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| Eat your hearts out, fangirls! (Well, no, don't really. Sadly, these are NOT the genuine article.) |
The "good news/bad news" about the untimely reviews is that neither of them is for pay, or on a deadline that isn't self-imposed. In fact, I won't have any reviews like that for the next couple of months. This week, I very reluctantly requested a hiatus from my Shelf Awareness reviewing until things slow down at the day job, where it'll be one deadline after another through next month. Since freelancing is not how I earn my living--someday, maybe, but not now--I can accept redirecting that time to the work that actually pays the bills around here...but I don't have to like it. That said, I'll admit that taking those review responsibilities off my plate--for now--has reduced my stress level a bit, so it was probably the right call. Sigh.
I do still have some "scheduled" reading plans this month, but the sense of deadline pressure is much less. I have an online-book-club read for next month's discussion--my first with this group--but with just over 300 pages to be finished by the beginning of May, I'm not feeling overwhelmed by that one.
And I'm excited about #readchabon, the read-along of Michael Chabon's
Telegraph Avenue that I'm co-hosting with Kim. It's pretty informal--there's no sign-up or posting requirements--but if you'd like to read and talk about the novel with us, we'll be reading roughly 125 pages a week and having check-in discussions here on this schedule:
Telegraph Avenue that I'm co-hosting with Kim. It's pretty informal--there's no sign-up or posting requirements--but if you'd like to read and talk about the novel with us, we'll be reading roughly 125 pages a week and having check-in discussions here on this schedule:
- April 15: Section I (through page 124)
- April 22: Sections II and III (through page 250)
- April 29: Section IV (through page 381)
- May 7: Section V (through page 465)
We'll also be talking about Telegraph Avenue on Twitter as the mood strikes--hence the hashtag, "#readchabon"--so you can jump into the conversation there, too.
Since this is a relatively relaxed approach to "deadline reading," I'm hoping it'll leave me some time to deal with all those reads-in-progress (before I end up with another Historian on my hands). I don't know how it is for you, but for me, getting things done--including getting books finished--tends to be one of the most effective ways to lower my stress level. Also a good stress reducer: reminiscing with another favorite photo from WonderCon. |
| The Eleventh Doctor and His Wife, WonderCon Anaheim, March 2013 (as if time and space matter to them!) |
Are you de-stressing with a good book this weekend?
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