Sunday, 13 January 2013

Am I Still Ill?

Ladies and Gentlemen, this blog is brought to you - late and without the usual plethora of links - by what Janet Reid is calling The Galloping Crud and what Maureen Johnson calls the Plague of 2013.

All this is happening on Twitter, which I access on my iPod; about the only thing I'm strong enough to hold up. Seriously. Couldn't even raise a book until last night. Been watching a lot of Big Bang Theory and Frasier reruns.

I apologise for my continued absence in comments and on your blogs, and hope I'll be back in top form soon - and that none of you that hasn't already done so (in which case I extend chicken soup) catches this terribleness. Stay hydrated!


24 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I'm sorry you've been sick! Seems everyone has had the flu lately. Get better!

DL Hammons said...

Feel better soon!! :)

J.L. Murphey said...

Deniz, I can relate. Been suffering with this stuff for over two weeks.

Feel better soon. You are missed.

Zan Marie said...

Get well, Deniz! We all understand.

Sarah McCabe said...

I totally sympathize. I've been consistently sick since before Christmas. It really is like some mutating plague, every time I think I'm getting better the next day a new symptom shows up and makes everything worse. As a fantasy writer, I naturally have to assume there's some malevolent force behind it whose goal is to keep me from accomplishing anything while my household descends into chaos. It's out there somewhere... watching and laughing. All I need to do is find some sort of magic talisman so that I can defeat it, hopefully my new antibiotics count.

Suze said...

Feel better, Deniz.

Anne Gallagher said...

I hope you feel better soon.

S.P. Bowers said...

So sorry you feel so bad. I wish I lived close enough to bring you soup and tempting breads. Rest, and get better soon.

Jeremy Bates said...

Glad I left the U.S. before that bug got around to us on the left coast. I hope you get well soon! Hmmm, Seinfeld reruns might hasten your recovery. Cheers!

Lara said...

Sorry to hear you're sick--feel better soon!

Trisha said...

Blerrrgh, you poor thing! Hope you feel better soon. *hug*

Jamie Gibbs said...

Hope you're feeling better, Deniz! We'll be here with a cup of tea should you need us :)

Jamie

Michael Di Gesu said...

Feel better, Deniz.... I was wondering where you've been.

Take your time and HEAL... We want to up an well soon!

Take care,

Michael

Linda G. said...

I hope you feel better soon! :)

nutschell said...

Feel better soon! Drink lots of water and eat lots of chicken soup.:)

Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com

LR said...

That sucks. Hope it's gone soon! ;)

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Deniz .. I feel for you .. mine has almost gone after going into the fourth week - I started feeling better a week ago .. and today definitely more so ..

Look after yourself - chicken soup and lots of water answered my health prayers too ...

Cheers and get better soon - Hilary

Deniz Bevan said...

Aww, thanks everyone! I'd hug you back, but, you know...
Bread sounds lovely Sara - I haven't had bread or coffee in five days!
If I find a talisman I'll pass it on, Sarah. I hope the malevolence is countered by something awesome soon!

Neurotic Workaholic said...

The Big Bang Theory is a good way to make yourself feel better, because that cast is hilarious. My favorite is Sheldon because of how he takes everything so literally. I also love Frasier because he's so obsessive and neurotic; practically every episode is about another one of his obsessions. I hope that you do feel better soon!

Deniz Bevan said...

I agree! Love that episode where Sheldon's trying to teach Penny physics. The most recent Frasier I saw was the one where he's dating the supermodel but no one'll believe him because they keep crossing paths. And I got to see the Seinfeld BO episode - the Beast! There may or may not have been some Night Court as well...

Al said...

get well soon

Medeia Sharif said...

Get well soon!

I've had a lingering cough. It's abnormal. Sometimes I feel like I'll choke on the cruddy stuff.

I hope 2013 is a healthier year for everyone and that this plague goes away.

alberta ross said...

keep looking after yourself - Frasier well known aid to recovery:)
keep warm, keep rested.

Deniz Bevan said...

Thanks Al, Medeia and alberta! It's so nice to be back to normal.

Books I'm Reading and Finished Books

  • Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
  • The Return of the Shadow - Book 6 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • ***Reading At Intervals***
  • Stories in Words by C S Lewis
  • Poison by Bridget Zinn
  • Medieval Comic Tales (Folio Society edition)
  • Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  • Lessons for a Sunday Father by Claire Calman
  • Shadow Show (Anthology in Honour of Ray Bradbury, including Neil Gaiman!)
  • Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
  • The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  • Warriors (anthology) edited by George R. R. Martin and G. Dozois (featuring a new Lord John story by Diana Gabaldon)
  • The Jerusalem Bible
  • ***Finished Books***
  • Acquainted With the Night by Rober Frost (read by Amanda Palmer) (here: http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20120510/)
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread)
  • Star Trek Book of Opposites (board book)
  • Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch
  • Causeries: l'Etat Civil du Comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (essay)
  • Le Comte de Monte-Cristo par Alexandre Dumas
  • About the B'nai Bagels by E. L. Konigsburg
  • Parragon's Encyclopedia of Animals a Family Reference Guide (skimmed)
  • Throwing Shadows by E. L. Konigsburg
  • The Devil on the Staircase by Joe Hill (short story)
  • Horns by Joe Hill
  • Altogether One at a Time by E. L. Konigsburg
  • Orders From Berlin by Simon Tolkien
  • The King of Diamonds by Simon Tolkien
  • Quick Fix by Linda Grimes (arc!)
  • Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys
  • The Lost Road - Book 5 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • The Roots of Betrayal by James Forrester
  • Leaf by Niggle by J. R. R. Tolkien (short story) (reread)
  • The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  • Sandman: Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
  • secret beta read!
  • An Easter Walk by Zan Marie Steadham (reread)
  • Celtic Myths and Legends by Mike Dixon-Kennedy (reread) (skimmed)
  • Rainy Days with Bear by Maureen Hull
  • Down to a Sunless Sea by Neil Gaiman (short story) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/22/down-sunless-sea-neil-gaiman-short-story)
  • Sandman: Prologues and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, the Music edition
  • The Circus by Emma Trevayne (short story) (http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-circus-by-emma-trevayne.html)
  • Ghost Stories of Canada (compilation) (read a few)
  • Red Shoes and Doll Parts by Claire Legrand (short story (available at: http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/02/red-shoes-and-doll-parts-by-claire.html)
  • In A Fix by Linda Grimes
  • A Calendar of Tales by Neil Gaiman
  • It Came from the Far Side by Gary Larson
  • Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle
  • Mary Ann Alice by Brian Doyle (so sweet! I wish there was a sequel)
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers by Stephen King (short story) (reread)
  • Celtic Myths and Legends by (forgot) (skimmed)
  • Night Surf by Stephen King (short story) (reread)
  • On This Day I Complete My Thirty-sixth Year by Lord Byron (poem)
  • 11/22/63 by Stephen King (brilliant)
  • When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak
  • All My Life Before Me - the diary of C. S. Lewis (finally! after 15 years!)
  • The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
  • The Cake Made Out of Teeth by Claire Legrand (short story) (READ IT! Here: http://the-cabinet-of-curiosities.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-cake-made-out-of-teeth-by-claire.html)
  • Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey (wonderful!)
  • Real Mermaids Don't Need High Heels by Helene Boudreau (ARC)
  • The Great Explorers (Folio Society edition) (skimmed)
  • The Shaping of Middle-Earth - Book 4 in the History of Middle Earth series by Christopher Tolkien and J R R Tolkien (reread)
  • Medieval Civilisation by Jacques le Goff (skimmed)
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (sooo many questions!)
  • Highland Moonlight by Teresa J. Reasor (skimmed very fast)
  • Not So Funny When It Happened (a travel humour anthology; I read a few of the essays, specifically by Douglas Adams, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, Anne Lamott, etc.)
  • Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (reread)
  • Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (reread)
  • The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • Emerson (bits and pieces of his essays on his travels through England and Scotland; read aloud to me)
  • The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
  • Old Man's War by John Scalzi
  • The Cove by Ron Rash
  • see the 2012 list and statistics here http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/12/the-hobbit-review-and-year-end-books.html
  • see the 2011 statistics on http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/01/books-read-in-2011-statistics-fourth.html
  • see the 2011 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.ca/2012/01/books-read-in-2011.html
  • see the 2010 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-in-2010-listed-here.html
  • see the 2009 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-ii.html
  • also in 2009 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2009/12/books-read-in-2009-part-iv.html
  • see the 2008 list at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-ii.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-vi.html
  • also in 2008 at http://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-read-in-2008-part-iv.html