Books and Nothing Else

It's not that I haven't had time in the past few days to blog. I have just had an impossible time trying to think of something to blog about. I have no funny anecdotes to share, no Mother's Day Out nightmares, no social/political commentary, and nothing going on with the writing except that: I'm writing, steadily and as much as possible. So...no news is either good news or boring news, depending on how you look at it.

I have been reading though, somewhat. I've fallen in love with Deanna Raybourn's Lady Julia Grey series that I discovered via Stephanie's blog several weeks ago. It reminds me, sort of, of Tasha Alexander's Lady Emily Ashton series, and I love them both. Both are set in late nineteenth century England, and have widowed women protagonists solving mysteries and living by their own rules. Tasha's next one, A Fatal Waltz is out later this year.

Two nights ago, I also finished An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. Veeerrry interesting. I liked it, I really did, and it was different. About a child prodigy who wants to be a genius, it was the story of his post-high school road trip with an Arab friend ("I'm not a terrorist.") during which he tries to work out a mathematical equation to explain the nature of his nineteen failed relationships with girls named Katherine. Your curiosity is piqued, isn't it? There's an Appendix as well, explaining the actual math behind the equation, but I admit, I didn't read it.

Alas, that's all I have to offer...