I go through cycles every few months or so. (No, I don't mean that cycle...) Anyway, back to what I was saying, my mind can not get bored. If I get bored, I get depressed. To avoid depression, I challenge myself. I learn a new language, I make up codes, I study computer languages, I write books, I buy a dog or adopt a cat. Well, problem is, I can't find the balance between extreme-boredom-avoidance-leading-to-exhaustion and depression-due-to-thumb-twiddling.
Right now I:
- Keep the books for my husband's business
- Write
- Edit
- Review
- Blog
- Study Spanish
- Create codes for my books
- Help my children with their homework
- Clean my house/pets/yard/self/children/husband... (list goes on to eternity)
- Entertain my friends/family
- Crochet
Obviously, this list isn't long enough to make me insane so I added three new book challenges. Fortunately, these challenges do crossover or I will be dead.
1) Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte2) Villette
by Charlotte Bronte3) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Bronte4) Becoming Jane Eyre
by Sheila Kohler5) Jane Eyre
(1997)6) Rebecca
(1940)
1) Why did they ask Evans?Agatha Christie
2) Fever in the Bone
Val McDermid3) The Mermaids Singing
Val McDermid4) Southern Storm
Terri Blackstock5) The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde 6) Pretty is As Pretty Dies
Elizabeth Spann Craig7) One Last Breath
Stephen Booth8) The Grave Tattoo
Val McDermid9) The Killings At Badger's Drift
Caroline Graham 10) This Body of Death
Elizabeth George11) Careless in Red
Elizabeth George12) Black Dogs
Ian McEwan 1) Fever in the Bone
Val McDermid2) Howard's End
EM Forster3) Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte 4) Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
11 comments:
I just discovered your blog. I can't wait to come back.
Your list: This is quite a list. Good luck. PS I like anything Charlotte Bronte. I also read Pretty is as Pretty Dies. Elizabeth is great.
Thank you, Journaling Woman for you follow. I just linked to your great blog and followed you also. Yes, I love the Brontes! Some of the works will be a re-read for me but I miss the old classics and want to remember them again. I can't wait to read Elizabeth's work. Gotta order it still.
ann
Thank-you for joining my All About the Brontes Challenge! I love your picture of Laurence Oliver and Joan Fontaine from Rebecca on this post. I think Oliver made the perfect Maxim . . .sigh. Great picks and I look forward to reading your reviews!
Thank you, Laura. I think my first novel will be 'The Tenant of WIldfild Hall.' I will give a review of it afterward.
ann
Wow! Is all I can say. Woman, how d'you plan to do all that? I'm sure you'll find a way though.
Oh, I'm so tempted to join that British challenge. Didn't I pledge no more? :)
Rebecca - I might add that to my challenge list.
Good luck with this! Fun, isn't it?
(Thanks for posting my button! I just saw it in your sidebar.)
:D
You have a busy life! Wow. It's amazing you're able to squeeze so much reading in!
Wow...I don't know what to say, seeing my name up there with those mystery luminaries! My book will be just slightly different from theirs. :) But I really hope you'll enjoy it.
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Jayda, how do I do it? Craziness and a lot of scheduling. Caffeine helps too.
Corra, you will not regret reading Rebecca and it's a quick read. I would say two days and you're done. But, the plot and the characters...ohhhh so amazing! Also, watch the 1940s version of the movie. One of the best movies of all time IMHO.
Elizabeth, I have been wanting to read your book for awhile. I'm glad to be able to this year. I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
Thanks everyone for your comments.
ann
HI! Thanks for signing up for my Thriller & Suspense and Typically British reading challenges. All books you've listed sound great, I've read a few myself. Have fun and good luck with all your challenges :)
Sold! I'll do it. (Except I can't find it on Goodreads...)
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Corra, really? Maybe you should start a page on it.
ann
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