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Unemployed Booklog
Aug. 12th, 2008 10:58 amThanks, everyone, for the kind words and support regarding my job situation. I’m…dealing, I guess. The worst part (semi-ridiculously) is realizing all the things I had on my work computer that I lost. I knew that I had lost music—anybody got any Death Cab For Cutie, Goldfrapp, or Feist albums they wanna share with me (or Feist’s live version of “I Feel It All” from The Colbert Report)?—but I figured out for sure yesterday that I had lost quite a bit of writing. Both fanfic and original stuff—gone. I know it was stupid to keep it all on a computer that wasn’t really mine without backups, but I never thought—well, I never thought this would happen, did I?
Anyway, one of the things that I did have a backup of (*headesk*) was my booklog, so:
( 122. Kitchen Confidential — Anthony Bourdain ) I found this to be an interesting read about a fascinating industry.
( 123. Life Class — Pat Barker ) The Regeneration books are still really, incredibly good. This just…isn’t.
( 124. Fun Home — Allison Bechdel ) This is definitely up there with Maus and Persepolis on my list of favorite graphic novels.
( 125. The Long Walk — Stephen King ) I read it in one sitting, which makes me totally as hardcore as the characters in this book who all walk themselves to death, right?
( 126. Red Seas Under Red Skies — Scott Lynch ) I can’t wait for the next one.
( 127. The Man Who Folded Himself — David Gerrold ) I suppose I could go back in time to say that much more succinctly, but we all know that WOULDN’T END WELL, would it?
( 128. Victory of Eagles — Naomi Novik ) Moar Perscitia, plz!
( 129. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party — M.T. Anderson ) It’s commendable.
( 130. Personal Days — Ed Park ) I’m happy to clear space on my shelf for both, just as there’s room in my DVD cabinet for both the British and the American The Office.
ETA: I wrote this review right after I read the book, and posting it now, the irony of the fact that I read this book just a few days before being laid off myself isn’t lost on me. I even cited it to my coworker (who was also laid off) as an excuse for my nervousness when I received the email calling us into the meeting where they fired us. I guess it’s not paranoia if…blah blah blah.
( 131. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks — E. Lockhart ) Anyone who thought Twilight offered a good role model or an important narrative for women needs to read this book. Or else be smacked over the head with it.
( 132. The Nick Adams Stories — Ernest Hemingway ) I guess what I’m really saying is, I wish Hemingway had just manned up and written a cookbook.
( 133. American Nerd — Benjamin Nugent ) I’m still waiting for a well-rounded book on this subject. This wasn’t it.
Total Books: 133
Anyway, one of the things that I did have a backup of (*headesk*) was my booklog, so:
( 122. Kitchen Confidential — Anthony Bourdain ) I found this to be an interesting read about a fascinating industry.
( 123. Life Class — Pat Barker ) The Regeneration books are still really, incredibly good. This just…isn’t.
( 124. Fun Home — Allison Bechdel ) This is definitely up there with Maus and Persepolis on my list of favorite graphic novels.
( 125. The Long Walk — Stephen King ) I read it in one sitting, which makes me totally as hardcore as the characters in this book who all walk themselves to death, right?
( 126. Red Seas Under Red Skies — Scott Lynch ) I can’t wait for the next one.
( 127. The Man Who Folded Himself — David Gerrold ) I suppose I could go back in time to say that much more succinctly, but we all know that WOULDN’T END WELL, would it?
( 128. Victory of Eagles — Naomi Novik ) Moar Perscitia, plz!
( 129. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party — M.T. Anderson ) It’s commendable.
( 130. Personal Days — Ed Park ) I’m happy to clear space on my shelf for both, just as there’s room in my DVD cabinet for both the British and the American The Office.
ETA: I wrote this review right after I read the book, and posting it now, the irony of the fact that I read this book just a few days before being laid off myself isn’t lost on me. I even cited it to my coworker (who was also laid off) as an excuse for my nervousness when I received the email calling us into the meeting where they fired us. I guess it’s not paranoia if…blah blah blah.
( 131. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks — E. Lockhart ) Anyone who thought Twilight offered a good role model or an important narrative for women needs to read this book. Or else be smacked over the head with it.
( 132. The Nick Adams Stories — Ernest Hemingway ) I guess what I’m really saying is, I wish Hemingway had just manned up and written a cookbook.
( 133. American Nerd — Benjamin Nugent ) I’m still waiting for a well-rounded book on this subject. This wasn’t it.
Total Books: 133
