I haven't been quite as good at actually posting the things I'm accomplishing here, but I did up my numbers for the new recipes and new blog posts that have come up. Since I'd rather get caught up quickly than push things off even more for individual posts, I'm going to sum up some things of note.
Books
Back in January, my non-fiction book was Anthony Rapp's Without You. He tells the story of his involvement with Rent from tiny theater workshop through giant Broadway show along with his own personal story during that time which includes relationship struggles and his mother's battle with cancer.
Be forewarned: if books make you cry, like they do to me, you just may cry throughout most of the book. Anthony Rapp has a very easy conversational style of writing which makes a reader (at least this one) get very wrapped up in the emotional roller coaster. I felt extremely invested in his story and really had a hard time putting it down. I spent one afternoon on the couch curled up with the dog and it was entirely worth it.
I also picked up The Whole World Over by Julia Glass. It was a solid novel which dragged a bit too much for me in the beginning, but I was glad that I stuck through it to the end. The story follows a handful of people living in lower Manhattan in the year before 9/11, following life along and learning a lot of the standard lessons along the way. I had high hopes because two of the central characters are in close proximity to food - one a baker who follows a job out of town to be the personal chef for the governor of New Mexico and one a restaurant owner in New York City. There wasn't quite as much food as this reader would have liked, but alas, that was not the purpose. It was an interesting story weaving back and forth across a number of characters which I generally like. Not off the charts, but not a waste of my time either.
Movies
I think we only got one DVD watched in the time since I last posted. It was one of Austin's - Tropic Thunder. This was good for a number of reasons - it is very hard to get him to watch his DVDs and so usually they sit and wait for months at a time. Also, the movie wasn't terrible. I liked what they were trying to do in general. The sense of humor wasn't quite what I enjoy and there a number of gross scenes for the sake of being gross which I also don't appreciate, but I got it and didn't hate it.
Other
As a general wrap up, I have been working on my recipes, my blog posts and my fitness! I am four weeks through the nine week Couch-to-5K program which means I am doing more running than walking these days, although it's still on the light side. I should be on target to complete it in the next five weeks (or maybe a bit longer depending on some intervening events) which is exciting.
Thats really it for now, but I hope to get more done in coming days and will post more regularly as I do.
Be forewarned: if books make you cry, like they do to me, you just may cry throughout most of the book. Anthony Rapp has a very easy conversational style of writing which makes a reader (at least this one) get very wrapped up in the emotional roller coaster. I felt extremely invested in his story and really had a hard time putting it down. I spent one afternoon on the couch curled up with the dog and it was entirely worth it.
I also picked up The Whole World Over by Julia Glass. It was a solid novel which dragged a bit too much for me in the beginning, but I was glad that I stuck through it to the end. The story follows a handful of people living in lower Manhattan in the year before 9/11, following life along and learning a lot of the standard lessons along the way. I had high hopes because two of the central characters are in close proximity to food - one a baker who follows a job out of town to be the personal chef for the governor of New Mexico and one a restaurant owner in New York City. There wasn't quite as much food as this reader would have liked, but alas, that was not the purpose. It was an interesting story weaving back and forth across a number of characters which I generally like. Not off the charts, but not a waste of my time either.
Movies
I think we only got one DVD watched in the time since I last posted. It was one of Austin's - Tropic Thunder. This was good for a number of reasons - it is very hard to get him to watch his DVDs and so usually they sit and wait for months at a time. Also, the movie wasn't terrible. I liked what they were trying to do in general. The sense of humor wasn't quite what I enjoy and there a number of gross scenes for the sake of being gross which I also don't appreciate, but I got it and didn't hate it.
Other
As a general wrap up, I have been working on my recipes, my blog posts and my fitness! I am four weeks through the nine week Couch-to-5K program which means I am doing more running than walking these days, although it's still on the light side. I should be on target to complete it in the next five weeks (or maybe a bit longer depending on some intervening events) which is exciting.
Thats really it for now, but I hope to get more done in coming days and will post more regularly as I do.
