I have a stack of books. Those who know me will wonder what I am talking about, as stacks of books are not exactly in short supply around my place. However, what I have is a stack of unread books. This is not so usual lately. I have taken up Booksfree, after all, and they only send you two books at a time. I have also been conscientiously buying only books that I Need (I am not prepared to defend my definition of “need” here), so I only have a couple of unread books at a time nowadays.
However, Booksfree and I have gotten out of sync, so I got two packages from them on the same day. And it happened that on that day I had bought my Book Club book, plus another lighter novel because the Book Club book looked so deeply depressing that I thought I might need a relief book in order to get through it.
So I ended up with six unread books on my nightstand. Such a feeling of luxury!
And good timing, as it happened, because I have a cold. It is also raining. If you are going to have a cold, it is an excellent plan to have it when it is raining and you have a nice stack of assorted paperbacks. I also had a visit from the Schwan’s man, so overall, this cold is about as convenient as a cold could be.
I did sandwich up my quilt and begin quilting it, by the way, but it is still too hot for quilting, so I did not get very far. Also, I am too weak to hold up the hoop. Fortunately, I have Brooklyn to fall back on. I have completed both fronts (and did end up with a right and a left) and have begun the sleeves. This is not Sleeve Island, though, as the sleeves are more complex than the back or the fronts.
But mostly I am lying around reading and feeling sorry for myself. Or as sorry for myself as a person who has a home and a job and knows her family are all safe decently can.
Hey enjoy being in bed with a cold – no need to feel guilty about dozing and reading. And it is particularly nice dozing when it’s raining outside. (You actually get rain over there?)
We have Harlequin over here too, same type of books, different publishers. I actually sent off a partial manuscript to Mills and Boon in my pre-master’s days, when I was considering writing as a job option. They sent it back (didn’t fit the formula – must have only 2 main characters, strict word limit, strict plot rhythm) but also asked me to write another more to formula and send it in. Never did, I don’t really like romance novels and you can’t do a good job of writing for a genre that you don’t much like. Still it was a very interesting writing exercise.