Currently | Soaking up the sun

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Bookshop Caravan
Source: weirdthingsinbookshops

Time: 21:07

Place: At home

Eating & Drinking: Nothing. I just had a bacon & cheese croissant and a frozen yoghurt with strawberries and chocolate.

Reading: I finally got a good reading weekend! I finished A Tale for the Time Being, and the second National Episode, The Court of Charles IV. I've also started Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue, a nonfiction book on WWII, since March is Women's History Month. I'm finding it easy to read and a bit light on the content, but it makes for a great introductory text.

Writing: Not that much. A couple of reviews.

Watching: Castle, Scrubs, and my all-time favorite show, Gilmore Girls.

Listening: Just finished The Court of Charles IV. I guess I'll go back to WTNV for a while. Also, a friend showed me Nujabes this week, and I've had his music on repeat. His take on rap and jazz was unique. Listen to Feather and see what I mean. It's sad that there will never be new songs by him.

Loving: A great and packed week. The weather has been lovely, and I've spend most days outside with friends or family. I'm even a bit tanned! (By tanned I mean not white as paper, which is my usual complexion)

Hating: Unfortunately, I'm going to have a surge of work soon, so I don't know how constant I'll be regarding blogging and reading.

Watchmen - Alan Moore

Summary (from Goodreads):

This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.

This was a huge gap in my graphic novel knowledge and I had to remedy that. After reading V for Vendetta, I knew I was going to like Alan Moore's version of superheroes, although I wasn't exactly sure what I was getting myself into. I really loved this. Caveat: I think it will be best appreciated by readers who are familiar with the traditional superhero lore.

Watchmen starts with the murder of a famous superhero, which is an atypical, but great way of starting a superhero story. Indeed, the whole structure of the comic made me think of noir detective fiction of the really gritty kind. The mistery drives the pace of the whole novel - it is really entertaining. But there's much more to this graphic novel than just entertainment.

Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Authors I've Never Read

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Top Ten Popular Authors I've Never Read

Currently | On a reading slump

I shamelessly stole got this idea from Kim, who blogs at Sophisticated Dorkiness. She reviews the most amazing books, so go read her blog!

Vintage Books
Source: Vintage, via Again Behold the Stars

Time: 12:30

Place: At home

Eating & Drinking: Russian Earl Grey Tea

Reading: After my presentation, I thought that I would get more real free hours after work. Instead, I have undertaken yet another project, completely unrelated to the previous two, so I have many papers to read if I want to catch up. Conference season is also right around the corner, so I also have to prepare conference sessions and posters. I love every minute of it all, but I'm neglecting my books. Enough whining. I have finished Watchmen and I'm still reading A Tale for the Time Being, which I'm loving.

Writing: Work reports.

Watching: I've been too tired to consistently watch any show. I've been turning on the TV and watching random programs and any Gilmore Girls episodes I come across.

Listening: Nothing at all. I'm planning on starting the second National Episode, The Court of Charles IV.

Looking forward to: reading outside. We got a couple of sunny days and I took the opportunity to be outside as much as I could. However, we got a snowfall and the temperatures dropped again, and it looks like March is going to be really windy and wet.