In the summertime, when the weather is hot

It is currently 13°C.

The weather is NOT hot. I am sitting here wrapped in my blanket because I can feel a breeze in my room. The wind is an echoic howl outside, swaying the trees so dangerously I am almost afraid they will fall.* And it's raining. What's a girl to do when it's raining?

Well, I got up early this morning to buy some food (we were out of everything important - bread, eggs, honey. Honey is vital for my tea) and when I came back, promptly dealt with an unexpected nosebleed. Then I watched then season seven finale of Murdoch Mysteries (whhhyyyyyy!) and spent the next couple of hours reading.

That's right. Reading. For fun.

Since finishing my academic year, I've managed to get through two Angela Carter books: Heroes and Villains and Shadow Dance. I may do a comparison of them for my dissertation, I'm not sure yet. Both are pretty unusual and have similar themes although they operate on completely different premises. I am notoriously indecisive so everything is uncertain with regards to the dissertation aspect of my educational life. Why would they make me CHOOSE something so specific and stick with it for a year? I can nearly see the unravelling of my sanity just thinking about it.

But reading! So good. So fulfilling. So intellectual.

I am currently reading Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men.**



*I got a little carried away there and slipped into prosaic description. I am not sorry :)
**It's rated higher than the two Carter books on Good Reads. What does this say about the literary world? I'm not sure. Landy > Carter?