Books | Kiesa's Mutterings

Downs

Calvin had a very restless night last night. This wouldn’t have been nearly as bad if I hadn’t gone to bed at 12:30am.

Ups

Yesterday, I decided I needed a break from Cast in Chaos so I picked up Ruthless by Anne Stuart. I wasn’t really expecting to like it. The only reason I even knew about it was it was mentioned several times on RRA-L, one of my favorite places to find good romance books. Anyway, I didn’t think I’d like it because the Publishers Weekly review said in part, “Stuart’s writing is crisp and quick, and her characters are finely and memorably drawn, but Rohan’s often violent and predatory treatment of Elinor goes well beyond what most readers will find acceptable in an ostensible hero . . .” I will admit that Stuart skirted a very fine line but somehow she pulled it off for me. Reading this book felt like consuming a whole box of chocolate at once. I knew I should stop but I couldn’t.

In a similar vein, I just finished listening to Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise. I didn’t think I’d like it as I had started trying to read the book a while back and given up. However, excluding Agnes and the Hitman, I often like listening to Cruise better than reading her. This surprises me a little as usually I don’t like listening to romances and prefer to read them.

Because I was only 1/2 hr away from the end of Welcome to Temptation, I went ahead and did ab exercises so I could do something useful while listening.

Calvin Moment

Jaeger gave Calvin his bath tonight and then brought him downstairs. I was in the kitchen making supper for tomorrow night and Calvin rushed over to me and begged me to pick him up. I did so and he sat there in my arms chirping happily while playing with my headphone cord. He can make the cutest little noises when he gets his way . . .

Simplification

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