Rx: Read A Book

"Read a good book and call me in the morning."

That's what I wish a doctor would prescribe

when I'm feeling a little under the weather.

Not that I ever wait until I'm sick,

you understand.

Here's a few I finished in the last few weeks:

The Pink Suit by Nicole Mary Kelby

(Fascinating, especially if you love sewing.)

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

(What else needs to be said, it's Anne Tyler!)

Persuasion by Jane Austen

(My favorite Austen.)

Beauty by John O'Donohue

(Read a little at a time, just lovely!)

Pilgrim Inn by Elizabeth Goudge

(Must have now read this book a dozen times since I bought it in my

doctor's office in the 1980s. Doesn't everyone have a doctor who sells old books?)

The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith

(Started over in McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie Novels.

This is the 3rd in the series.

I take them to bed with me for my winding down book.)

But wait, there's one more book in that stack

and today I'm giving myself permission to drop

everything and lose myself in...

The Mystery of Lucy and the Dark Woods

by Diana Kosmoski

That's right, our own Nana Diana Takes A Break

has written a book!

I got mine through Amazon but I went through her blog link

just in case that helps!

Here is the link to her blog for the rare person 

who doesn't know this charming, funny

woman who is the soul of integrity.

Now, I'm going to pretend that I just got off the phone

with my doctor and he told me to:

"Read a good book and call me in the morning."

First sentence: Lucy heard her mother, Ellen, calling her.

Don't bother me, R.H.

I'm reading, I mean I'm sick.