Ok. So. I didn't get the job. I was numb and then had to put on a good front because I learned about it yesterday morning at work. I got home, had a little cry, had a little wine, sung along with Jesus Christ Superstar (for 45, I still can belt it, if I do say so myself), watched the debate and got mad at it, and then watched The Voice. Life is moving on.
The debate last night: sigh. Obama could only improve upon his previous performance so he would look better this time. Romney I think won it overall but left some openings on the table. The moderator, per usual was incredibly biased and Obama flagrantly ran to her for help when the going got tough on him. The polls are looking good.
At work, I've been training a new temp and she is picking things up very fast. It's at the same time kinda amazing freaky but also a relief because it means she will get to the point of going solo much sooner and I can get my privacy/space back in my own cubicle. Yes, I'm selfish.
One bright spot yesterday was that the long-awaited THE TWELVE by Justin Cronin was waiting for me. Woot a woot!! Here is a description:
The end of the world was only the beginning..
In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with . . .In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights. One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price
Published in October 2012, it has 592 pages. Named one of the Ten Best Novels of the Year by Time and Library Journal, and one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post • Esquire • U.S. News & World Report • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Steve is off shooting tonight. I'm doing some catch up on news of the day and I haven't even had a chance to read my WSJ for a couple days. I'm also doing some nonfiction research reading but I also have this fabulous new one to read too. Going to have to give up sleep or something. What a terrible problem to have, I know.
Have a good evening....
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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