Mortaine’s Blog

It is 4:30 in the morning. I have been awake for an hour. I finally got out of bed so my coughing wouldn’t keep John awake.

As soon as I got up, my nose started to drain, so I now have a box of tissues next to me and a rapidly-filling trash can.

4:30 in the morning.

On the East Coast, I suppose it’s 7:30, which means some people are actually awake. Oh, wait– it’s Saturday. If you’re on the East Coast (or really anywhere in the US) and you’re awake right now and you’re not on a night-shift schedule, my sympathies. Because it’s 4:30 in the morning and I’m awake and can’t go back to sleep.

I’m going to go to the doctor today, I think, to see about some kick-you-in-the-head cough syrup so I can get some effing sleep at night.

This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please.

Note: Many of these books also have full reviews available in the book review podcast (RSS).
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