Echo

I finally get to eat! I missed lunch, so I had an early dinner of Fresca, a big, toased French dip sandwich, Doritos, and now I'm enjoying a fudgecicle.

I'm taking a break from The Hound of the Baskervilles and reading Nana by Emile Zola. I'm really enjoying it so far!

I've had a weird couple of days. I ran out of one of my medications on Tuesday, and me being the procrastinator that I am, I just figured I'd be OK and get a new prescription the next day. Nope. I woke up on Wednesday with severe wthdrawal symptoms (dizziness, "brain zaps," feelings of unreality, depersonalization, etc.), so I emailed work that I wouldn't be coming in and contacted my doctor's office. It took all day, but I got my medication, and today I am finally feeling normal again. The this morning, as I was driving the 3 blocks to work, the road where my office is located was closed, so I had to take a huge detour (all the more maddening since this is usually just a 3-minute trip). It turns out the building across the street from us had caught fire, destroying 5 businesses including two restaurants that are favorites with our staff here. I feel terrible for the business owners. Now I'm working like mad prepping some clinical charts for an audit. I've missed lunch, so I'm waiting impatiently until I can go home and eat!!

Hi, SarahSarah! I love your user name, as it's my mom's nickname for me (my middle name is Echo, so Sarah-Sarah is an echo of my first name.....) I love classics, too, and when I get on a "classics kick," I generally move quickly from one to another. Sometimes, it'll be the same author, or a re-read of a favorite, but a lot of time, I'll start reading random books until one sticks. I know, not very helpful!

Hello and welcome!!

Here are my Top 10 Books: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Persuasion by Jane Austen Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

The book that gives me the warmiest fuzzies after reading it is The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim. It's not YA or children's, but it's a beautiful novel and SO comforting.

Sunny and in the 80s. We'll be hitting 90 again this weekend.

I'm currently watching an episode of The Forsyte Saga, which I remember watching years ago. But BF and I are also (FINALLY) in the middle of Season 3 of Game of Thrones.

I'm home from work early due to a migraine, and now I'm trying to watch an episode of The Forsyte Saga. No reading for me until I can bear to focus on the small type. :/

I think I've decided to start on The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. The edition I have also includes The Valley of Fear.

Welcome to the forum, Alice!!

We just returned from my parents' house, where my whole family got together to celebrate my mom's 69th birthday. Unfortunately, she wasn't feeling well, as she's severely anemic and therefore tired, but we had a good dinner and had fun hanging out. I'm hoping for a peaceful day tomorrow where BF and I can just get some chores done and get even more reading done.

I finished North and South last night, and I really liked it, but thought it ended too abruptly. But now, for the life of me, I can't settle on any one book to read. I must have started 4 different books last night. I thought I'd settled on Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, but the thought of going back to it today isn't very exciting. I have my Kindle with me, though, so I'll be taking another look...I have about 200 books on it that I've never read!

Virginia, I was so happy to hear about this today! I was listening to NPR in my car and they had a recording of the people cheering as the flag came down, and I couldn't help but get teary-eyed!

I have that on my Kindle, too. I might need to start on it!

The heat finally broke, after several weeks of upper 80s and 90s! It's about 73 F outside right now, which means I can comfortably wear clothing again (no, I didn't go around naked before, but I was UNcomfortably wearing clothing).

It was a great game!!! And special congrats to the two Seattle players, Hope Solo and Megan Rapinoe!!!

The U.S. Women's National Team won the World Cup! Yahoooooo!!

Warm and hazy. We're dealing with smoke and smog from the wildfires here and in BC.

I'm taking a break from North and South (don't get my wrong...I'm loving it), and reading The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart, supposedly the "American Agatha Christie." It's fabulous...I got halfway through just yesterday, and I'm hoping to finish it tonight or tomorrow!

I love Tommy and Tuppence! I'm so excited to see this adaptation!

Ooooh, it's going to be so hot today! But at least we're going to have a clear, warm night to set off fireworks!

Hot and sunny. It's windy, too, but I'm too far from the water, so it's just hot wind, which makes me feel like this -->

Finished Shirley (that book always gives me the warm and fuzzies!), and now I've decided to read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's just a free Kindle copy, so there are some formatting issues, but I'm really liking it so far!