Lazy Saturday

I've had two killer weeks at work which have left me mentally and physically drained. I think this may partly explain my reading funk, because I simply don't have the brain power to struggle with books that I would normally power through even if the storyline hasn't particularly grabbed me.

Anyway, today I made the most of my down time and lay on the sofa reading. (I have a lovely new sofa that is the perfect place to curl up with a good book.) It might have been a gorgeous summers' day outside, but I didn't even step out the door: I was too determined to finish Tim Gautreaux's The Clearing so that I could get my claws into something -- ANYTHING -- else!

In between bouts of reading I caught up on some much needed sleep. I think I fell asleep three times in the space of the afternoon! But I did finish that damn book, and then I very happily picked up one of my new Persephone's: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding's The Blank Wall, which is a brilliant piece of suspense fiction I'm roaring through simply because I don't want to put it down.

I think the reading funk is over!