A Reading Detour

Well, I thought I could finish A Breath of Snow and Ashes without wanting to re-read the series, but I was wrong.  I read a Lisa Kleypas book, and started the new Oprah book (though to be honest, I bought the book ages ago and just never read it--no Oprah logo on my copy), but when I went to my mom's house this afternoon for some necessary pants-hemming, I couldn't resist the lure of the Gabaldon. 

I'm hoping that a re-read will re-focus my reading, but I'm also mentally bracing for a sharp drop in reading hours because (drumroll, please) I've acquired a part-time job.  I have another interview, too, for another part-time job.  Between the two, I'd be working full-time.  And there would be a shitload of driving involved, so if I get/take the second job, I'd be working from a smaller bank of hours.  And, the colorbook project is starting in earnest, which will require commitment beyond commitment for me.  That's okay, but it means that I have to start reading smarter--less wasting time on books that I'm only sort of into. 

So the foray into Gabaldon is probably both ill-advised and going to hamper my attempts to keep feeding my mind new things, but I CANNOT make myself put the books down.  And frankly, the Oprah book (A Million Little Pieces) is kind of gross.  It's hard for me to understand how someone can be sooooo fucked up.  I understand alcoholism (I dated an alcoholic) as far as the inability to stop yourself from drinking goes, but it is beyond me to know what could drive a person to drink liters and liters and liters of alcohol a day.  So much that you're blacking out every day, you're puking three to seven times a day--well, I cannot understand it.  And I think part of it is that this man did this for YEARS; he willingly did this for so long that he was two, three days of using from death.  It's so far beyond anything that I could possibly understand.  And it's a bit of a downer.  Let's just say that I'm not really wanting to put down Gabaldon for it.  Anyhow. 

Comments

[Lauren]

I lurved A Million Little Pieces when I read it. Loved it.

Honestly, from someone who has been through the institutional recovery process, it ain't all that far from the truth.

[the paddler]

congrats on the new job!!!!!!

Congratulations on the job--maybe jobs! All the more reason to keep the Gabaldon going: you'll need something to read at lunch breaks and to help you go to sleep at night. However, if you really think it's going to interfere with your transition back to being a working woman, well you could always send the book to me to hold onto for you until your next vacation! S.N.