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"An Alice's Adventures in Wonderland crossed her vision, looking surprised to be off on an adventure of its own...."

The Secret Christmas Library, Jenny Colgan

I was in bed reading just now (at nearly 4am on Christmas morning, yeah) - and I was reading this particular book deliberately because it seemed so, well, made for reading at Christmas. And I love that line above so I thought I'd share. (I can't say much about the context there without getting all spoilery.) Anyway, happy Christmas, whether you take the holiday as religious or secular!

Currently reading: Wicked

I used to think Wicked was hard going, the first couple of times I read it, but I guess I've got the hang of it now - I'm blowing right on through. (I'm not to the Kiamo Ko part yet, though, so I might be premature in saying that!)

I think I mentioned that I was reading the new Jenny Colgan - The Secret Christmas Library - and I ended up liking that one a lot. Very entertaining. I read a couple of holiday-themed romance novellas that I dug out of my collection - I'm in the holiday mood, I guess!

This morning I was reading an October Daye book - I'm blanking out on the name of it, but it's the one where we find out Stacy's real identity - but I stopped because it's pretty depressing and I decided I wasn't in the mood for that. (It's right on the tip of my tongue - Be the Serpent, is that it? It's late - or early, depending on your POV, and I'm not really all here right now.)

Maybe I should go to bed, actually. We're supposed to have a cold front - it's been 70-ish but it's supposed to drop to somewhere around freezing by tonight. By Texas Gulf Coast standards, that's like a blizzard.

Current Mood: tired

I'm reading The Secret Christmas Library. (I'm a sucker for Jenny Colgan, what can I say.) It's a sequel to The Christmas Book Hunt, which came out last year and was a novella, I believe. I'm going to be interested to see where this one goes, because so far I have no idea. Well, I assume they'll find whatever it is they're looking for and there will be a romance involved, or possibly two. Past that, nada.

I just remembered to look to see if Texas got a bowl bid and they did, although not a terribly exciting one (Citrus Bowl, NYE vs. Michigan) - at least we'll be favored, I assume!

Y'all, my hand is finally getting better and now I have a cold, which I definitely got from Rob because his symptoms are a day or so ahead of mine. It's fairly mild, but coughing and sneezing are just not fun. (We were going to go eat fajitas for dinner and I cancelled because I didn't think the other customers would appreciate the hacking cough!)

Oh, the other thing I've been reading was Lord of the Rings. I'm almost done but I abandoned it temporarily for the one above - it's not like I don't know how LotR ends.

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