Aurora Dimitre's Books and Rambling

Not fast but well is my general feeling on it. I haven't bought any books that I haven't earned; I've got a whole convoluted system for this just like I've got a whole convoluted system for everything . My goal is to get it under 900 by the end of the year, which doesn't sound like that lofty of a goal until you realize that I started at 964 and while I'm not buying a lot of books I'm still buying a few books. March was a huge month for me, reading-wise. I finished War and Peace and proceeded to plow my way through eighteen other books that month. April's a little more conservative--I'm at nine, and while I bet I could finish The Institute before the end of the day, I don't think I'm going to go for it. Nine is an all right number for me. Based on my restrictions, I can buy three books this month. Don't try to figure out how many books I need to read to buy one because it is completely random book-by-book, any number between one and fiv...

It was February 16th the last time I ordered. I'd just filmed my top 2019 books/movies/album, and was feeling the need for some more Clive Barker--this was before I started my book buying restrictions, so I bought a lot of four Clive Barker books. Then I didn't touch eBay for two and a half months. We're in a weird state right now. Cases are continuing to climb in places like Bismarck and Fargo (mostly Fargo), but the rest of the state is, pretty much, staying steady. One of my coworkers had symptoms back in February, she got two other coworkers sick, and now nobody we work with has gotten it, so we're thinking that probably we just infected the entire town back in February, and maybe that's why the county's not doing so bad? I know you can get it twice, but she had all the symptoms. It's slowed down. The first couple weeks were slow, it started building, came to a crest last week, and last night was slow. Monday is free pop night, and Monday is never sl...

So, I took some books out of the book wall last night. By 'some' I mean, 'a lot', and so--upcoming tbr for... a while, TBH. Dumplin by Julie Murphy I believe I bought this from Wal-Mart around the time the movie was going to be coming out? I have a handful of very hyped YA books from the past couple years hanging around, and I expect this to be a pretty fast read if nothing else. The Institute by Stephen King No, I haven't read The Institute yet. I'm getting there. Sleepless by Lou Morgan This was sent to me by Sarah Hall, who subscribes to my channel and leaves the best comments, always--it's apparently a pretty good YA horror, so I'm pretty pumped for what it's going to bring to the table. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner This is a re-read, I have read the entire Maze Runner trilogy. But I had it in the Wall, and it came up. Out of the Madhouse by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder This is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel. I wat...

NOTE: And another short story from the 'retired' folder! As always--short stories are not my forte. I need to be able to make them novels or I will get bored and make them too short. But this one I don't think turned out too bad? Feat. my usual 'this has a heavy driving' influence that definitely has nothing to do with most of my ideas coming to me while I'm driving. Interested in more short stories/essays/other writings? This page is what you're looking for.