With the end of clinicals in sight, all I'm trying to do is to survive and get all my stuff signed off. A mere 10 days remain, and then I'll truly get a break.
So I started reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, the first book in the series. I was browsing on the internet, and read a lot of good things about it, even though it was a young adult romance novel. There was a comment somewhere that compared it to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Since I didn't have much to do I decided that reading it would at least numb the boredom of clinicals.
So I started reading it only knowing that it was a romance between a human and a vampire. I've read about just past halfway, and so far my reaction to the book is a meh. The book is like pure chick-lit. I don't think the characters are very well done, and the plot is so far non-existent. The only thing it does well is the whole 'dark, forbidden romance' between the two characters. Well it actually does that very well, but besides that it's pretty meh overall.
One of my acquaintances was somewhat surprised that I was reading it and even more surprised that I thought the romance was done well. I have nothing against romance done well. I do have a problem with romance done shit, because it usually extends to the author's shit writing. For this book, the overall writing is borderline between good and bad. At times, it rises about the material and almost reaches the sunlit levels of fantastic writing. Then it flirts with what reads like a fan fiction story, like the ones where fans pair two characters who don't suit each other and in process almost completely rewriting the character.
I'll finish the book off, since it's a personal rule that once I start reading a book, that I must finish it, not matter how terrible it is.
Other than that, there nothing much going on. I really want a new computer since my current one is getting slower, and occasionally just reboots out of the cold and then carries on like nothing major happened. Of course, with the Aussie dollar gone to the shits, and it highly unlikely to shoot to record highs before Christmas (I'm going out on a limb here, since the finer details of economics escape me) I might just have to settle for the PC and hold off on a new monitor. I've been using a 22" widescreen monitor at the clinical, and I marvel at its ability to have two A4 documents open at the same time. Would be nice for assignments. Or maybe I should just get a 19" non-widescreen. Hmmm...the decisions....
I don't think I'll be leaving the house unless I have a real good reason to lol. There's still a NYE party with friends, and I might just venture out on Boxing Day. I do need some new books. I could probably get copies of the net, but there something...comforting...about holding a book in your hands. It makes the story seem more real, if that makes any sense.
