Time Alone = Posting Time

     I'm sitting at home alone-well, exactly, there's also a cat and dog keeping me company-and decided that writing a post would be a great thing to do at the moment. Been doing regular house stuff-dishes, laundry, those sort of things. Today seemed like a great opportunity to post something.

     I absolutely love being in the house by myself. It's complete freedom to read all day or binge watch all my DVDs of Home Improvement. But today I even took a break from that since I've been watching that for weeks. Currently I'm reading Theft by Finding by David Sedaris, which is a collection of diary entries from 1977-2002. Im on the year 1990, loving it but unfortunately I'm getting a little burnt out.

     Does this happen to anyone else? You're enjoying the book, but for some reason you just want to start something new. I think it's because Theft by Finding is a tome; a tome is a book that is 500 pages long or more and it's been a while since I've read a book that thick. It's been put down for the moment and this is by no means a slump, just a little stand still. Reading a couple books at a time is normal for me, so it's time to find something else for now.
   
     Let me know in the comments if this happens to you too.

Thoughts Before Bedtime

Should I use one pillow or two?

I should clean my room.

I wish the cat would stop licking my hand.

Crap, I forgot to make a payment.

How did this teabag get under my covers?

There's that earring I lost!

A group chat at midnight, I'm not alone at this hour!

Why did he send me a picture of a demon clown at 1AM?

Ouch! I'm laying on a pencil.

What would I use as a Horcrux?

If  my wand really worked I'd be playing with it right now.

If I was in Hogwarts I'd be roaming around the castle right now.

There's no way I could share this bed with anyone.

It's midnight I should stop reading.

Great, just spilt tea on my blanket.

It's 1AM and my eyes hurt, but one more chapter should be okay.

Where did this spoon come from?

Book Review #1

I've been reading quite a bit of books since school ended, but I don't think there will be a review for every one. I don't really know how to write a book review, to be honest, but I'm assuming it's like when you're in elementary school and doing book reports. I loved doing those; it got to the point that the teachers just let me do them for fun. they kept taking the extra ones when I handed them in. That's what these are, book reports for you all.

Title: The Gilded Cage

Author: Lucinda Grey

In the 1820s sixteen year old Katherine Randolph and her brother George are wisked away from their ranch life in Virginia to the glittering society of England. Due to the passing of their uncle they are now the heirs of Walthingham Hall. As if navigating this world of manners, balls, and wealth wasn't enough, Katherine finds herself determined to solve a sudden, horrendous murder on the estate. Some say it was the beast of Walthingham; but the question is, does this monster stalk the surrounding woods or the halls?

Reading this got me back into historical fiction; the time period is one of my favorites the descriptions of estate, clothes, and city were great, and I've never read a murder mystery in that time period before. It was suspenseful and even when the odds were against her, Katherine had enough nerve to literally break out of her restraints. There were, however, a couple things I didn't care for in regards to a couple relationships in the novel. One relationship had no substance and the other remains unclear at the end of the novel. For these reasons I'm giving this a three out of 5 rating. The reasons are in the paragraph below and IT CONTAIN SPOILERS. If you plan on picking this book up DO NOT READ ON.

First and foremost is the fact that Katherine and the family Lawyer William Simpson fall in insta-love. They barely spoke to each other during her coming out ball and her brother's funeral and all of a sudden when she declares that she wants to move back to the states he says that she can't because there are people who ahve come to care deeply for her. Obviously he means himself, but how can that even be when they've hardly seen each other? He did help her escape the asylum she was thrown into and after that he helps her with the mystery, but to me it would make sense for the love to grow more. Also, when Henry is discovered as the killer, the mystery solved, and all is well she has no confrontation with her cousin Grace, Henry's sister. She stood idly by during Henry's plot and it wuld have made sense for Katherine to get some answers from her as to why.