Could it be, my life's love has filled the salt shaker with estrogen?
I'm a reader. Mostly non-fiction. During the past week, I can barely read a book start to finish without getting caught up in the sad parts.
Imagine you're writing a book. The publishers expect you to follow the standard arc. Intro, dull bits, conflict, cure.
I can't get through the drama. I'm reading a book because I care, or want to care about the subject. Get to the the trauma and I wanna fix it. Makes no difference if it happened long ago, to people long dead, or a buddy. I can make it better, if only....
I've got to snap out of this. A book a day has shown up this week, most of which I dare not crack, for fear of becoming forever tainted. TIVO is filled with half watched movies I can't man up to finish. This is awful.
It's cook books for me this week. Food porn. No drama, no fixin's.
Toad
Toad
I go through spells where I'm fed up with fiction, normally my first choice. Cookbooks interest me, but I find them overwhelming -- too many ideas, more food than I can possibly ever eat!
ReplyDeleteWomen's biographies are good for me, inspiring. I can't fix all of my life issues, but I can hopefully learn from how others fixed (or didn't) theirs.
Living abroad and being frugal, I've not experienced TIVO or Netflix or a whole host of new-fangled technology...We shall see if I tackle all that
when we move back (got cut off!)
ReplyDeleteHow are you enjoying Kid Carolina? I'm considering it for my summer reading.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying the story, but it feels like it was written either by or for a 12 yo
ReplyDeleteCook books, eh? I like reading them better than I like cooking.
ReplyDeleteI'm on a fiction binge myself lately. Just finished "The Help" and before that "Remarkable Creatures" - thumbs up for both.
Are you enjoying the Mark Twain biography?
ReplyDelete~H.
haven't begun Mark yet
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