Today (I kept lookout in the marram grass, U-boats on the skyline, commandos at the pass)

I read and reviewed a book. I asked three interview questions. I sent one interview query. I got my supervisor's blessing to write an abstract for this conference. (I'm still not sure what I'm writing the abstract on, but details! Details!) I exchanged actual spoken words with other humans, including my supervisor. I wrote 150 words on my thesis, and feel I may possibly be beginning to reacquire momentum. I ran 0.5 miles and exercise biked 5.5km. I bench-pressed 3x12 18kg. I bicep curled 3x5 20kg. I queried the status of poems on submission.

I drank too much diet Coke and ate too much chocolate. Working on healthier habits = hard.

So I didn't really do all that much today.

Books 2012: have you seen my TBR pile?

Books 2012: 166-167


166. Jack Campbell, The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight. Ace, 2012. ARC courtesy of Tor.com.

Review will appear at Tor.com when the book is out. It is like his other books. I enjoyed it. Space opera go boom.


167. Adam Christopher, Seven Wonders. Angry Robot, 2012.

Superhero story. Must review for Strange Horizons. The more I think about it, the less I like it. It is glittering and shallow.