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[sartorias]

When I pass through the kitchen I can feel my blood pressure jump whenever I hear the news. I know it's not good for post-stroke me, and it can't be good for anyone else, but ours is one of those households where one member cannot not be devouring the latest political disaster, even when it's recycled for the billionth time, or maundered over by

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[whswhs]

You make me think of Sturgeon's short story "And Now the News" about a man with severe news addiction. It was funny, but in a very black way.

When I want to relax, I often do so by rereading familiar books. Just lately I finished Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog). I first enountered this as excerpts in an ancient series of readers titled Journeys through Bookland that was on my family's shelves; I had reached adulthood before I discovered the whole book (of course when I was a kid I didn't notice the author names on those extracts!).

[sartorias]

Oh my gosh, Three Men in a Boat--I need to reread that.

[whswhs]

I find it a book to lift the spirits.

[puddleshark]

Epistolary? Ooh - sounds like it might be just what I need at the moment. Thank you! (Normally Regency romance or light swashbuckling fantasy is my go-to fluffy escapism, but I've got such a severe case of reader's block at the moment that none of my usual comfort reading appeals...)

P.S. I see Ever Night 2 has arrived on Viki.com - no subtitles as yet.

[sartorias]

I KNOW!!!

I've finally let myself start watching JOY OF LIFE, which is astoundingly good, as the last ep will drop next week. Then I'll rewatch Ever Night again, and by the time that's done, there might be enough eps translated to binge. I hope.