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Back when I was supposed to doing May Post-a-Day Alfred turned 11. This was his first birthday since his best friend died and I wanted to post photos of Alfred wearing a hat and of the little Spinone puppy our friends got now that Denali is gone. But!!!!

Total technical failure.

Had a little temper tantrum. Bad words were spoken. May ended. Just got over it today.

So I thought I would share the struggle I'm having learning to read. Has this happened to any of you? I mean obviously I can read. I have a history as a reader...but no future. Some combination of old age, technology and sleep deprivation have divorced me from my reading past. And I don't finish anything anymore. (I'm also having trouble watching television, but that is too weird so I won't ask for sympathy.)

So in May/June I tried to read Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

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Then at my husband's suggestion I read (half of) Hunting the English: The Angry Isle by A.A Gill( Read more... )

My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead. This is the one I finished.( Read more... )