Chez Shaffner

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Another Hiatus Ends

Last week was a hectic week of recovering from Vegas. Funny, because of all the trips I’ve ever taken to Vegas, this one involved the least excess consumption of…er…beverages. In any case, I needed a few days to recuperate and adjust my body clock back onto Eastern Standard Time. It has also been FRIGID in Boston, and when it gets that cold, I have a tough time dragging myself out of bed in the morning… let alone updating the blog! (Excuses, excuses: I’m full of them!)

This week I have been really working, onsite in Baltimore. Spent the last two days standing in front of a projector, attempting to explain how to configure tuition calculation. It is somewhat more exciting than it sounds.

Alas, no news on the seeking-representation front.

Yesterday I started The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow. This marks the third time I have started the book, but this time I have the right mind set.

It helps that last week on our flights to and from Las Vegas, I re-invigorated my pleasure reading habit. I hate to admit it, but through the last six months, I have been devoting most of my free hours to my novel, and not quite managing to read anything of note. Magazines take plenty of my time, and I’m in a perpetual state of “catching up on last week’s New Yorker.” But for the trip to Vegas, I broke out three books that I have been absolutely dying to read. Somehow I managed to start and complete all three books in the fourteen hours of flights and delays. Not too shabby!

Tomorrow I’ll post some details, but I thought I’d share my Vegas Reading List today:

Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA by Ellen Meister
Everyman by Philip Roth
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

1 Comments:

At 7:20 PM, Veritas99 said...: Welcome back. I got slammed with work early in the week and totally forgot about the Baltimore trip, my bad.

Can't say I've read the first two books on your list, but I managed to make it through Tipping Point last fall. Interesting ideas, and I definitely see his point about the function of certain personalities, but I wasn't fully buying it. Plus, I read his other book (Blink) first and thought his theories there were much more compelling. Still, pretty interesting and quick read.

Should I ask how Keryn felt about being ignored for 14 hours while you read you books?