Books that I've read recently that have blown me away:
- The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
- The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Baker (read them in a week. Awesome, simply bloody awesome writing)
- Frost/Nixon playscript. Made me want to see what they'd done with the film but most of all made me wish I could write that well.
- A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Thanks to Blueskies for the recommendation, you're right, it's scary but brilliant.
- The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffinegger. Her surname makes me laugh on the inside. Kept not buying it in bookshops for ages, then nicked the copy my mum bought and LOVED it.
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (the novelist not the comedic actor). Such a clever concept, executed in a way that made me squeal and wiggle when I realised how it was going to unfold.
In summary - reading books is ace.
I have been wallowing in literature ever since the last play finished and am feeling rather luxurious about it all. It's such a treat to lose myself in book after book, world after world without that horrible niggling feeling that I should be doing something else - learning lines or whatever.
It's also rather joyous to have my life returned to me after doing six shows last year and seven the year before. Suddenly, if I fancy it, I can text a friend during the day and see if they fancy meeting for an off-the-cuff drink or gossip after work, without realising that I have to run off to rehearsals within half an hour. I can spend more time around my neck of the woods, finding new and interesting pubs and restaurants in Balham and I can make promises to myself that I will begin running as soon as the snow starts to clear (which will clearly be broken rather rapidly but it's nice to have that option).
This new found freedom has given me time to mull things over about me and have little leaps of self discovery like a few posts ago. It's left me feeling in control and aware now but it also makes me think that time on my own for a while would be no bad thing at all. Maybe I should focus on being me alone for a while to ensure I don't get sucked back into the aforementioned pattern again next time around. I've been inspired into this by the Kiwi's girlfriend (who rocks, by the way) who said that she never really gave time to trying to meet a man as she had stuff to do that was more interesting. Hell, I want to have more interesting things to do! So I'm going to. Rah.
So all in all - mightily positive considering I'm working til 11pm this evening and back in at 9.45 tomorrow morning after an ill-considered shift swap. And hurray for that. Dinner with another of the Kiwi's exes tomorrow night before watching a show. That man surely does have damn fine taste in women! Mostly.
3 comments:
Good books! If you enjoyed Cloud Atlas you should read 'Ghostwritten' by David Mitchell as well, its one of my favourite books.
On a Brave New World trip, try 1984, Farenhite 451 and I am Legend (not the film, the book is way better)
Im a huge reader, most of my wage every month is spent in waterstones, i should get a discount!
I'm glad you are inspired, men can pop up whenever and wherever. If you are sitting in having no fun then you have no chance of meeting someone do you?
Some of the best men in my life were more or less dropped into my lap while I was in the same position as you. The 'I have more interesting things to do' exudes self confidence. Men are drawn to it. I'm with ya, I have things to do and like the alone time that I have had lately. I realize when I am with the wrong sort of guy, that I neglect my friendships. Time to hang with the girls and get back to the real me. Enjoy it Newbie, life is taken entirely too seriously.-V
Thanks girls!
It's a nice position to be in isn't it?
Smidge - I read 1984 for school a while back and remember liking it but not loving it (so often the case when you HAVE to read something in a set time frame I find) but maybe I'll give one of the others a go. Oh I love Waterstones too... the smell of that place is what heaven smells of - new books. Yum.
V - It does seem to be the case doesn't it, that when the pressure is off people tend to turn up every now and then! Hope all is well with you - anything interesting happen yet? Hee hee...
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