Dear LJ Friends (you know who you are)

[dampscribbler]

It is probably somewhat inappropriate for me to do this, but I am asking all of you to please post a little note in the next day or two.  Because about half of you, maybe more, haven't posted anything in the past week and/or next-to-nothing in the past month.  And I miss you. You don't have to say much, just hello and maybe a description of the weather where you are.  (I'm weather-involved) and maybe what book you've enjoyed lately.

I doubt you're wondering why it's inappropriate for me to ask this, but in case you are, I'll point out the obvious:
1) I almost never post
2) I almost never comment

But I am here, and I am reading, and I am hoping you are well.

For those who are posting, I apologize for my lack of commenting.  Things are well with us, but a bit overwhelming at the moment.  I expect to be available to make some real posts and some real comments beginning in about 2 weeks.  

The weather here is cool, though we're expecting warming.  We will be in Ohio for a wedding over the weekend, wherewhen it should be 90 and humid.  So I am about to get more warm than I can probably handle.  

I've just been enjoying more Terry Pratchett Discworld books, although not as much as I wanted to enjoy them, so I'm now looking for something new to read.  Next up may be "Gods Behaving Badly."  Or maybe something else.  

Comments

[jillbertini.livejournal.com]

My gf has been reading The Wee Free Men; they seem to be quite funny, based on how frequently she has had to interrupt MY reading to share ;-).

I don't know if you are up for something a little on the heavier side, but The Way the Crow Flies by Ann Marie McDonald was fantastic.

Pratchett rocks

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I started with The Wee Free Men, for some reason I no longer remember. Of the approx dozen Pratchett books I've read, that's in the top two. I could read about Feegles forever. :)

I'll put Ann Marie McDonald on the list. I've got such a backlog, including Water for Elephants, which I think you've mentioned before, Sunnyside, which I've begun and seems great, and several others. Not to mention the nonfiction.....

Re: Pratchett rocks

[jillbertini.livejournal.com]

Well, I think my gf could read about the Feegles forever, so you two would have a lot of fun talking about how they love to steal ships and drink and fight.

I loved Like Water for Elephants; it was a quick read and very nice. AMM's book is a bit heavier.

I'm going to be spending much of the summer reading Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine. GAH!