The Rites of Spring in my house include wiping down the baseboards, washing the windows, and watching Enchanted April for like the fourteenth or fifteenth time. Sometimes I follow it up with Ladies in Lavender, Tea with Mussolini, or My House in Umbria. But I’ve put it all off this year for Rebecca. Despite having 2 copies (because I’ve been meaning to read it for so long that I forgot I bought the first copy) I still haven’t read it.
But I’ve seen the movie twice now.
I’m also trying to dust off the second book in the Moon Lake series. It has about 30K words in it already, so I’m not starting from scratch. It’s so floaty, though. Sometimes it feels more like a fantasy than a gritty neo-noir.
I’m also reading Rebecca for the first time to prepare for a family visit. Apparently my brother in law is dating a reader and now I’m not only woefully behind on my marathon training (I think I actually gained 10 pounds during the pandemic) I am now also woefully behind on my To Be Read list.
So I’ve got to finish Rebecca by the first week of April. And hope that some scenes show up for Moon Lake Book 2.
Happy Spring, Campers!
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