Thursday Is So Much Happier

[jennythereader]

Body: Everything from yesterday is still here, but with the addition of a splitting headache.

Reading: The Scarlet Letter I'm a couple chapters in and so far like it a tiny bit better than the last time I read it.

Hearing: A Documentary series on all sorts of subjects from the BBC.

Etsy find: Peacock Pin or Fascinator Would this not look wonderful with the top & skirt I bought at Wicked? Which way do you think it would work better?

Project Follow-up: I only did one of my errands.

Tonight's Project: Just dinner with friends.

Randomness: I had an object lesson yesterday in why it's important to clear the snow off the top of your car as well as the windows. I was driving to work, and as I went down a slight hill the snow slid off the roof of my car onto my windshield. There was enough of it that in blocked my wipers from working and blocked or blurred most of my view. I managed to pull into a parking lot and clean it off, but it was a scary few minutes.

Comments

[nounsandverbs]

Ouch! Good thing you managed to pull off the road.

The Scarlet Letter -- light reading, huh? Definitely the kind of book you have to bite off in small pieces.

[purpura.livejournal.com]

I liked Scarlett Letter well enough, but could never wrap my head around the basic premise that what she did was "adultery." She was unwed and his wife was dead. That's pre-marital, not adultery!!!

Still, different times. Talk about incestuous beds around Hamlet to show that difference there...

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

She was married. Her husband had sent her ahead to Boston while he stayed in England and then been delayed by a couple of years.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm not sure why I didn't post about it yesterday.

The Scarlet Letter was free for my Kindle, and I figured I should give it another chance. I mean, it has to be a classic for a reason.

[nounsandverbs]

I remember enjoying it when I read it, but it's definitely dense. Then again, it was written in the 19th century, when writers would never use 4 words if 40 would do.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I absolutely hated it when I had to read it back in high school, but I'm not minding it as much this time around. This edition included Hawthorne's original introduction, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to try to get my hands on some of his other works and see if I like them better.