i know, i can hardly believe it either! i’ve actually read a book that isn’t YA fiction, Paranormal Romance, or Fantasy. it is a book i had never read before… and it actually took more than two days to read. a week ago the urge struck me to read a good book… something that would challenge my brain and make me think about what i’m reading. i had no idea what i’d get when i stopped at the library, but as i wandered the shelves this book jumped out at me pretty quickly. i read and enjoyed The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, so when i saw Her Fearful Symmetry on the shelves i figured i couldn’t go wrong picking it up.
i was right… at first i wasn’t quite sure where the story was headed, but it was interesting enough to keep me reading its pages. once she finally dropped the bomb and gave me a hint about the ending of the story, i was slightly blindsided. once again, Niffenegger took a subject that is very unbelievable and made it believable in a way that sneaks up on you. you never think to yourself “this is a ghost story” but that’s exactly what it is. my only complaint, is that once again the ending feels a little unfinished and rushed.
one thing i can tell you for sure, is that if you liked the Time Traveler’s Wife, you’ll like Her Fearful Symmetry. if you didn’t like TTTW, you won’t like HFS.
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apparently, it’s only very un-cool old people who blog. here and here is the proof.
which pretty much confirms my suspicions that i am in fact a 27 year old body with a 48 year old mind.
with Facebook becoming so popular, and Myspace already on it’s way out, i wonder what the next cool thing will be?
thoughts?
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this week, i remembered a very important thing about myself that i had forgotten since before i was pregnant with my daughter.
i have a mild case of persistent insomnia.
pregnant women are always uncomfortable, and have a hard time sleeping. my newborn was a sleep monster… she was up every two hours until she was well over a year old, then she got up 3 times a night until about 17 months old. nowadays, we get up about once a night in which i change her diaper, and she goes back to sleep. sometimes she goes back to sleep herself, and i don’t have to get out of bed at all… it’s pretty nice, especially compared to what i was working with.
during my daughter’s days of sleeplessness, i used to daydream about how well i’d sleep at night and how good i’d feel in the morning. after a week solid of sleeping like shit, i finally remembered that i don’t sleep well.
i just don’t.
it sucks.
i used to keep Tylenol PM around the house, and when they came up with the “pm” without the “tylenol” i used to keep Simply Sleep around. but that was when i had a kid around that could get out of bed if he needed to, and didn’t need diaper changes in the middle of the night. that was when i had a kid who was perfectly content to sleep in until 10 in the morning.
my daughter still needs diaper changes, and can’t help herself if she needs it. i won’t take a sleep aid while i’m still “on call” at night, so i guess i’m just shit outta luck.
last night was another beautiful night spend sweating like a pig, cold shivering, tossing, turning, and generally being awake and miserable.
at least i didn’t dream.
i guess sleep and i just weren’t meant to be.
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