Two and a half hours of sleep is not enough.

I meant to go to sleep at 12:30. I did! Really, I did. But, well, I was reading Kushiel's Chosen and I just couldn't stop. Apparently, I am unable to read any of Jacqueline Carey's books in more than one sitting. I had read Kushiel's Dart that way, also. It was a Sunday and it was completely dead at the store, and I wasn't going to school the next day, so I read at work, practically non-stop, and continued on (I probably read while I ate dinner) until 5:15 am Monday morning! And I seriously doubt if I would have stopped even if I was going to classes the next day.

So last night, I was reading. Angelica called at 11:30, which surprised me 'cause she usually doesn't call to talk that late. And I told her that I was going to go to sleep after I read a little more. And I really meant to. But it just didn't work out that way. I ended up not being able to stop reading, and so I finished the book at 4am! But, I have to say, it was definitely worth it. It wasn't as good as the first one, but it certainly was entertaining. And there are way too many unanswered questions, and unfiinished business, for there not to be a third book.

Let's see… if the first book came out in hardcover in June 2001, and the paperback version in March 2002, and the second hardcover came out in April 2002, then the paperback version of that should be out in January 2003 and the next hardcover should be out in February 2003. Hopefully both the author and the publisher will stick to this schedule. I'm not exactly dying to read the next book, it isn't that amazing. But I am looking forward to the next one with eager anticipation.

::scratch scratch::

Last week I had nothing to read. Not a thing! I'd finished all the books that I had, and I was waiting for my holds at the library to be filled. And in the meanwhile, there was really nothing out/coming out at Barnes & Noble or other bookstores that I was interested in buying, or even reading there. And then on Wednesday, I think it was, I noticed that my nails had grown longer and I hadn't bitten any of them down to the quick!

WTF?!

Yes, I am an incessant nail-biter. I can't help myself. (Shhh, don't tell anyone, but I have a major oral fixation.) Anyway, putting two and two together, a light immediately binged over my head. The reason (one of them, anyway, but possibly the most major) I bite my nails is that when I read, I get all into the book and I bite my nails because of the anxiety/anticipation factor. ::smacks self upside head:: Of all the silly things.... but anyway, since I had nothing to read last week, my nails grew and I didn't bite them. Right now they aren't even past the top of my finger, but they're much longer than they've been in years. I think the last time they went just past the top of my finger, it was Junior High... somewhere between 7th and 8th grades.

I am astonished at myself. I don't know how long this will last (I actually like biting my nails, okay?), but for now I am content with the novelty of it.

Maybe I should take a photo?