January Wrap-Up and February TBR

Ok, is it just me, or is this year FLYING by? I swear, it was just Christmas and now it's the middle of February?  No. Stop.

That said, I'm behind. I know I'm behind. I know that this is, what, the third month in a row that I'm behind on my wrap-ups and TBR lists?  So this month things are going to be different. I've overextended myself and I'm going to attempt to simplify.

In the last few months both my book reviewing commitments and my yarn-dyeing business kind of started blowing up all at once. Funny how that works, isn't it? One day you have all the time in the world, the next you have 10 books to read by the end of the month (and you don't want to blow it because you want the publisher to take you seriously the next time around) and you have shop commitments you hadn't anticipated. Yarn dyeing takes a lot of time y'all.

Plus there's my day job which I won't talk much about here except to say that it's about 4 times more stressful than it needs to be. So that's awesome.

All that, coupled with some health problems over the last year have led to one very stressed out blogger.

I'm getting better though. I'm making a dent in my to-do lists, I've applied for another (lower stress) position inside my current company, and my health issues are getting better by the day. This week I finally feel like I can catch my breath and as though all those commitments aren't quite the chore that they have been. Now the key is to not overload myself again!

So. Despite the title of this post, there is no January wrap-up other than to say that I finished all the original Oz books and have now moved on to finally (!) reading The Count of Monte Cristo. It's been on my TBR list for.ev.er. and I'm always a little embarrassed to admit I haven't read it yet.

February's TBR is that I'm working through a pile of books to review - most are due to publish in early March, so those reviews are coming soon. I managed to get to the library tonight for the first time in a long time and picked up Did You Ever Have a Family and Before I Fall; both of which I have been assured I will either love or hate.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to snuggle up in bed with an advance copy of Peter Straub's new short story collection. It's called Interior Darkness and it comes out tomorrow, February 16. I hope you'll check it out. It looks like it's going to be a good one.