Time to begin a ( 2017 Book ListCollapse )!
It should not, at this point, be a revelation to me that I like to read. I *was* surprised this month, though, at how strong my drive to read actually is. I decided to ban internet reading for myself at home from January-March of this year, on the thought that this would free up some time to study for my annual in-service exam. This plan completely backfired. While I did use *some* of the extra time for studying, I also started flipping through the pile of hard copy books I had on backlog, in spite of myself -- books which were substantially longer than most of my internet reading, and also more prone to keeping me up at night engaged with the story. In the end, I found I'd just swapped one kind of reading for another, and probably lost out on extra sleep hours in the process. Whoops.
On the upside, it was loads more fun than 3000 ophthalmology questions.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), 2015 (5), and 2016(10)
It should not, at this point, be a revelation to me that I like to read. I *was* surprised this month, though, at how strong my drive to read actually is. I decided to ban internet reading for myself at home from January-March of this year, on the thought that this would free up some time to study for my annual in-service exam. This plan completely backfired. While I did use *some* of the extra time for studying, I also started flipping through the pile of hard copy books I had on backlog, in spite of myself -- books which were substantially longer than most of my internet reading, and also more prone to keeping me up at night engaged with the story. In the end, I found I'd just swapped one kind of reading for another, and probably lost out on extra sleep hours in the process. Whoops.
On the upside, it was loads more fun than 3000 ophthalmology questions.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), 2015 (5), and 2016(10)
One of my mother's day presents today was Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven King (eeee!). Which reminded me I ought to make a book list for 2016, because this, I am totally going to make time to read.
So: ( Book List 2016Collapse )
Normally I'd chat here about the highlights from last year's list -- but between a new baby and residency, I got too busy for list updates, leaving myself a whopping FIVE to choose from. Of these, I'd only really recommend Sherry Thomas' The Elemental Trilogy (The Burning Sky, The Perilous Sea, and The Immortal Heights), which features girls disguised as boys (will I ever not love this trope?), clever and capable and thoughtful young magician lovers, and the coolest immersive storybooks ever.
I am pretty sure I read more than five books, but with poor documentation. Also, approximately half the internet, which is more easily read in the ten-minute chunks of free time I get these days.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), and 2015 (5).
(FIVE, REALLY?!)
So: ( Book List 2016Collapse )
Normally I'd chat here about the highlights from last year's list -- but between a new baby and residency, I got too busy for list updates, leaving myself a whopping FIVE to choose from. Of these, I'd only really recommend Sherry Thomas' The Elemental Trilogy (The Burning Sky, The Perilous Sea, and The Immortal Heights), which features girls disguised as boys (will I ever not love this trope?), clever and capable and thoughtful young magician lovers, and the coolest immersive storybooks ever.
I am pretty sure I read more than five books, but with poor documentation. Also, approximately half the internet, which is more easily read in the ten-minute chunks of free time I get these days.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), 2014 (32), and 2015 (5).
(FIVE, REALLY?!)
Because sometimes you have an emergency appendectomy and get a chance to sit still for five minutes and read! I'm amazed I started this book list before April.
( 2015 Book ListCollapse )
I probably should't be surprised at how little I read in 2014, with intern year and a baby, but I am. I tend to read every night for at least 1-2 hours, but I suppose the bulk of that reading has been on the internet, which I don't really catalogue.
Anyway, I am *so* behind the times anymore, but here are my favorites from 2014:
The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, and Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater.
I realize I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but these were dazzling, inventive, delightful; I love all the characters and the mystery and the magic and I am beside myself waiting for the next book. Seriously, you have to check these out.
The Perilous Sea - Sherry Thomas.
This is book #2 — read The Burning Sky first. Also incredibly imaginative, with magic and love and danger and girls disguised as boys who are awesome at it (my favorite trope ever).
Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
The book about dragons that I like in spite of not liking books about dragons. And I've just realized, while writing this, that the sequel is out. Did that happen while I was at the hospital? I'm'a go read it.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), and 2014 (32).
( 2015 Book ListCollapse )
I probably should't be surprised at how little I read in 2014, with intern year and a baby, but I am. I tend to read every night for at least 1-2 hours, but I suppose the bulk of that reading has been on the internet, which I don't really catalogue.
Anyway, I am *so* behind the times anymore, but here are my favorites from 2014:
The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, and Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater.
I realize I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but these were dazzling, inventive, delightful; I love all the characters and the mystery and the magic and I am beside myself waiting for the next book. Seriously, you have to check these out.
The Perilous Sea - Sherry Thomas.
This is book #2 — read The Burning Sky first. Also incredibly imaginative, with magic and love and danger and girls disguised as boys who are awesome at it (my favorite trope ever).
Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
The book about dragons that I like in spite of not liking books about dragons. And I've just realized, while writing this, that the sequel is out. Did that happen while I was at the hospital? I'm'a go read it.
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), 2012 (48), 2013 (43), and 2014 (32).
This year, by god, I will read me some books! Though the first few are pamphlet-y humor things.
( 2014 BooksCollapse )
Last year was pretty dismal — I read only 15ish books from Jan-Oct, half of which were the Wheel of Time. That’s little enough fiction that I was practically missing a chunk of my soul by the time I hit my vacation blocks in November. Then, over interview season, I joined Scribd and Oyster, the book subscription services that let you read as much as you can manage for about $8-9/month and work for iPad. It was the text version of the all-you-can-eat buffet; I ended up reading bits and pieces of *gasp* popular/bestsellers (what?!), a slew of light, fun romance novels, and, for real, the most recent 10 or so Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels, which I’d abandoned years ago when the series discarded plot in favor of a sexual montage of progressively larger were-penises. It was AMAZING.
For the record, neither Oyster nor Scribd has much SF/F, though the “documents” area of Scribd helps offset the problem. I recommend the services only if you read a wide range of genres at a rate greater than 2 books/month, and don't mind PDFs of questionable provenance.
I didn’t end up reading as much YA as in a normal year, and the books I did read were mostly sequels or trilogy closers, which I never seem to enjoy as much as the first book. Two novels I did enjoy were:
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black
The Burning Sky - Sherry Thomas
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), and 2012 (48) and 2013 (43).
( 2014 BooksCollapse )
Last year was pretty dismal — I read only 15ish books from Jan-Oct, half of which were the Wheel of Time. That’s little enough fiction that I was practically missing a chunk of my soul by the time I hit my vacation blocks in November. Then, over interview season, I joined Scribd and Oyster, the book subscription services that let you read as much as you can manage for about $8-9/month and work for iPad. It was the text version of the all-you-can-eat buffet; I ended up reading bits and pieces of *gasp* popular/bestsellers (what?!), a slew of light, fun romance novels, and, for real, the most recent 10 or so Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels, which I’d abandoned years ago when the series discarded plot in favor of a sexual montage of progressively larger were-penises. It was AMAZING.
For the record, neither Oyster nor Scribd has much SF/F, though the “documents” area of Scribd helps offset the problem. I recommend the services only if you read a wide range of genres at a rate greater than 2 books/month, and don't mind PDFs of questionable provenance.
I didn’t end up reading as much YA as in a normal year, and the books I did read were mostly sequels or trilogy closers, which I never seem to enjoy as much as the first book. Two novels I did enjoy were:
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Holly Black
The Burning Sky - Sherry Thomas
For my reference, lists from 2007 (59), 2008 (67), 2009 (67), 2010 (40), 2011 (34), and 2012 (48) and 2013 (43).
General Surgery, you canny thing! Winning all my love, but demanding sixteen-hour days for the next five years if we get into a formal relationship? On my feet? I just don't know if I can commit.
Crossing one option off the list? Or should I just accept that I'll be putting in sixteen-hour days in any residency, and suck it up? There's nothing quite like surgery. Life needs a scalpel and Bovie in it! I want to see all the kinds of surgeries that exist before I make up my mind, but I don't have that kind of time.
Sticking to subspecialties, as planned? Jumping ship for general? I'm so torn.
Crossing one option off the list? Or should I just accept that I'll be putting in sixteen-hour days in any residency, and suck it up? There's nothing quite like surgery. Life needs a scalpel and Bovie in it! I want to see all the kinds of surgeries that exist before I make up my mind, but I don't have that kind of time.
Sticking to subspecialties, as planned? Jumping ship for general? I'm so torn.
Today I circumcised a little newborn baby! It turned out *perfectly.* I am a baby-delivering, infant-penis-chopping MACHINE.
YEAH!
YEAH!
2.5 weeks and 800 questions later, I finally encountered a UWorld pharmacology question where I knew what all seven drug answer choices did! It's an effing miracle.
My life is very boring these days if I am posting about cardiac pathology at 7:30 on a Sunday morning.
ETA: There is a guy at the coffee shop where I am working whose voice is so piercing that a white noise generator set at a painfully high volume is not enough to drown him out. I wish the library opened earlier than 10:00 a.m. on Sundays...
My life is very boring these days if I am posting about cardiac pathology at 7:30 on a Sunday morning.
ETA: There is a guy at the coffee shop where I am working whose voice is so piercing that a white noise generator set at a painfully high volume is not enough to drown him out. I wish the library opened earlier than 10:00 a.m. on Sundays...
Supervillain karaoke: Voulez-vous coucher avec MWA HA HA -- ce soir?
- Current Mood:I don't even
- Current Music:lady marmalade
I am sitting in my second-to-last lecture of second year. Today is our last day of lecture. My pre-clinical years are over (except for the USMLE)!
Where does the time go??
Where does the time go??
