Bring it on, 2013!
I am back to work today, in ways both professional and personal, so it felt timely to update good ol' Sugar & Gravy.
How was your holiday? Mine was great! It was the perfect balance of seeing family and friends, eating food, sleeping, resting, socializing, and more. I had a great New Year's Eve, too; very low-key with some loved ones. The holiday felt long, too, which is a surprise... not to say that it was easy getting back to work today, but still, it feels nice to be back to routine.
I owe everyone a salute to John Lennon, but it just doesn't feel right anymore, being nearly a month since the anniversary of his death. Moreover, there's not necessarily a significance to the 32nd anniversary of his death, so perhaps I'll save it for 2015... here's hoping I keep S&G up until then.
I also owe y'all an overview of all contestants (seasons 1-4) on "RuPaul's Drag Race". This post I will absolutely do, as it's partially written and I think will be a lot of fun to write and get feedback on. I hope to get this written in January, but I won't make any promises yet.
rc-4 Year-End Update
What I will do right now is give my rc-4 update. Another year has ended, and so therefore has another one of my reading challenges. Reading Challenge #4, more commonly referred to as rc-4, was to read 20 books in 2012. Once again (17/20 in 2011), I have not completed my challenge. In fact, I only completed 60% of it, but.....
WHO CARES?! The challenge is arbitrary to some degree. It's a great regular segment to blog about, a chance to discuss the books I'm reading and what I plan on reading next. And, the whole point was always to keep me reading after I was done my English degree, and I have been. 12 books in 2012 is fine. A book a month is likely above average, and plus - I'm not competing with anyone. rc-4 was for me, but hopefully any regular readers got some enjoyment out of it, too. I know I did!!!
All that said, here's what I did read:
- What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
- Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom **re-read
- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb *favourite author **re-read
- In One Person by John Irving *favourite author
- Lennon Revealed by Larry Kane **re-read
In Sum: 12 books read, 9 new books and 3 books re-read, 10 different authors, 1 series, 6 non-fiction, 6 fiction
As for what I'm going to do in 2013 or rc-5... I'm not sure yet. I think I'm just going to re-commit myself to reading lots, blog about it here, but not make it a challenge. I may change my mind, but I'm a bit over the challenge: not the intent of it, but the whole being a challenge part. I'll read, I'll write about it, but that'll be all.
All my best for a great 2013, all! Until next time.....
Currently reading... Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, Quiet by Susan Cain
Posts to come... An overview of all contestants to date on "RuPaul's Drag Race"
