@callalloo

You sound like you have a great sense of humor so, in between the book reading, why don't you start the cat book..sounds so funny. I used to jot down closed captions that were so funny (in the context) that I saw on tv...I used captioning all the time. Just came across it today...should continue...they are so funny and no disrespect to the live captioners. I suspect many of the captions are ASR...automatic speech recognition....which would explain the bloopers.

Joyce Carol Oates can be difficult reading as her books can be so introspective and generally from a woman's perspective (but not always). I have read so many of her books and actually returned one recently after only a chapter of two....it got tedious. I'm also a fan of Margaret Atwood (Alias Grace and The Handmaid's Tale). And give me a good English mystery any day....Dame Agatha and P.D James for example.

Also used to have 2 books going at one time but now I prefer to finish one first.

Waiting for your book to be published lol
FL Mary...Sunshine state...has been raining for past 3 hours....wow