Months and months of books and stuff...

[byslantedlight]

Way back in the dim and distant beginnings of 2016, I had a plan. My plan was to keep up with lj, and especially to keep up with book reviews and fic reviews and all, and start doing a monthly round-up of life because I always enjoy other people's, and that way I might not be continuously spinning my head around wondering where the months have gone. And then 2016 started actually happening, and... *headdesk* I did manage a post at the end of January but I didn't unlock it (it's unlocked now if anyone's interested, but I'm going to bung the catch-up on here too, just cos. *g*) Also - I didn't make resolutions as such, but I did decide that I was going to remember to do things that I like, including going to the cinema, and exploring the world! And of course writing... So how've I been doing...? (You might want to skip this post unless you like lists like that too... *g*)

January
Books
1. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (bookgroup book - excellent!)
2. Truckers by Terry Pratchett
3. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (Books1001 book - excellent)
4. The Humans by Matt Haig
Lots of fanfic!

Writing
Pros - A Little Snow in London
Pros - signed up for Pros Bingo Challenge
Pros - signed up for Picfor1000
...but didn't write anything...

Cinema
Star Wars - The Force Awakens - liked it!
The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part II - watchable
The Dressmaker - very good

And Where Did I Go?
Fonthill Bishop
Stonehenge
Old Wardour Castle, Dorset

Other Stuff
- New CST in more local town - she didn't convince me.
- Same CST running weekly meditation sessions - I came away from the first one with a bad back and neck that didn't get better for ages!
- Started going to a weekly writing class/group in more local town
- Volunteering etc. at Stourhead
- Did taxes!
- New Big Work Project in offing
- a Pros post every day for a week! I enjoyed that - how lush to see my flist all full of lads and posts again!

February
Books
5. Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
6. Death by Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
7. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers - I wanted to like this more
8. A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
9. A Seditious Affair by K.J. Charles
10. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
11. Shopaholic takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
(There may have been flu-ish comfort re-reading...)

Writing
Pros - signed up for the Big Bang this year, cos...
...but didn't write anything...

Cinema
Room - very good
The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare) - recorded live performance. Interesting, but if something's live I'd rather see it live...

And Where Did I Go?
Avebury
Hive Beach, Dorset

Other Stuff
- Writing group/class continues
- New Big Work Project begins
- Flu! (19/20 Feb, for the record...)

So, there we have it - the start to 2016. So much for my plan to go away at least for the weekend at least once a month! Stoopid rain and cold. Stoopid flu. Well, there's still a couple of weeks left in March, right? *g* My cinema-plan was going pretty well until The Flu. Lots of reading. *g* But I haven't written anything this year! At least nothing Pros-y. A couple of villanelle poems for the writing group/class, which was fun. Nothing else finished though... I have kept up with my 366 Photo Project so far though - a photo taken and posted every day so far this year!

So... definite room for the year to improve, I reckon! Maybe starting with... hmmmn... Does anyone else fancy posting Pros for a week again? Maybe we could do it every couple of months, just to remind us that they're still out there, fighting the good fight, on their bikes, in the sunshine... *vbg* Go on - if I do it, will anyone else? *g*

PS - yeay, feeling perkier again today! Have-at-you, flu! *g*

Comments

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Looks like you got quite a lot done, despite catching that awful lurghy. So pleased you're starting to feel better. I spent all of February making tea and coffee for workmen, I didn't mind but it's such a relief not to have to do it any more. Got lots of reading done though. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I must admit, it doesn't feel like I got an awful lot done, though I suppose there was full-time work on top of all that, so with the flu it's probably not so bad. But I should be doing stuff! More! Better! Just... stuff! I guess mostly I'd like to be out travelling and adventuring, and I'd like to be writing too, so I feel a lack of things if I'm not managing them.

Isn't reading a saviour? *g* Glad to hear your house is calming down a bit now - hope you're pleased with it, too!