"I had no idea if she was gonna kiss me or slap me."
The missus recently purchased an Amazon KindleFire on eBay. She has offered its occasional use to me, should I wish to check out a library book or purchase reading material on/for it. (Indeed, she let me read a free article by David Peace -- author of the Red Riding Quartet, The Damned Utd, and the Tokyo Trilogy [Tokyo Year Zero, Occupied City and Tokyo Regained] -- on it shortly after it arrived.)
After checking out the website of faustfatale and reading the first chapter of her latest opus, available for Amazon's Kindle or Barnes & Noble's Nook, I approached the missus about her offer:
ME: I'm thinking about buying a book for the Kindle; it's only $2.99.
HER: Okay....
ME: But I'm concerned that you won't let me buy it when you find out what the title is.
HER: Oh..?
ME: Yeah. It's Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick -- Double-D Double Cross.
HER: [glares at me silently]
ME: [glumly, after enduring several seconds of her withering stare] That's what I was afraid of.
After checking out the website of faustfatale and reading the first chapter of her latest opus, available for Amazon's Kindle or Barnes & Noble's Nook, I approached the missus about her offer:
ME: I'm thinking about buying a book for the Kindle; it's only $2.99.
HER: Okay....
ME: But I'm concerned that you won't let me buy it when you find out what the title is.
HER: Oh..?
ME: Yeah. It's Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick -- Double-D Double Cross.
HER: [glares at me silently]
ME: [glumly, after enduring several seconds of her withering stare] That's what I was afraid of.