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fred_mouse) wrote2025-03-29 08:57 pm
fred_mouse) wrote2025-03-29 08:57 pm
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- many moons back I requested suggestions on published romance that might be of interested given that a) I quite like romance in fanfic, and b) I've bounced off most of the romance I've organically encountered. I refound the list, and from alexseanchai's suggestion have followed up Courtney Milan - there is a three book series available from Libby, so I've borrowed the first one. Now to see whether I like it any better (The Duchess War)
- Parkrun achieved! Walked 1km in <10 mins, alternated run/walk in the second km (average 8.5 mins / km); walked the third, ran tiny bits of the fourth, walked the fifth except for trying to run the last ~100m (actually achieved the last 20m, and about 15m of the rest).
- expedition to Cockburn to the Jeans West to see if we could acquire good jeans before they close all their stores (expected time frame: 8 weeks). Sadly, the styles have changed, and nothing looks good on me. The least worst was a size ten (most everything I tried was a twelve, so I am bemused; I am an eleven, but nothing I liked had odd sizing), but it was also $100. There was also a pair of green capri pants I liked at $30 but were $70. So, I won't be as sad to see them go as I was expecting. However, if I find myself in the centre again, I'll check whether they have any decent sale prices (everything I looked at was full price. Youngest complained that everything that looked like suitable shorts turn out to be skirts).
- had lunch at Health Freak, I struggled to find something I wanted to eat on the menu, and Youngest didn't find anything (Eldest was busy, so it was the three of us).
- body threw a wobbly, and I spent all afternoon managing symptoms, including slightly elevated temp, headache, nausea. Cancelled on Middlest and chaosmanor coming over, which was the right choice. Second attempt at napping worked; had to do the hot shower thing first. Youngest made dinner, which was much appreciated.
- listlessly reading Stuff! on the internet, with little focus, but it is too early to attempt sleeping (I have, however, taken a melatonin, in the hope that it will help when I run out of steam).
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I have added it to the list.
And I've realised that I have read some romance in recent years that I didn't bounce off - Casey McQuiston. Who, I think, has three novels, and I've read them all. Plus a few books that are fantasy first and romance second (Tansy Rayner Roberts, Foz Meadows). So it isn't that 'I don't read romance' it is more 'I forget that I read romance'!
What I have established in recent years is that I don't have overlapping tastes with one friend who recommended me a stack of books, none of which I finished.