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[fox_confessor]

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday, no matter the reason, even if it was just a particularly rainy Tuesday. And now it's a particularly lovely rainy Wednesday, and in precisely one week I'll be sitting back at my desk, scowling at the world. I'll try not to scowl but I have a work email I got last Friday that I'm doing my best not to think about so I'll have a lot of scowls saved up by then, I think.

Anyway! My mom gave me a Kindle Fire HD, which I had no interest in (we had this discussion over my birthday so she said she didn't ask me this time because I would have said I wanted something else and she thinks I'll find this useful). Help? I don't know what to do with it besides watch West Wing episodes, which I discovered I could do last night (okay, so not totally useless to me now. I love the West Wing!). I kinda want to fulfill her idea of how useful this thing can be to me because she was so very excited about having bought it for me. Can I take over the world using this?

Can't find out today as slashababy is due and I'm not finished. I don't want to ask for an extension because I've been a mod before and because I don't think I'm going to become magically more inspired. I need to just finish what I've got because I think my worry over it is more in my head than what will actually come to pass (the recipient will hate it and Christmas will be ruined). I need coffee.

I also need a to do because if it's suddenly next Wednesday and I haven't done the things I wanted to do, I'm going to be massively disappointed with myself and no one needs to start off the year like that, right? Right. Straightening up. Making a to do. Finishing my slashababy. Watching West Wing.

Has anyone read Water for Elephants? Was it good? Was it soppy? I hate soppy. What I'd really like is some mysteries. Those are my favorites.

Comments

[celtprincess13.livejournal.com]

I read Water For Elephants and quite liked it. I didn't find it soppy. I actually wondered if I was even going to like it, as it's not my normal reading material. But I ended up really enjoying it. I've not seen the movie, so I don't know how it compares, if at all.

I like mysteries too, although I lean towards the more tame ones. Have you read any Margaret Maron? I love her. And Nevada Barr. Diane Mott Davidson. Joann Fluke. Carolyn Haines. Donna Andrews. Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series.

OK, I'll stop now. But all of those are series writers, so if you end up liking any of them, you'll have stuff to read.

[juke-box-dive.livejournal.com]

Hey! Thanks for the list. The tame mysteries are the kind I like too, like Tony Hillerman, Janet Evanovich, and David Balducci, so I'll definitely give your list a go. I know I've read Diane Mott Davidson before but haven't in ages. I kinda forgot about her. I'll have to see if I can remember where I left off in that Goldy series. Have you read Rhys Bowen? My mom and sister love her but I haven't started on her books yet.