"I got my mark. See it in my eyes."

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday, I wrote 2,179 words on The Drowning Girl and reached the end of Chapter Two. In the past five days, I've written 9,154 words on the book, when I generally only average about 1,100 words a day. But today I'm going to stop and read back over both One and Two (or 1 and 2, as Imp would have it).

Cold here in Providence.

My thanks to those who've commented on "The Prayer of Ninety Cats," either here, on Facebook, or by email.

Yesterday was the sort of day that needs a lot of hot tea. I began with an Earl Grey made with white tea, then moved along to blend of black tea, orange, cinnamon, and cloves. We watched Micheal Winterbottom's Butterfly Kiss (1995). We seem to be on a Winterbottom kick. Next up, Jude (1996), with Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet.

I was thinking about ragging on the Worgen a little more, but I think I'll do that some other time.

I think my next audiobook may be the unabridged Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, even though it's thirty-two hours long...

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[egologic.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind my asking, where do you buy your audiobooks?

I've been buying them from eMusic ($10 for a book a month though some are more than that - they use a credit system but it's $10 a credit).

I resisted audiobooks for years. For one thing they seemed so expensive so it's nice if the price is relatively low. And I have a long commute but that was sort of my other point of resistance: I miss entire sections and have to backtrack after having to concentrate on the lunatic behavior of aggressive drivers (as well as the passive-aggressive drivers).

I've "read" two Malcolm Gladwell books ("Outliers" & "The Tipping Point"), "Walt Whitman and the Birth of American Poetry" by Karen Karbiener, "Making the Rounds with Oscar" by David Dosa and I just finished Karen Armstrong's "Buddha."

I enjoyed "Buddha" so much I ended up buying the actual book version because there are so many names, places and terms that I don't know how to spell that I'd like to read more about.

I've enjoyed them all. And I have some I haven't listened to yet but I'm thinking I need to listen to music more for a little while before I launch into "The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry or "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind my asking, where do you buy your audiobooks?

Audible.com.