Here’s what I read the past week:
November 25: “The
Chemist” by Stephenie Meyer, a thriller at 518 pages. Blurb from book: She used to work
for the U.S.
November 29: “Switching
Hour” by Robyn Peterman, Magic & Mayhem Book One, a paranormal comedy
novella at 116 pages. Blurb from book: Released from the magic pokey and paroled with limited power
is enough to make any witch grumpy. However, if you throw in a recently
resurrected cat, a lime-green Kia and a sexy egotistical werewolf, it’s enough
to make a gal fly off the edge. Not to mention a mission…with no freaking
directions. So here I sit in Asscrack ,
West Virginia
Monday was a busy day for me. I was at the fitness center
for a little over four hours doing my best to be seen with my books (a couple
of ladies showed interest, so not too shabby). Then I headed to the mall to
get new iPhones for me and Daughter. I’m glad I made an appointment for 3:30. I
could have waited for hours and I was meeting friends for dinner at six.
Both of our iPhone 5s were unreliable, what with the battery
draining too quickly or not charging sufficiently. Now we’re owners of the
iPhone SE (hers in slate grey because—BLACK, mine in rose gold because—PINK)
and our old covers even fit (no new expense there). It’s been a pain getting the
phone set up, though. I have to upload all my apps again, then log into them
(and hope to remember the passwords!). And then OCD me has to have them in the
same order as before.
This is why I hate changing phones. TOO MUCH WORK!
Oh wait. Daughter said she knows how to copy old phone data
to new phone. We’ll see. Regardless, I hope to own this phone a good long
time, since it’s not a hand-me-down.
So… How’s your reading coming along? Do you read more during
this time of the year? I think I do. It’s not like you can go outside and play
in the dark. Well, you can, but it’s COLD out there! Plus, it’s DARK! J
Happy Reading
Stacy
7 comments:
There are ways to play in the dark but you don't go outside for them...
Arrival was a thinking film. What a mind-blowing ending. And yes, quietly mind-blowing.
Hope you get everything set on your new phone.
I've only read the Twilight series. I think a lot of the snark directed Meyer's way is rooted in jealousy: "she's a bad writer but she was so successful--I hate her!" (and to be fair, there were plenty of problems, with content and writing, in the Twilight books, though she did entertain, and that is the whole point, isn't it?) I would give her a read, if the topic interested me.
I found my "fourth quarter reading" has slowed down a bit. Partly because I was waiting FOREVER for books from the library, partly because I read an interesting but slow moving non-fiction on the Tea Party (the recent movement, not the Revolutionary War kind), partly because of work on my own work, partly because of hockey season.
Alex - Looks like my phone is all set. My daughter is great!!
Jeff - Hockey season does kind of take over you life, doesn't it? I guess I should be glad I can't get all the Penguins games on at home.
I'd heard Arrival was the kind of movie you had to see more than once to absorb everything.
re: phone
I let the people at the phone store switch everything and setup my email accounts. They do it within seconds.
Maria - The clerk at the phone store was able to copy over my pictures and contacts, but that was it. You'd think the apps would have gone over, but apparently my daughter just had to do a complete back up of my old phone (via iTunes) and then restore all that data to the new one.
Setting up a new phone is a pain! Even with Motorolla's migration app, I still had to download all the other apps that don't come preinstalled.
I read the same amount now as in the summer - not much to do outside, but more to do around the house with the holidays coming up.
Jennette - I was so glad daughter remembered how to save all my apps. Sure saved me some time. Lots of time.
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