Have you read this book, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson? I can’t believe it took me this long to pick it up. Well, actually, I can believe it, because I don’t always gravitate toward contemporary realistic fiction. But Anderson is an exception – and this book proves just how narrow and ill-fitting that descriptive can be. It may be a very serious, realistic subject, but the words are mesmerizing, terrifying, magical. Loved it.

Here’s another book that inspired me – yes, that’s right, my obsession has lead me to read a 400 page book about David Bowie, and I enjoyed every moment of it. I have another book about him sitting on my to-read pile right now. There is something comforting about reading about the creative struggles and triumphs of someone I so thoroughly admire. Plus, there are photos! I’ve also been listening to all of his albums in order. My favorite changes on a daily basis, but I will say this: I have been dreaming the songs from “Station to Station” – especially the title track. That song has apparently hijacked a synapse of it’s own in my brain.

Also reading various stuff about getting organized and meditation and all that good stuff. And recipes! It’s that time of year for warm yummy cozy recipes! It’s the theme of the holiday card at GSLIS and I get to collect all the submissions, so that’s pretty awesome. Speaking of GSLIS, the book club is reading The King’s Rose and I’ll get to chat with them later this month.

In event news, I’m visiting the Worcester Public Library during Teen Reads Week, next Wednesday at 6 p.m. Other than that my goals will be to get back to writing and create some reasonable expectations of what I might accomplish. In the meantime, enjoy this clip. There are few things I love more than when things I love are suddenly combined in unexpected ways. When that google commercial featured the Muppets singing “Under Pressure” and Beaker sang the Bowie part, I cried a little bit. So here’s another “world’s colliding” treat, for fans of Labyrinth…and Amanda Palmer.