24 book reviews made themselves right at home on the blog. I read almost twice as many books and I did read twice as many pages and words. Near the beginning of the month I began posting reviews on Saturdays because I realized what a tsunami of reviews was coming down the pipeline. I didn't want to end up 6 weeks ahead as 4 weeks is my limit. After that, I begin forgetting what I wrote in the review and can't intelligently respond to comments (some might say I don't anyway, but phooey to them! hahahahaha).

This past week was my return to work. Oh man, had I gotten soft. I did more walking on Tuesday-Thursday than I did in the previous two months combined. I woke up Friday (the day I was getting my eye injection) and my legs and lower back hurt and were stiff enough that I had to take some acetaminophen (tylenol) to get going. Thankfully, Monday is Labor Day, so I have that off. That means I only have to work 4 days this week and I have a feeling I'm going to hurt as bad by the end of this week as I was by the end of last. Getting back into fighting shape is going to be hard and brutal. At least my books aren't beating up on my this bad!

Plans for Next Month:

Work more, read less and desperately try to get the creative juices flowing again. 24 book reviews in one month just killed my creative side. I'd kill to be creative again.