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'They cried, La Belle Dame Sans Merci hath thee in thrall.' Meaning the vampire Torontonian lurgey that's been going the rounds this last month finally got me on Thursday. It's still in the headache and malaise state; I think I shall be positively relieved when it turns into the faucet nose and cough.
Have worked in daycare for almost 30 years and was flattering myself that I'd actually developed some resistance finally. Hubris. Am still convinced that if I hadn't had four early mornings out of five I'd still be well.
However since I feel lousy, I can feel no lousier-- well, not much lousier-- decreasing the pile of To Be Reads. Grimly ploughed through a Jane Austen mystery yesterday. Am grimly ploughing through an Aristotle, Detective mystery today. Am not enjoying it at all except that it passes the time and makes room on the shelves.
And then I went back to my reread of The Fifth Elephant. And suddenly am reminded of why it is one reads books. Pleasure, amusement, and the creative use of language. Is that really so hard?
(Walked to the super this aft. The high today is 18, mid-60s, People had their air conditioners on. I won't say, The fools, because I know *why* they had the AC on. They live in houses with those sliding glass panes at the bottom of the windows that gives you an opening as big as a standard letter-size piece of paper. You can't even use a window fan with those. And they're flipping everywhere. Someone has a real vendetta against the notion of fresh air.)
Have worked in daycare for almost 30 years and was flattering myself that I'd actually developed some resistance finally. Hubris. Am still convinced that if I hadn't had four early mornings out of five I'd still be well.
However since I feel lousy, I can feel no lousier-- well, not much lousier-- decreasing the pile of To Be Reads. Grimly ploughed through a Jane Austen mystery yesterday. Am grimly ploughing through an Aristotle, Detective mystery today. Am not enjoying it at all except that it passes the time and makes room on the shelves.
And then I went back to my reread of The Fifth Elephant. And suddenly am reminded of why it is one reads books. Pleasure, amusement, and the creative use of language. Is that really so hard?
(Walked to the super this aft. The high today is 18, mid-60s, People had their air conditioners on. I won't say, The fools, because I know *why* they had the AC on. They live in houses with those sliding glass panes at the bottom of the windows that gives you an opening as big as a standard letter-size piece of paper. You can't even use a window fan with those. And they're flipping everywhere. Someone has a real vendetta against the notion of fresh air.)
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Get better soon.
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I've been down most of the day with nausea and a headache that makes me want to cut my own head off to escape the pain.
mmmm Fifth Elephant... I need to read that one again. I've only read it once.
I hope you feel better soon! *hugs*
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Some recent books that you might like (and do not tax the brain) are:
The Black Tower (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Tower-Louis-Bayard/dp/0061173509/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045410&sr=1-1) (an excellent mystery set in restoration period France, by the same author who wrote Mr. Timothy (http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Timothy-Novel-Louis-Bayard/dp/0060534222/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045505&sr=1-3), a mystery about a grown-up Tiny Tim, and The Pale Blue Eye (http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Eye-Novel-P-S/dp/0060733985/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045505&sr=1-2), a mystery set at West Point while Edgar Allan Poe was still a cadet. All three are good reads, but I just finished The Black Tower, and thought it was great.
Foundling (http://www.amazon.com/Foundling-Monster-Blood-Tattoo-Book/dp/0142409138/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045144&sr=8-1) (and the second in the trilogy, Lamplighter.) Good YA fantasy with a rich setting and excellent characters.
Larklight (http://www.amazon.com/Larklight-Rousing-Dauntless-Farthest-Reaches/dp/1599901455/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045195&sr=8-1) (and its sequel Starcross. The third is coming out next month.) Very fun stories set in a AU-Victorian space time.
Some Danger Involved (http://www.amazon.com/Some-Danger-Involved-Will-Thomas/dp/0743256190/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222045673&sr=1-1) - a good mystery with a Holmes-like solver and his young assistant. I thought the first book was a lot of fun, but the second (To Kingdom Come) seemed to have more of those male-fantasy bits that made me roll my eyes a little. (Like, I really enjoyed the Janissary Tree, but it was hilarious when Yashim came upon the hot Russian ambassador's wife who was nekkid except for the furs she was covered up with. And then the flirtation he had with whats-her-name in the sequel, The Snake Stone. I was all, "C'mon. Isn't she looking for her husband???"
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Oh lord yes. The one in The Janissary Tree was painful and giggle-making by turns. Guy, if eunuchs can get it up several times a night, there's no point in making them eunuchs, now is there?
Thanks for the recs. Shall check out the library system.
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