Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry

(no spoiler ahead, don't worry).

Back in the glorious, long-gone days of Christmas Break when I had nothing to do all day except sit on the couch and read books, I finished Audrey Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry in oh, about two days.  DEFINITELY the best book I have read in a lonnnng time.  I read The Time Traveler's Wife so long ago that I can't remember enough details to compare the two books, but I would say if you liked that book you WILL LOVE this one.  It doesn't really fit into a specific genre; part ghost story, part love story, part life-contemplation.  Niffenegger has an amazing gift in making a non-realistic fantasy situation seem completely believable and never cheesy, and she is an all-around amazingly talented writer.  I rarely get sucked into a book deep enough to laugh out loud or actually cry but this book made me do both at certain points.  At the same time, it was serious enough to be entertaining and exciting on a much deeper level than typical popular fiction, but never too depressing that I had a negative reaction to the story (unlike certain movies I have seen recently....ha).  Plus, I am connected to the author by only two or three degrees of separation (or one? I don't know how it works), which I think is COMPLETELY AWESOME and I would probably be starstruck and intimidated if I ever met her.

Overall, a MUST READ for anyone, regardless of whether or not you have read or liked or seen TTTW. Amazing.

(photo source)

Have you read it? What did you think?

Life on Thursday

Today was a rare sunny day

and I took my camera to campus to actually take pictures; I think there are some pretty ones

but

I can't find my little camera cord to upload photos!!!!

did I leave it at home over break????!??

losing things makes me kinda freak out.

ughhhh oh well at least I've got my actual camera.

I am breaking in my new crock*pot by making

granola!

It's delicious so far, I am eating some warm with ice cream and peanut butter chips.

mmmmm

I dumped in

~2.5 cups old fashioned oats

-heaping 1/4 cup coconut

-lots of random nuts from my baking box

-raisins

-cinnamon

-vanilla

-between 1/4 and 1/2 cup canola oil

-and LOTS of honey to stick it together. not measured, just drizzled in.

Mix it all together and cook on HIGH for 1 hour, then LOW for 2 more hours, all the time uncovered, until the granola is dry.

NOMNOMNOM

I'd show a picture but yeah.... :(

so I'll upload one instead

photo

THIS is where I'm headed for the summer!

details to come...

[when I've figured them out]

p.s. my favorite word of the day is drizzle; can you spot it?

craziness

Hello world !
 I have not dropped off the face of the earth; I have just been sucked into life moving 4293847 mph.

I went to Baltimore over the weekend (first time since Halloween, crazy!) and it was an incredible escape from reality.

so warm there it felt like spring

We made chocolate chocolate chip cookies, I watched almost an entire Ravens game (personal football record!), went for sunny walks with chai lattes, had a delicious sushi and cocktail date, people and dog watched, and pretty much loved life.

I seriously fall harder for this guy every. single. time. we are together :)

Oh, and we saw Avatar.

I think I will save my review for another day....