Jun. 30th, 2015

graculus: (olivia)
Still waiting on final details of my classes for September, but I'm keeping 'my' evening class, along with picking up something else (as yet still to be confirmed). Instead of 3 evenings, I'm going to be teaching slightly longer for 2, as I'll be at college myself on the Wednesday. Still, even if I don't get anything else consistent, I've survived so far and there's always cover and exams hours to pick up.

Speaking of exams, my students have done me proud. We usually do exams in all three terms but since I only took over the class in January, I'd put a hold on everything till this term. That gave me a chance to see where everyone was at, get them all lots of practice at what they needed to be able to do and also catch up the new folks. We have rolling admission, so people can join any time of the year (if there's room in a particular class) and that means going over everything on the curriculum more than once throughout the year. I've got a couple of folks re-taking one of the exams next week, after very narrowly failing, but if they pass I will have pushed a significant majority of my class up to the next level. And now some of them are going 'but what classes are you teaching in September?'. ;)

I'm picking up some mandatory training next month, as well as (hopefully) resits for the university in August, but that's pretty much it in terms of work till September. So I've decided that it's time for a major sort-out of the house, including the dreaded cupboard under the stairs. *shudders* This is not a task that fills me with joy, but it definitely needs doing - I've just recycled about 5 years' worth of carrier bags, as well as getting rid of broken electrical items that had been lurking in various cupboards. All sorts of minor domestic chores need doing and, if I'm not working, I don't really have an excuse for not doing them except for 'I can't be bothered'.

Being an adult sucks. :P
graculus: (porn)
I'm reading a lot of books this year. This should come as no surprise to anyone at all.

I've signed up for the book challenge over on Booklikes and Goodreads, though I'm actually posting reviews of some of what I'm reading on Booklikes if anyone is interested... Anyway, 100 books and I've read 62 so far. This does not include books I started but didn't finish, but does include some graphic novels (which you may feel is cheating?)

Best books this year (so far) have been:

  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin
  • All of the Vorkosigan books (I'm up to A Civil Campaign) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Redemption in Indigo and The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
  • The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
  • The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
  • The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan
  • Fever Season and A Free Man of Colour by Barbara Hambly
  • City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Range of Ghosts and Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
  • The Humans by Matt Haig
  • Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
  • Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
  • Feast of Souls by CS Friedman

    The more perceptive among you may realise that many of these books are the first in a series or trilogy, which means I have lots more (hopefully equally good) reading ahead of me! :)
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