Hi Ti, I had a pterygium growth removed from my eye … I got it from all the years growing up in the sun in SoCal. The growth was causing much redness/inflammation to my eye so I finally had surgery to remove it …. now my eye is pretty blood red post-surgery but I think that should go away after a month. I’m keeping up with the eye drops …

What a sweet exchange. Glad to hear from you both.

Hi JoAnn: I’m sure you have your hands full in Fla. with the move. Thanks for stopping by. Thanksgiving was nice, though smaller than in the U.S. Evvie Drake & Southern Lady Code are good for when you need something Light. Fleishman is another NYC /marriage novel … I’ve been reading a lot of NYC books this year, not on purpose, but they’ve been good. Enjoy your sun!

Ooohhh, thank you. 🙂 I’ll visit today in the afternoon. Promise. 🙂

Carmen! When are you going to visit me? I miss you so.

I appreciate all your reviews. Fleischman is already on my library hold list. I’m curious about Inland but have yet to read The Tiger Wife, so perhaps I’ll start there instead. Evvie Drake keeps crossing my path at the library. Julia Whelan is a tried and true narrator for me, so I’ll keep the audio in mind when I’m looking for something on the light side. Southern Lady Code sounds like fun!

Thanks Susie: I’m almost back to full reading mode now … after the eye week restrictions were blah. The novel Inland was a bit of work but I was determined to get through. She can be a dense-ish writer. I think you might have liked Fleishman if you had continued on … since it does change quite a bit from the start, but who knows. It turned out a bit like a lighter version of Fates & Furies if you read that … just about marriage & divorce & jobs etc. As for Southern Lady Code — it did make me laugh in places — glad to know you did too.

Yeah Rachel: I’m going crazy waiting for the eye to heal. How boring it is! I have to cheat on screen & reading time. I think you might like the Fleishman book, the writing is fun … & speaks plenty of truths. I was lucky to finally get it from the library. Thx for stopping by.

Hi Carmen, you are right about not cheating on screen time. I need to heal the eye, but it’s hard for a week, unable to do anything! I’m glad you let me know your thoughts on Inland. I admire Tea’s writing — though some of this book took awhile to wade through. I liked the story but maybe hoped to like it more. I expected Lurie and Nora would have more of a meeting at the end. It was a bit sad for both … with what happened to Nora’s daughter & family, & Lurie’s meanderings too. Tea did well to make the story pretty visual.