Alright kiddies, it's a new day! *claps hands excitedly* Whilst I may have spent 8 hours on the bathroom floor Sunday, and more than 16 hours unconscious between then and yesterday... today is a new day! All will be happy to know I'm sitting here in front of my faithful computer drinking - gather close - water. Yes, the stomach flu may have been strong but it's now fact that I'm stronger.
Read a fair amount the last couple of days, as one often does when laid up in bed. Refer to chart below:
Scenario #1) Rainy day (I'll allow cold to substitute if you're anywhere near Minnneapolis) spent in, looking for a fast-paced, quick read of a good time. Does not require thinking or memorizing, only an attention span long enough to make it the length of a chapter at a time (which, on average, last 2-3 pages). For this scenario I highly recommend "The Da Vinci Code." And believe me folks, this book has hollywood written all over it. Perhaps Richard Gere as the lead??
Scenario #2) Completely tired of all the normal sh*t at the bookstore and looking for something magikal, perhaps a savoring a slight twinge of a time long forgotten. If you're like me and seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy, reading the LOTR books won't cut it. Who can be bothered when Peter Jackson did such a magnificent job telling the tale (even Oscar will probably agree). And with Narnia and muggles being bumped off "everybody's been there and done that" list, "Eragon" shoots right to the top. Yes, yes, at first the book is a bit hard to get in to. There's secret shmeg languages and at times you feel like you're reading The Hobbit. But soon you find yourself longing for a dragon of your own and by then you'll have somehow made it to page 300. Time-wastefully delightful!
It's about that time when I have to get ready for work. I hereby solemnly swear that if I'm not feeling well at noon I will march myself home and back in to bed. Fingers crossed. Wait, er, heart crossed ;).
Comments
I'd highly recommend anything by Cory Doctorow as great stories, easy reads. Plus if you're a cheapskate like me you can download it for free.
I'd suggest Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as a novel to read (http://craphound.com/down/download.php)
and A Place so Foreign and 8 More for short stories (http://craphound.com/place/download.php)
plus if you read 0wnz0red you'll never look at fiction the same way again (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/)