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Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

I never buy new any more. Its all Thriftbooks or little free libraries or Savers. And now 3 out of 5 go right back out once I've read them. I love books but I don't make a religion out of them. 

I get books on my Kindle for $1.99 (Bookbub), but the local library will get you the books you want to read from area libraries if they don’t have it on the shelves. I love libraries and librarians.

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@sainte-chapelle Katherine by Anya Seton (based on the life of Katherine Swynford, third wife of John of Gaunt and the ancestress of the Tudor line) is a seminal book by which contemporary authors measure themselves. Alison Weir, for example. Brilliantly researched and uses primary sources. Philippa Gregory’s books are amusing but very very very loosely based on history.

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@sainte-chapelleyears ago I read a book called "Child from the Sea" by Elizabeth Goudge, and I liked it a lot. About Lucy Walter, who was reportedly Charles II secret wife. And there's "Restoration" by Rose Tremain, more Stuart-y goodness. 

I recently read "Hamnet" by Maggie O'Farrell and enjoyed it. Not my usual jam but it was good. 

Good night, my lovely peeps! Have a wonderful week, don't run off and get married or anything. See some of you Friday for Fun with Felons! Love you all bunches!

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Hola, my lovely snarky friends! I want you all to know that I can't lose you, so I am prepared to tell any lie I can think of to keep you. And cry a lot. 

Has everyone had a good weekend? Everyone around here is sick! Houseguest was so sick last week, she's still recovering. She went to the doctor but she was ten minutes late and they refused to see her, even though she was clearly VERY sick. Coughing, feverish, weak. They callously told her to go to urgent care, which she did, and spent four hours there. Poor thing. They couldn't really pinpoint what it was--not covid, not flu, not pneumonia. So they gave her steroids and antibiotics and she is slowly mending. BUT it must be the week of shitty medical care at Casa Mostly, my husband came home from working in Maine for a week, feeling kinda flu-y but not terrible. But today he had fever and chills and felt wobbly. Goes to the doctor. NP sends him home to take a covid test! Told him that if it came back negative he could go back. Can you imagine?? Poor guy, took the test, came back negative, goes BACK to the doctor's office, they deign to see him but tell him nothing. No diagnosis, no prescription, no suggestions. He's sound asleep in front to the TV right now. I fervently hope I don't get sick because I will brook none of this nonsense. 

Phew. OK, let's boogie!

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3 minutes ago, Mrs. Landingham said:

Did you know that in Iceland, they have the audacity to conduct midwifery courses in their language?? 

And rather than learn the language of the country where she has supposedly chosen to live, she whines that she'll have to give up her lifelong dream of becoming a midwife. What a dilemma.

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2 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Hola, my lovely snarky friends! I want you all to know that I can't lose you, so I am prepared to tell any lie I can think of to keep you. And cry a lot. 

Has everyone had a good weekend? Everyone around here is sick! Houseguest was so sick last week, she's still recovering. She went to the doctor but she was ten minutes late and they refused to see her, even though she was clearly VERY sick. Coughing, feverish, weak. They callously told her to go to urgent care, which she did, and spent four hours there. Poor thing. They couldn't really pinpoint what it was--not covid, not flu, not pneumonia. So they gave her steroids and antibiotics and she is slowly mending. BUT it must be the week of shitty medical care at Casa Mostly, my husband came home from working in Maine for a week, feeling kinda flu-y but not terrible. But today he had fever and chills and felt wobbly. Goes to the doctor. NP sends him home to take a covid test! Told him that if it came back negative he could go back. Can you imagine?? Poor guy, took the test, came back negative, goes BACK to the doctor's office, they deign to see him but tell him nothing. No diagnosis, no prescription, no suggestions. He's sound asleep in front to the TV right now. I fervently hope I don't get sick because I will brook none of this nonsense. 

Phew. OK, let's boogie!

Oh dear well hoping it all gets better soon

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1 minute ago, kacesq said:

I love this forum bc here we’re all “Stapler sucks” whereas other places feel sorry for her.

Statler is so full of shit. She spends 20 minutes telling Dempsey what she's doing wrong in not catering to her every whim, then reluctantly mutters that she's "willing to do the work". Fuck off Statler, you're just ladling the guilt on so fast poor Dempsey is drowning in it. 

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