WWW.WEDNESDAY

 

 

WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click here. 

PS I no longer participate in WWW.WEDNESDAY via that link because her blog won't accept Blogger comments. I mention this only to save you the frustration I experienced trying to link up.

1. What are you currently reading? Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger. This is a re-read for me. I'm suffering post-election blues and I need a dose of passion and glamor. Rome, London, Celigny, Beverly Hills. Private planes and yachts. Paintings and oh! The jewels! Oh yeah, and some really terrific movies.

 
2. What did you recently finish reading?  Bad Influence by Alison Gaylin. Boston PI Sunny Randall finds herself in what is for her unfamiliar territory: social media. A hot young influencer, Blake James, is being stalked and his savvy manager Kris Jenner Bethany Rose hires Sunny to both act as bodyguard and, hopefully, unmask the stalker.

I found this book undeniably entertaining but also frustrating because I often felt I was a step or two ahead of Sunny. I felt like yelling, "C'mon, Girl!" She was so scattered and unfocused!

Still, I like Sunny and her best friend Spike. The social media backdrop was different. I'm glad I read it.

3. What will you read next? I don't know.

November Challenge -- Day 19

Find the challenge here

November Challenge: Five items you lust after

1. A quality, quiet cordless stick vac

2. A new official Cubs jacket

3. Durable yet cute waterproof outdoor ankle booties that are easy to slip on/off

4. An iron bed frame with head and foot boards

5. A lightweight portable DVD player with good sound

None of these items are that expensive, but I'm trying to be more sensible with my spending as I await the estimates for all village-mandated repairs for this building. If an awesome deal for any of these show up on Black Friday I may act. 

Except for the bed. The bed is complicated because I have to get rid of the existing bed frame. I'd like to have the junk guy come and take it and my bedroom TV away first. Then the new bed will have to be delivered and assembled and the cable guy will come over to set up my new living room TV and reprogram the remote for the old living room TV which will now be in the bedroom and oh, hell! I'll just keep this crappy bed frame and TV.

 

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