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Mostly books
May. 14th, 2018 02:44 amMy stomach has been uppity the past few days. No idea why, it just seems a bit tender and bubbly. I ate a bunch of odd things all at once the other night after going shopping, and it could have been any one, or combination of said items. All I know is that I suddenly awoke lightly throwing up in my mouth (and through the nose, which really burns, let me tell you). It was just the once, and not super bad, but the last few days my stomach has simply felt delicate. I could still eat anything and everything. Perhaps it was a very mild case of food poisoning or some such. Still, odd.
In other news, my roommate randomly decided to swing by Target earlier this evening, and I up and invited myself along. Not only did we enjoy wandering around there, afterward we decided to go to the Barnes & Noble, which I've been wanting to do. I dropped $90, which I've not had the money to so do in quite a while. It's disturbingly easy to drop so much, but also felt extremely satisfying. I think I get a nice sense of adulthood whenever I get to drop large amounts of money on something not rent or necessity. Anyway, I got 5 books and 2 Batman graphics. The graphics were the Court of the Owls story line, and quite a good read. Of the books, I've read 4 of the 5 at least twice before. 3 were the first three in the Dresden Files series, which I love muchly. I've read them several times on ebooks I found online, but I do like to actually legally own my books (or at least check them out from the library), so it seemed the proper thing to do. I'll have to every so often get a few more. There's a good dozen or so now, I think. I would definitely like for my enjoyment of the books go toward the author, so buying them seems the proper thing to do. Even if books have all gone up to $10 a pop for the softbacks.
Apart from a Brandon Sanderson book I did not yet own, I had to buy myself a third copy of one of my all-time favorite books, Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. It's the first in an absolutely amazing fantasy series that I have loved for a good many years now. I read my first copy to near oblivion and got a better copy after several years, but seem to have misplaced it. Or possibly left it in Maine with my folks? I dunno. But I do have like 7 of the books after it here, so it needs the first. And also, I've been wanting to lend it out a couple of people I know so that they too may bask in its splendor. Seriously, amazing story line. Think epic on the scale of Game of Thrones, but less depressing. Not that it's not realistic, or that people don't die just, not as often, not always so unfairly, and not as often the ones you like. Plus the whole magic/gods/warfare involved in the series is fantastic. Like, every flavor of magic is tied to its own specific realm, and most realms have a god associated with it, and people given enough power can ascend and become one of said gods. The comic relief characters that occasionally pop up are absolutely hilarious too. If I can just force one person at a time to read the things I like, my world will be a richer place. :P
In other news, my roommate randomly decided to swing by Target earlier this evening, and I up and invited myself along. Not only did we enjoy wandering around there, afterward we decided to go to the Barnes & Noble, which I've been wanting to do. I dropped $90, which I've not had the money to so do in quite a while. It's disturbingly easy to drop so much, but also felt extremely satisfying. I think I get a nice sense of adulthood whenever I get to drop large amounts of money on something not rent or necessity. Anyway, I got 5 books and 2 Batman graphics. The graphics were the Court of the Owls story line, and quite a good read. Of the books, I've read 4 of the 5 at least twice before. 3 were the first three in the Dresden Files series, which I love muchly. I've read them several times on ebooks I found online, but I do like to actually legally own my books (or at least check them out from the library), so it seemed the proper thing to do. I'll have to every so often get a few more. There's a good dozen or so now, I think. I would definitely like for my enjoyment of the books go toward the author, so buying them seems the proper thing to do. Even if books have all gone up to $10 a pop for the softbacks.
Apart from a Brandon Sanderson book I did not yet own, I had to buy myself a third copy of one of my all-time favorite books, Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. It's the first in an absolutely amazing fantasy series that I have loved for a good many years now. I read my first copy to near oblivion and got a better copy after several years, but seem to have misplaced it. Or possibly left it in Maine with my folks? I dunno. But I do have like 7 of the books after it here, so it needs the first. And also, I've been wanting to lend it out a couple of people I know so that they too may bask in its splendor. Seriously, amazing story line. Think epic on the scale of Game of Thrones, but less depressing. Not that it's not realistic, or that people don't die just, not as often, not always so unfairly, and not as often the ones you like. Plus the whole magic/gods/warfare involved in the series is fantastic. Like, every flavor of magic is tied to its own specific realm, and most realms have a god associated with it, and people given enough power can ascend and become one of said gods. The comic relief characters that occasionally pop up are absolutely hilarious too. If I can just force one person at a time to read the things I like, my world will be a richer place. :P
