The expected and the unexpected . . .
September 28, 2009 at 9:23 pm 12 comments
For the reason below, this will be a brief (for me!) post:
The Expected:
I had a WONDERFUL time on Saturday, with my book blogging sisters, cruising the aisles of Borders in Pasadena. It was great to catch up with Lori, Tracy, Wendy, Rosie, Nikki (who left before the picture below was taken),and to finally meet Rowena! After buying a few lovelies: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews, Trick of the Light by Rob Thurman, and The Prince of Frogs by Annaliese Evans, we had lunch and mucho conversation. Favorite topics included plans for Nath’s upcoming visit and anticipated book releases. Lastly, we had more book fun at our parking lot book swap, though as usual, I walked away with more books than I showed up with. (Will power is not my strong suit. 
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The Unexpected:
On the way to my car this (Monday) morning, I stepped off of a curb wrong, fell, and —long story, short—wound up with a badly sprained (but, luckily not broken) ankle and a fractured wrist. Of course, it had to be my left wrist, since I’m a lefty. As a result, I’m reduced to the 1-handed hunt-and-peck method of typing.
SO, I will be a little scarce this week. I’m going to let my sidebar and other pages be for now (they are already out of date, anyway.) I’ll probably mostly hanging out this week in other blogs’ comments, since a comment box is nice and small.
Today, I finished my September Re-read Challenge book, Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas , but posting my review on time will depend on how sick I’m going to get of typing so s-l-o-w-l-y.
I’m wrapping up Kim Harrison’s Once Dead, Twice Shy, which has been a fun, fast read. Also, today I picked up on impulse, Sarah McCarty’s Running Wild (courtesy of Saturday’s book swap) which is fun, shifter-y goodness. And, I can’t wait to crack open Jill Sorenson’s Set the Dark on Fire, in the next day or two.
While I feel like I’ve been pitched a bit of a curve ball—especially given all the kid taxiing I’ve got to figure out, but at least I’ll have plenty of books to keep me entertained.
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orannia | September 29, 2009 at 12:25 am
(((Renee))) Poor you!
* puts on Pollyanna hat* On the positive side, you need to rest your wrist…by reading
Take care!
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Hilcia | September 29, 2009 at 6:31 am
Oh Renee! I’m so sorry to hear about your accident. ((Hugs))… So, glad you at least had a great time with all those wonderful ladies… what a great picture!
I’m so jealous… re-reading Mine Till Midnight *sigh*
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Carolyn Crane | September 29, 2009 at 8:03 am
Renee!!! Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that! How awful, and wow, I know it’s SO hard to get used to an injury like that, and even do normal things. How frustrating and difficult everything becomes. So so sorry.
Oh, on the upside, here is a free Kelley Armstrong short story:
http://www.suvudu.com/2009/09/original-short-story—kelley-armstrong—recruit.html
I haven’t even gotten to read it yet. Well, good luck with your week.
BTW: Cute photo!!
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Lori | September 29, 2009 at 11:04 am
Oh no!!!!
You take care of yourself!
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Tracy | September 29, 2009 at 11:50 am
Oh no Renee! You poor thing. Try to take it easy and heal quickly! Do you need soup? I’ll bring you soup.
I had a great time on Saturday as well! I (luckily) didn’t walk away with more books than I brought but it was a close one.
See you soon!
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Rowena | September 29, 2009 at 11:57 am
Oh you poor thing, I hope you heal up soon. I am taken back to when I sprained my ankle a few years ago and that wasn’t fun. My thoughts are with you sweets!
It was great to finally meet you and Tracy. I had a blast and hope to get together again soon!
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Wendy | September 29, 2009 at 12:33 pm
OMG – You broke your wrist?!?! Please tell me you are still able to hold a book comfortably. I’m having cold sweats for you just thinking about it.
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Renee | September 29, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hi everyone!
1 big reply, since this 1 key typing totally sucks. TY all 4 your kind thoughts! Yes, the biggest consolation is lots of reading time!
Mine till Midnight was as awesome as I remember it. I love Cam more with a 2nd reading.
Thanks 4 the heads up on the KA short, CJ. Will definitely get to read that! Sorry so flakey on ICG.
Upside/downside has been that my guy and kid have had that sinus thing I had and are home with me. We’ve been hanging out watching Avatar cartoons. Well, they are. I’m reading and playing on the laptop. lol At least my guy has been cooking.
Looking forward to Nath’s visit, so we can do it all again!
My little book clip holds my book open, so…hands free reading!
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Leslie | September 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Saturday sounds like it was a great time. I need to find some bloggers near me.
Sorry about your ankle and wrist – ouch. Take it easy – reading and relaxing. Hope your guy and kid are feeling better soon too.
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orannia | September 29, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Am sorry to hear that your family are under the weather too
And Cam *SIGH* He’s one of my favourite heros. Hmmm…methinks I need to re-read Mine Till Midnight now
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nath | September 29, 2009 at 6:59 pm
You ladies look great
Even Rosie with her little patch 
I’m so sorry to hear you got injured
I completely sympathized with you, sprained ankle is no fun… and you even hurt your wrist! 
Hope you get better soon, Renee!!
Pssst – so what’s the plan for my visit?
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KristieJ | October 2, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I am so green that you all get to meet up so often. Seeing Wendy, Rosie, Tracy and Lori makes me wish I could get together with them all again.
And bummer about the hand. The hunt and peck method of typing is so time consuming isn’t it?