DYRC19 March: The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow

Yes, I'm well aware that not only is March over but April is nearly over as well, lol.  Shit happens.  I did finish the book though, uphill battle though it was, so let's get to it!

Soooooo.  The theme for March was Science and Technology.  I am not a science person, really (try as I might, that's not how my brain works), so I looked through goodreads for something that would fit the theme but also be kind of fun.  This book was described by a  lot of reviewers as  being humorous and irreverent in its approach to discussing statistics, probability, and randomness.  Would I agree with that assessment?  Yes and no.

There was nothing wrong, in my limited understanding, with the information in the book.  And it wasn't poorly delivered.  There wasn't anything wrong with the style.  But the fact that this is not a subject that interests me made this a hard book to get through.  It was good, but honestly not for me.

I didn't post a review to goodreads for this book, however you should just... follow me on goodreads anyways, lol.

I read this book between March 27th and April 26th.  Part of that was the fact that I've been busy with work and life, the other part of it is the fact that it's not really a book I was enjoying.

Would I recommend this book?  Unless this is a subject you really enjoy, no.

i'm trying dude

I'm not even halfway through my March book, lol.  I'm trying really hard though.  It's a little dry, so I'm reading slower... plus I don't have as much free time as I used to.  As it is, I come home and just... crash.  Even if I don't go to sleep (I honestly usually don't get to sleep until night no matter what time I have to get up) I just like... sit around with no energy, lol. I'll get used to my schedule and be a little more normal, I think.  Eventually.  I really want to manage to finish the March book and then get April knocked out too.

Merry Misfits Book Club: March: The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

Yes, I know it is already April.  Life has been kicking my ass, sue me, lol.  Anyways, the theme for March was a good book to read while it's raining.  I like that, nice and broad... but since I'm a dumbass, I saw the theme for another group's monthly discussion and got my wires crossed, so I spent most of the month thinking the theme was lore.  I was planning to read the first Percy Jackson book, even got a beautiful illustrated copy of it from the library, but since I didn't have time to get to it and it turned out not to be necessary for the theme (but I'll still make a post on it if I do get around to reading it... I really want to) I turned it back in to the library after not being able to renew it.  Just picked something else because improvising!  Anyways, as you all know, I love Disney.  On a whim, I bought a copy of The Adventures of Mickey Mouse for $4.  Somehow it became my March book, lol.

This is a 1978 reprint of a children's book from 1931.  I thought it was going to just be like a quick little story book, but it's over 100 pages (although there are illustrations on each one) because it actually combines three vintage story books in one, and the last one was a chapter book.  The Mickey in this book is very different from the character we see in more modern Mickey cartoons.  He's almost like a little farm boy, and he's very adventurous and enterprising.  It's kind of a cross between his depiction in the early black and white Mickey shorts and the way Floyd Gottfredson wrote him in the comics.  The most memorable thing about this book, though, is the charming art work.  That alone makes this worth the price of admission for any Disney fan.

My goodreads review this month is very brief but like... what more could I really say? Lol.  Just follow me on goodreads.

Started this book on March 31st and finished on April 1st.  Quick read.

Would I recommend this book?  If you're a Disney fan, sure.  Otherwise, probably not.  Actually, you need to be a Disney fan who likes kids books.

so about march...

You may have noticed I didn't post about either of my March books.  That is because March was a hell of a month.  I may have mentioned before that my mom was in the hospital... well, she ended up being transferred to a skilled nursing facility out of town.  I doubled my efforts in my job search and finally got hired somewhere, and I started training for the new job last week.  I've been going in at 6 AM (which is an hour so early it should be illegal), but I won't know my regular hours until I finish training.  The time between my mom going to the facility and me getting the job, I've spent that time trying to clean the place up and hopefully get it set up for when she comes home.  I don't know if she will come home... now that I'm going to be out of the house I don't know if I'll be able to get someone to come in and look after her when I'm not here.  It's a lot.  It's stressful.  Anyways, none of that is what I wanted to post about... I wanted to say that I didn't finish one of my March books because I was too busy, and the other book I just... didn't read it and picked something else at the last minute.  So I finished one this morning (and I'll post about it soon) and I'm gonna really try to get that other one read as soon as I can.  I'm trying, guys.  Life.................. chugs on.