Quasi Crisis in Christie Crime Quest and Caterpillarism
Agatha Christie behind what looks like MY TBR pile.
I had a goal to read the entire Agatha Christie Crime Collection in 23 months. I’m making it an even 24 now, because, well, I haven’t read any of her work this month. I kind of lost my mojo, my steam, the wind in my Christie sails has gone still and stagnant. I just got so wrapped up in Napoleon and Victor Hugo and a pile of other things that caught my attention this month. My desire to complete the collection is not gone. I cannot even say that I’m not in the mood to read her books as I’m in the middle of Murder in 3 Acts right now. I just didn’t finish off my allotted 3 Christie’s for the month. Its good to take a wee break every now and then though, it will make next month that much sweeter.
In addition to being distracted by Napoleon and getting very wrapped up in my Les Miserables readalong with Kate’s Library, I am now the day time nanny to 3 month old Felicity. As of day two, I can say that having this second little person with me during the day has definitely changed the reading dynamic in the house. My own toddler is half jealous of my averted attention and half in love with the idea of having a live baby doll to hold from time to time. Needless to say, reading Christie aloud to them both makes things a bit interesting as I pretty much inevitably run out of hands. Would not mind being a caterpillar-like creature right now, so I can hold books, baby, toddler, make bottles, pet dogs, and still sweep my hair out of my face at the same time. Caterpillar comes to mind with its many arms, as well as the fact that growing up I distinctly remember a summer reading program growing up whose ‘bookworm’ logo was no worm at all, but a caterpillar. I, of course, being the precocious child that I was, informed all the adults in the room and was then hushed.
So now, I take a minute to update you on the reason for the lack of updates while Ayla buckles her baby doll (the fake baby doll, not the live human baby doll) into the car seat and plays mama, and Felicity kicks her little tiny feet around in the bouncer. The feet blow my mind, even though Ayla was this small not too long ago, her feet never were. My child has very long feet, this child has very teensy tiny preemie feet.
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