Catching up

I haven’t blogged in a bit because 1) holidays. Thanksgiving was nothing short of epic – our friends came over and we watched football and drank and had great conversation and played games – for 13 hours. It was fantastic.

2) Job change. Black Friday was set to be my last day and when I woke up, I couldn’t be arsed to go. And thus, the old job ends. My new job begins tomorrow and I am very excited about it.

3) Travel. Having the long weekend, I went to Glenwood Springs with Spouse and enjoyed a bit of out of town scenery.

4) Nonprofit news. I’ve spent a bit of my free time putting together articles of incorporation and bylaws and basically getting things in order so that I can make this happen. Very exciting.

In semi-related news, I’ve made the 55 Books I Want to Talk About goal – a month early.

Book 56 is The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.

I LOVED this. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a Hemingway fan and I’ve a particular relationship with A Moveable Feast (my favorite of his works) having traced a fair bit of it through Europe on my own. I was always a bit fascinated by his relationship with Hadley but I’m not much for biographical research. This is incredibly executed and wonderfully imagined, it’s about complex people and the difficulty of relationships (also a theme in my 2011 books?). Hemingway sounds like Hemingway which lends all sorts of credibility to the novel. Hadley is an engaging and thoughtful character and the dynamics not only of their relationship but all their relationships in Paris and beyond are visceral.

I haven’t highlighted a book on my Kindle in ages and I highlighted a BOATLOAD of brilliant bits in this. In fact, I was rather surprised to not find much in “public highlights” mostly because this was incredible. Lovely, lovely, lovely. This is one I got as a library lender but I’ll definitely be purchasing a copy.