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[mrissa]

I am almost done being sick, my dears. I can tell, because I was congested this morning, and now I am merely tired. I only worked out lightly this morning, and still it made me bone-tired (not muscle-tired) and therefore I am still sick. But for as long as I can remember, I get horrible chest colds and deep racking coughs, and then the ick moves upwards gradually until it's gone. And so I believe it is about to exit the top of my skull.

I claim no responsibility for what may get in there while the cold is getting out.

The other way -- besides the tired, I mean -- that you can tell that I'm still sick is that I just don't want to argue about anything. At all. With anybody. The horror! It must be an illness! Quick, find medication for this wretched condition! Um.

Anyway, several things and people on the internet frustrated me, and I thought about snarking in several directions, but I am just to tired to be mean to anybody but ksumnersmith (as earlier today; more of the same), and if she was here reading over my shoulder I'd probably even be too tired to be mean to her. (We could try it, though. I wouldn't mind.) Even if some of these people are being extremely rude and are also flat-out wrong. I have declared it Not My Problem for the time being.

In lieu of meanness, I have more free books to give away. First priority goes to people in the Twin Cities area; otherwise, first come, first served.

We have a spare copy of Connie Willis's Doomsday Book, which is lovely and wonderful and the funniest book about the Black Death we own. (Although if you can recommend a funnier, we're in the market, I suppose.)

We have an ARC of Lee Harris's Murder in Alphabet City, a murder mystery set in NYC with a female police detective as the main character. While I don't recommend this as highly as Doomsday Book, it was a reasonably fun mystery, but I'm not keen enough on mysteries as a category to keep around any but the ones that most charm me.

And we have a copy of Barbara D'Amato's Hard Road, which is also a murder mystery, set in Chicago, dealing with Oz fans. Again, I'm not keen enough on mysteries to keep around any but the ones that most charm me, but this was good fun, and I've gotten more and more keen on windows into fandoms not my own. (Which is a reason I'm not passing this one on to my grandpa, who reads mysteries: he's not really keen on fandoms. Just didn't seem like his thing.)

I know I could just slap a Bookcrossing label on these and leave them at Caribou, but I'd rather know that someone I know, even slightly, is enjoying them than take my chances with random strangers. If you want them, we'll have to arrange to make the transfer, or else you'll have to send me your address. (If you're in the Cities and don't want to see me for long enough to get a cup of coffee and hand off the book, back into the queue with the rest of the friendslist with you! That priority is only there to save me postage.)

Comments

[jenett]

Barbara D'Amato's Hard Road,

I'm interested in this one! (Being fond of mysteries in fandoms as a side genre myself.)

I'm also definitely up for coffee and whatever to pick it up, assuming I can figure out a sane bit of schedule. (Always tricky with me, but usually manageable somewhere.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Okay, people, Jenett is local, so this one is off the list.

The rest of the week is extremely full, so why don't I put it on my list to talk to you early next week and see what follows.

[pentacon.livejournal.com]

Connie Willis's Doomsday Book

I have liked Connie's other stuff very much and hope to claim the above. I am open as to how to exchange. I am in south Minneapolis.

[jenett]

Sounds good.

My availabilty depends heavily on whether the husband-person has job or not, which is liable to change quickly right now (at least we *hope* it changes quickly). But evening or weekend or something is entirely possible (except that I will be entirely occupied on May 1. Unless you already had plans to go see morris dancing at dawn or the Powederhorn May day, in which case we might manage to meet up.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I had no specific plans of any kind for May Day, but I feel it safe to say that if I am awake at dawn, I will be curled up in my office chair and not watching any kind of dancing at all.

We'll figure it out on e-mail. I put it on the list.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have it on my list to contact you about this at about the same time as I contact Jen. Local, willing to show up for it: it's yours. We'll figure out how in a little bit.

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping your cold makes a swift, clean exit. *raises ice water*

And Doomsday Book is one of my all-time favs. Just sayin'.

:)

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Uh, sorry. Wrong icon. That was supposed to be a lovely white horse. Me and my turbo-clicky. *sigh*

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

HEEHEEHEE. Oh dear.

Well, let's just pretend you were going to kill my cold with your brain, shall we?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We wouldn't be giving away this copy if we didn't have a hardbound version on the shelf.

Speaking of coffee...

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Randomly, I was just trying to find out if Suju's has their hours online, and one of the first hits was you. Very odd. *G*

Re: Speaking of coffee...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! That's funny.

Poor Suju's. It was our closest coffee place, and yet just not that good for writerly outings.

Re: Speaking of coffee...

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see how that would be the case.