Reading Wednesday on a Thursday
Mar. 11th, 2021 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vintagewitchReading Wednesday is apparently a thing that other people here on dreamwidth do, and I've been reading so much that I would like to do it too.
I've realized that reading is a really important form of escapism for my mental health lately, and so I've been reading voraciously. Also discovered that reading nonfiction that is related to my work is not actually escapism, so I'm setting aside research reading time and pleasure reading time.
So here's my week in reading:
1. Reading "Ghosts: A Natural History" by Roger Clarke for the Gothic Book Club. I'm really enjoying it! But my spouse keeps taking it to work during the day so I haven't had much reading time. I need to finish it by the 20th, we'll see how I do.
2. Decided not to force myself to finish "Night's Master" by Tanith Lee. The prose is stunning, and it feels like reading a very dark fairy tale, but my brain is really struggling to pay attention to it at the moment. So I'll be returning it to the library and letting other people read it.
3. Started listening to the audiobook of "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson. I've decided that I like having an audiobook that is really easy to listen to/that I don't need to pay too much attention to - very nice for falling asleep, migraine days, housework, etc. I need to be careful not to fall asleep listening to this one - it is a mystery, after all - but I have read most of it before, so it's really just jogging my memory. Or I could be a chaotic reader demon and let myself not follow every twist of the mystery.
4. Tomorrow, I'm going to the library to pick up "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell. As much as I reference the Hero's Journey when I'm writing about tarot, I've never actually read Campbell, so I figure now is a good time to change that.
In other reading news, I have rediscovered my absolute love of libraries! I'm going to try really hard not to buy books from here on out. I will only buy books if I need them for a reference, or if they are too popular so I won't be able to rent them from the library any time terribly soon. That's actually the reason I bought "Priory of the Orange Tree" - it's like, 800 pages and immensely popular. I was hold number 35. It would take probably at least a year to get my hands on a copy via the library, so I just decided to buy it.
In place of the Tanith Lee, I'm going to start a reread of "The Subtle Knife," since I read "The Golden Compass" last month. I will also probably crack into "Priory of the Orange Tree" while I'm on work sabbatical, because I want the escape and I also have the time to tackle/fall into something massive.
What are you reading right now?
I've realized that reading is a really important form of escapism for my mental health lately, and so I've been reading voraciously. Also discovered that reading nonfiction that is related to my work is not actually escapism, so I'm setting aside research reading time and pleasure reading time.
So here's my week in reading:
1. Reading "Ghosts: A Natural History" by Roger Clarke for the Gothic Book Club. I'm really enjoying it! But my spouse keeps taking it to work during the day so I haven't had much reading time. I need to finish it by the 20th, we'll see how I do.
2. Decided not to force myself to finish "Night's Master" by Tanith Lee. The prose is stunning, and it feels like reading a very dark fairy tale, but my brain is really struggling to pay attention to it at the moment. So I'll be returning it to the library and letting other people read it.
3. Started listening to the audiobook of "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson. I've decided that I like having an audiobook that is really easy to listen to/that I don't need to pay too much attention to - very nice for falling asleep, migraine days, housework, etc. I need to be careful not to fall asleep listening to this one - it is a mystery, after all - but I have read most of it before, so it's really just jogging my memory. Or I could be a chaotic reader demon and let myself not follow every twist of the mystery.
4. Tomorrow, I'm going to the library to pick up "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell. As much as I reference the Hero's Journey when I'm writing about tarot, I've never actually read Campbell, so I figure now is a good time to change that.
In other reading news, I have rediscovered my absolute love of libraries! I'm going to try really hard not to buy books from here on out. I will only buy books if I need them for a reference, or if they are too popular so I won't be able to rent them from the library any time terribly soon. That's actually the reason I bought "Priory of the Orange Tree" - it's like, 800 pages and immensely popular. I was hold number 35. It would take probably at least a year to get my hands on a copy via the library, so I just decided to buy it.
In place of the Tanith Lee, I'm going to start a reread of "The Subtle Knife," since I read "The Golden Compass" last month. I will also probably crack into "Priory of the Orange Tree" while I'm on work sabbatical, because I want the escape and I also have the time to tackle/fall into something massive.
What are you reading right now?
