So many books, so little time
Sep. 20th, 2009 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krislaughsI had my first of (hopefully) two long runs before the race in (GULP) two weeks. It was good. Twelve miles according to mapmyrun.com, got lost once (because the online map doesn't account for the dozens of dirt bike trails actually branching off the main ones in the former military base where I run), spent the first four miles in warm-up mode, struggled through the next four miles of hills, and was cruising well above speed for the last four. Finished in a little longer (about 10 minutes) than my last full half-marathon time. I was exhausted last night but feel pretty darn good today. I don't think this upcoming race is going to be a personal best, but I'm starting to feel confident that I can finish it.
It's funny; around mile nine the runner's high gets so strong I never ever want to stop. I have these stoner-brilliant realizations about life and the universe that never seem quite so profound after I'm done. But still, runs like that make all the days you drag yourself out and shuffle along for an hour fully worth it.
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Then I went to Borders. I feel that I've been watching too much TV recently and would rather get back to books, but very time I go in there, I come out with a small library instead of just one or two reads.
I picked up Ender's Game on the recommendation of a friend. Read it in two sittings this morning. Great story, love the premise and execution, however the ending felt even more rushed than the usual novel. I'm debating reading the others in the series, but as a standalone, this works, too.
I also bought Dune (don't know why I've never read it before), The Ladies of Grace Adieu because I enjoyed Susanna Clarke's last one (Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell), A Madness of Angels for no particular reason (I'm a little nervous it's going to turn out to be another Twilight-type disaster), The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Black Hole War because who doesn't like argumentative physicists, Dreams Underfoot because I enjoyed the last Charles DeLint I read, and In Defense of Food because I need to read more to figure out where I fall in the spectrum of the great food debate.
I did not buy the Pratchett novel I originally went in for. *sigh* But such are bookstores.
If anyone has recommendations for other books you think I'd like, I am, as they say, all ears.
It's funny; around mile nine the runner's high gets so strong I never ever want to stop. I have these stoner-brilliant realizations about life and the universe that never seem quite so profound after I'm done. But still, runs like that make all the days you drag yourself out and shuffle along for an hour fully worth it.
~
Then I went to Borders. I feel that I've been watching too much TV recently and would rather get back to books, but very time I go in there, I come out with a small library instead of just one or two reads.
I picked up Ender's Game on the recommendation of a friend. Read it in two sittings this morning. Great story, love the premise and execution, however the ending felt even more rushed than the usual novel. I'm debating reading the others in the series, but as a standalone, this works, too.
I also bought Dune (don't know why I've never read it before), The Ladies of Grace Adieu because I enjoyed Susanna Clarke's last one (Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell), A Madness of Angels for no particular reason (I'm a little nervous it's going to turn out to be another Twilight-type disaster), The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, The Black Hole War because who doesn't like argumentative physicists, Dreams Underfoot because I enjoyed the last Charles DeLint I read, and In Defense of Food because I need to read more to figure out where I fall in the spectrum of the great food debate.
I did not buy the Pratchett novel I originally went in for. *sigh* But such are bookstores.
If anyone has recommendations for other books you think I'd like, I am, as they say, all ears.
