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Covid update: Well, Mom tested positive on Tuesday and I tested negative. On Wednesday-Thursday I definitely felt like I had some sort of infection going, and got tested again on Friday. Negative again! Huh. I feel mostly fine now. But I guess I should keep isolating within the household, and also it could just be incubating still. Mom has some fairly mild symptoms (no fever), but her main outward symptom is grumpiness--hope it doesn't get worse though.
Would've been nice to have had it and for it to have been very mild, like it was for Dad! But of course there's no guarantee that it would be mild if I got it, just because it was for him...gah, I am so tired of this pandemic. /o\
Domestick Disruptions by L A Hall (#6 of the Comfortable Courtesan series, 2018)
Author, if you are reading this: bless you for writing such wonderful comfort reading. Just what I need during this time.
If you have not read these, start here. Features: 19th century pastiche, lots of great relationships between women (and men), lots of queer characters, and a lovely warmth in the storytelling.
Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken (1964)
Yes, this definitely featured more Hanoverian plots than the previous one, and it was a lot of fun! Airships, an exploding castle, mistaken identities, shipwrecks, further flocks of wolves, etc etc. Dido Twite was annoying at first but quickly became an engaging character. I do wonder whether Good King James III is by this time some sort of undead creature? I mean, it's the 1830's and he was born in 1688. Would not really be out of place in this book.
Would've been nice to have had it and for it to have been very mild, like it was for Dad! But of course there's no guarantee that it would be mild if I got it, just because it was for him...gah, I am so tired of this pandemic. /o\
Domestick Disruptions by L A Hall (#6 of the Comfortable Courtesan series, 2018)
Author, if you are reading this: bless you for writing such wonderful comfort reading. Just what I need during this time.
If you have not read these, start here. Features: 19th century pastiche, lots of great relationships between women (and men), lots of queer characters, and a lovely warmth in the storytelling.
Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken (1964)
Yes, this definitely featured more Hanoverian plots than the previous one, and it was a lot of fun! Airships, an exploding castle, mistaken identities, shipwrecks, further flocks of wolves, etc etc. Dido Twite was annoying at first but quickly became an engaging character. I do wonder whether Good King James III is by this time some sort of undead creature? I mean, it's the 1830's and he was born in 1688. Would not really be out of place in this book.
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I've seen people mention the Comfortable Courtesan books from time to time, and they do seem like lots of fun — possibly I'll start the series when I'm on leave from work over Easter.
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Re: the Comfortable Courtesan books, I think you'll be able to tell quickly whether they are for you--they don't always have a lot of plot, but the character voice and style is so charming that I am happy to just follow the characters in their domestic lives. So it probably hinges on whether you enjoy that, too.
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her main outward symptom is grumpiness
I feel very guilty for laughing at this. Imagine if that was one of the listed symptoms...
Also I owe you a proper email--thank you again for your reading help! Will be in touch soon.
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I dunno if you can get semi-feverish and hints of a sore throat (which is what I had on Wednesday-Thursday) from stress, but maybe? Ugh, pandemic. /o\ /o\
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I love the idea of undead James III fending off Hanoverian plots alongside airships in the 1830s :D Sounds great fun.
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Yes, that book was great fun! Recommended if you want some light reading...
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