yoga # 67

Yoga this morning. 30 minutes. I really need a longer yoga practice. Also, that class with Barbara last week is making me rethink how I do everything. I need to get to a vinyasa class somewhere to reset myself. Haven't done vinyasa with a teacher in a loooooong time.

books 2009: Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett

This was fun. I haven't read that many Discworld novels, but I picked this one up because of the obvious ancient Egypt connection. It was really entertaining, and I enjoy Pratchett's sense of humor. Still, though, I found myself rushing through some parts to find out what happened. Not that it was slow moving, but still. I don't know that I'll be declaring my Pratchett fandom any time soon, although he's nice on occasion.

books 2009: Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

F and I watched the movie of Howl's Moving Castle not long ago, and F had never read the book, so I made him read it, and then I wanted to read it again. I was surprised at how much of the story in the book I hadn't remembered. I think this time around I was able to detach from the movie a little more and appreciate the story for itself.

I still think Diana Wynne Jones ends her books five pages too soon. I would have liked to see Sophie get more than five minutes of happiness at the end. I finish a Wynne Jones book and have to sit there for a while imagining all the nice things that undoubtedly happen next.

I think it would be a really neat exercise for a teacher to do this book with middle schoolers or high schoolers and then do the movie. In some ways they're the same story, but in other ways they're completely different.