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Jun. 30th, 2016 12:17 pm Yikes, it's been a month since I posted. I think of something nearly every day to post, but never end up doing it.
The Floral manager is back for 6 weeks, so I'm only getting one day in Floral (the lady being trained to be manager is getting 3 or 4 and the manager said she was going down to 4 and using vacation days, but she hasn't done that yet). I'm picking up hours in the deli, so it's not horrible, but it's been two years since I had to do this.
I just read (listened to) a book that I wish I'd read reviews for first. I spent over 20 hours listening to find that the author had decided the readers really didn't need the overarching mystery solved. The current mystery did get solved, but due to no one verifying the mastermind's age, the confession was inadmissible, so she walked. I got three other books on CD in this series from the library, but even though reviews say they get better, I'm not sure I'll ever read them. (The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French).
The only interesting thing was that I learned combats are cargo pants. I assumed they meant boots until I got to "the hem of her combats" and had to rethink the whole paragraph.
I looked up other British/American difference for a story I'm working on (for S2B2 if I can get it done) and found several difference in words for parts of cars: bonnet/hood, boot/trunk and the like, but what about rearview mirror? My POV sits in the back because he's trying to keep his distance from the driver but their eyes keep meeting in the mirror (set in a Roderick Alleyn/Lord Peter Wimsey Britain). If anyone can help, it would be much appricated.
My sister is in the state for the summer and I took yesterday off to spend it with her. It was pretty nice. And it really hits home how much a child can change their parents POV. My niece got a stack of book store gift cards for her birthday so we wondered the aisle as she picked what she wanted and talked about the YA books. My sister and her daughter read/listen to stories together (niece is 16) and my sister says that when she gets to the parts with the boys kissing, she ask that they skip ahead. She knows that the relationship is important to the plot, but it makes her uncomfortable. A few years ago it would have made her angry and stop reading. That's a big step.
The Floral manager is back for 6 weeks, so I'm only getting one day in Floral (the lady being trained to be manager is getting 3 or 4 and the manager said she was going down to 4 and using vacation days, but she hasn't done that yet). I'm picking up hours in the deli, so it's not horrible, but it's been two years since I had to do this.
I just read (listened to) a book that I wish I'd read reviews for first. I spent over 20 hours listening to find that the author had decided the readers really didn't need the overarching mystery solved. The current mystery did get solved, but due to no one verifying the mastermind's age, the confession was inadmissible, so she walked. I got three other books on CD in this series from the library, but even though reviews say they get better, I'm not sure I'll ever read them. (The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French).
The only interesting thing was that I learned combats are cargo pants. I assumed they meant boots until I got to "the hem of her combats" and had to rethink the whole paragraph.
I looked up other British/American difference for a story I'm working on (for S2B2 if I can get it done) and found several difference in words for parts of cars: bonnet/hood, boot/trunk and the like, but what about rearview mirror? My POV sits in the back because he's trying to keep his distance from the driver but their eyes keep meeting in the mirror (set in a Roderick Alleyn/Lord Peter Wimsey Britain). If anyone can help, it would be much appricated.
My sister is in the state for the summer and I took yesterday off to spend it with her. It was pretty nice. And it really hits home how much a child can change their parents POV. My niece got a stack of book store gift cards for her birthday so we wondered the aisle as she picked what she wanted and talked about the YA books. My sister and her daughter read/listen to stories together (niece is 16) and my sister says that when she gets to the parts with the boys kissing, she ask that they skip ahead. She knows that the relationship is important to the plot, but it makes her uncomfortable. A few years ago it would have made her angry and stop reading. That's a big step.
