Tales from the Tigerfort

I seem to have only posted twice in the last three-and-a-bit months. Oops. Nonetheless, we ait'n't dead.

What's happened here in the meantime? Well, not very much, really. I finally got my knee scanned in early December, and am now awaiting a triage appointment with the relevant surgical department (torn cartilage and cysts that may be pressing on things). In the meantime I continue to sit around too much, eat too much, not get enough exercise, and have concerns about my slowly-but-steadily rising weight and blood pressure.

Resolutions-wise, I obviously didn't manage weekly postings in November or December. I also still didn't post my new-book-lists for 2011 or 2012 (to which I can now add 2013). However, I didn't buy any second-hand books, either, so at least that one went pretty well. I'm planning to try and retain that habit, and return to weekly posting, this year. I'm also going to make an attempt to get back up to reading two new books each week (I managed 55 in 2013, well down from the previous couple of years). While I'm about it, I'll continue to try to ensure that an acceptable proportion of those books have female authors. (Of 2013's 55, 27 had female solo-authors, two were co-written by a husband and wife team, and there was one mostly-male anthology with a couple of stories by women in it; near enough exactly half.)

Um, it seems to be nearly July, and thus about time for the next assessment of how well I'm keeping up with these:

1) I was doing alright on the DW/LJ posting front until about the end of April, when it all went a bit whoops. There were only two posts in May; this is the third in June, but the first two were on the same day. I'll try to do better, guvnor.

2) Nope, still not posted either of those. Must work harder.

3) I think I've bought a total of about eight or nine second-hand books since February. All but two of those are by dead people (and unavailable new), thus allowed. One of the other two is by John Scalzi (possible pass[a]), and the other is a copy of the "author's preferred text" of Neverwhere, for comparison with the copy I bought new back when it first came out. I have been reading lots from the library, however. Definitely a tick next to this one.

3a) I've only disposed of a couple of books since the big batch in February, but I have sorted out another (more modest) pile to be listed and passed on.

[a] Scalzi is no Rowling, financially, but is a NYT bestseller, and would probably approve of the idea of giving money to the poorest authors first

Sorry, revsolutions. Normally I don't really bother with these, but lets see how these work out, OK? ( They're not exactly huge life changes in any case. )