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1schatzi
My TBR pile may be a little out of control. At over 1200 books, while reading an average of about 100 books a year, I should be good for about 12 years. And yet I buy at least 20 new books a month. *hangs head*
This is one of my TBR bookcases (I have four). The books are double shelved. :|
This year, I want to read at least 75 books that I already own.
1) The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (added 11/5/12, finished 1/2/13)
2) Silent No More by Aaron Fisher (added 11/3/12, finished 1/5/13)
3) Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington by Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss (added 11/12/11, finished 1/13/13)
4) Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen (added 11/15/12, finished 1/17/13)
5) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (added 3/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
6) Sold by Patricia McCormick (added 8/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
7) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (added 9/13/09, finished 1/26/13)
8) Devil in Disguise by Robin Alexander (added 2/4/12, finished 1/26/13)
9) Creep by Jennifer Hillier (added 11/3/12, finished 2/5/13)
10) Freak by Jennifer Hillier (added 11/3/12, finished 2/11/13)
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This is one of my TBR bookcases (I have four). The books are double shelved. :|
This year, I want to read at least 75 books that I already own.
1) The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (added 11/5/12, finished 1/2/13)
2) Silent No More by Aaron Fisher (added 11/3/12, finished 1/5/13)
3) Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington by Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss (added 11/12/11, finished 1/13/13)
4) Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen (added 11/15/12, finished 1/17/13)
5) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (added 3/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
6) Sold by Patricia McCormick (added 8/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
7) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (added 9/13/09, finished 1/26/13)
8) Devil in Disguise by Robin Alexander (added 2/4/12, finished 1/26/13)
9) Creep by Jennifer Hillier (added 11/3/12, finished 2/5/13)
10) Freak by Jennifer Hillier (added 11/3/12, finished 2/11/13)
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2staffordcastle
Don't be sad! Isn't it wonderful that there are all those interesting books to read?
3rabbitprincess
Whoa! That is one eye-popping bookcase! Best of luck exploring the goodies stored in it! (Is that Neil Young's Waging Heavy Peace I see on one of the shelves?)
6mabith
Wow, good luck! I rarely buy books I've never read so I had very few unread on my shelves until my dad moved near me and started bringing me piles of books.
7lkernagh
Nice pic of one of your TBR bookcases! I see you will probably have no problem find something to read off of your shelves!
8cyderry
I saw someone once who used dice to figure out what book to read - one for the shelf and one for the book so 5x would be the 5th shelf, 5th book. I've though about trying it sometime.
10schatzi
staffordcastle - Yes, it is! I always have a book for every occasion. ;)
rabbitprincess - Thanks! And it is Neil Young's "Waging Heavy Peace" you see there. You have good eyes! :)
connie53 - Haha thanks! That is one of my fears, actually. The cat sleeps on the left side of the bed (towards the bookcase) and I am terrified that she is going to hop up there one night and kill us both beneath an avalanche of books. So far, so good.
susanj67 - Thank you! :)
mabith - Thanks! :) I used to be the same way, but I got a new job and my disposable income significantly increased. All of the sudden, I didn't have to limit myself to buying four books from my wishlist a month. And I have no impulse control when it comes to buying books (obviously).
lkernagh - I definitely won't! I literally have a book for every occasion stuffed in there somewhere, haha.
cyderry - That sounds like a good idea! It would definitely beat me just standing in front of bookcase for an hour trying to decide which book to pick next. :D
konallis - Thank you! :)
rabbitprincess - Thanks! And it is Neil Young's "Waging Heavy Peace" you see there. You have good eyes! :)
connie53 - Haha thanks! That is one of my fears, actually. The cat sleeps on the left side of the bed (towards the bookcase) and I am terrified that she is going to hop up there one night and kill us both beneath an avalanche of books. So far, so good.
susanj67 - Thank you! :)
mabith - Thanks! :) I used to be the same way, but I got a new job and my disposable income significantly increased. All of the sudden, I didn't have to limit myself to buying four books from my wishlist a month. And I have no impulse control when it comes to buying books (obviously).
lkernagh - I definitely won't! I literally have a book for every occasion stuffed in there somewhere, haha.
cyderry - That sounds like a good idea! It would definitely beat me just standing in front of bookcase for an hour trying to decide which book to pick next. :D
konallis - Thank you! :)
11schatzi
JANUARY 2013
1) The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (added to LT 11/5/12, finished 1/2/13)
Claire Harris Stone picks the wrong time to flee her husband in New York City for Paris. With the Nazis knocking at the door of France, Claire finds herself stranded without real papers once she reaches her destination. But she's enterprising, and she finds work as a florist's assistant and strikes a deal with the Resistance. Initially only concerned about her own needs, Claire begins to find her values changing as she continues to work with the Resistance operatives, especially Thomas Grey, an enigmatic English spy.
I have to be in a certain mood to read this type of book. Although this book isn't strictly a romance (there's also a good deal of intrigue and, of course, history), there's just something about a historical romance set during WWII that just seems...off to me. But, apparently, I was in a mood to read it, because I devoured this book fairly quickly.
I wasn't sure how likeable the character of Claire would be, because she is exceptionally self-centered and conniving at the beginning. After a bit of a slow start, however, Claire begins to evolve and becomes much more enjoyable.
Unfortunately, "the big mystery" is very transparent from the beginning. I'm sure the author tried to throw it in as a twist for the end, but anyone who didn't see that coming must've been blind. After reading "the reveal," I found myself thinking...wait, what? That was supposed to surprise me?
There are also numerous comma splices in this book, which tend to set my teeth on the edge. I'm not sure if today's editors are lazy about them or just don't know what they are, but you might as well just decorate comma splices with huge blinking lights; they are incredibly distracting.
Still, the book is a good way to spend an afternoon or too, and I'd recommend it to those who like this type of book.
2) Silent No More by Aaron Fisher (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 1/5/13)
Aaron Fisher, formerly known as Victim 1, was the first victim of Jerry Sandusky's to come forward. Through his determination (aided by his psychologist, Michael Gillum, and his mother, Dawn Daniels, both of whom co-author this book with Aaron), Aaron manages to bring Jerry to justice - even though the State Attorney General seems content to stall the investigation.
It's really encouraging to read Aaron's story; although he realizes that he will be affected by this forever, he is determined to live his life to the fullest. It's amazing to me how hard Aaron had to struggle with the system; his psychologist even had to threaten to go the FBI because the Pennsylvania authorities seemed disinclined to do anything (the FBI was powerless to do anything until the case was dismissed without an arrest). There's little doubt that if Aaron had been less tenacious, Jerry Sandusky would have been free to continue abusing children.
Recommended.
3) Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington by Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss (added to LT 11/12/11, finished 1/13/13)
I downloaded this book when it was offered for free; I didn't know at the time that it was Christian fiction. And, since there is little mention of religion in the first several chapters, I found myself drawn into the story before religion was sledgehammered into the reader's forehead. The book is mostly well-written, with a few overly dramatic events/scenes that are typical in this kind of fiction, but the repeated overt mentions of religion had me skimming the book to the end.
4) Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen (added to LT 11/15/12, finished 1/17/13)
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright starts in 1934, when the Nazis are solidifying their power over German. A group of thirteen Germans are working on a (real) propaganda film, Trimph des Willens. The coming years will change them all, even as their lives continue to intersect. Although there are thirteen of them (including at least one "real" person, Leni Riefenstahl), there are four "main" characters.
There is Frederica, a half-German, half-British woman who gains access to the inner ranks of the Nazi elite as Goebbels' secretary. But things are not as they seem; she's working for the SOE, a British intelligence agency.
Katja, the daughter of a violinist, is a dutiful German who is puzzled by the fact that she feels little to no attraction to her fiance, Dietrich, a Wehrmacht soldier. When Frederica kisses her, she finally feels attraction - and responds by rushing into a marriage with Dietrich. But her path crosses with Frederica again, and the sparks between them can't be ignored.
Then there is Rudi, a photographer who is in violation of Paragraph 175. Sent to a concentration camp, he joins a penal regiment in an effort to save his life. But he's turned into a killer.
Finally, there is Peter, Rudi's partner. He's half-Jewish, and he spends most of the war as a zookeeper and doing what little he can to harm to Reich.
There are a host of other, secondary, characters along the way, and the author seamlessly blends in "real" people, from the upper echelon of the Nazi Party (Goebbels, his wife, Hitler, Eva Braun), as well as Tradl Junge, British undercover agents, and a Russian photographer.
At first, I didn't really like the author's narrative voice; there was just something that didn't click with me. But as I continued the book, I apparently adapted to it, and I was drawn into the world. The book is literally crammed with historical facts, and as a history nerd, this greatly appealed to me (as well as spotting the names of "real" people that I recognized from other biographies/memoirs/books/etc).
I also enjoyed Frederica and Katja's relationship. It evolved slowly and never felt rushed, unlike in many lesbian books.
The book could have been better edited (there were numerous missing quotation marks throughout the book), but as Bold Stroke Books is a smaller publishing house, I'm willing to overlook that, especially since the book was so good.
The only real complaint I have is that there were just too many coincidental meetings and the like. Characters who knew each other from years past kept running into one another at a rate that boggles the mind. In a country the size of Germany, especially one that is torn apart and ravaged by war, it was just unbelievable.
Still, this book is a highly recommended read.
5) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (added to LT 3/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
This short novella packs a punch. Jack and Ennis, two young ranch hands, meet one summer while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain. An intense affair develops between them; both insist that they're not "queer," but neither is able to form attachments that rival what they share together. They see each other occasionally, popping in and out of each others' lives, but Ennis is unable to commit to anything more serious than what they already have.
Like I said, the novella is quite short (my copy has 55 pages), but the author doesn't need to fluff up the story. She develops two characters locked in a heartbreaking struggle, and the ending is a gut puncher. Highly recommended.
6) Sold by Patricia McCormick (added to LT 8/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
Thirteen year old Lakshmi is sold by her stepfather. Believing that she will be a maid in the city, Lakshmi is smuggled out of her native Nepal into India, where she soon learns that she has been sold into a brothel. Refusing to become a prostitute, she is beaten, starved, and finally drugged (and raped). She holds out hope that she will eventually pay off her debt, but later learns that she'll be forced to work until the madame has no use for her; then, she'll be tossed out into the street. But Lakshmi doesn't quite give up hope, in spite of her situation. A moving book about the all too real problems of human trafficking and forced child prostitution.
7) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (added to LT 9/13/09, finished 1/26/13)
This is one of those books that many of my book-loving friends told me that I would love, but for some reason, it took me a long time to read it. And once I did read it, I realized how right they were; I loved this book. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me stay up late to read "just one more chapter" (which usually turned into three or four).
It's difficult for me to review this book, since I don't want to give away anything. I can only say that it's beautifully written, populated with wonderful characters, and going to stay in my mind for a long time.
8) Devil in Disguise by Robin Alexander (added to LT 2/4/12, finished 1/26/13)
Natalie has isolated herself after losing her partner, Karen, in a drunk driving accident a year ago. Natalie was injured in the accident as well, and she finds it easier to just retreat from the world. But, as time heals her body and heart, she meets two distinctively different women that both ignite a spark of attraction in her: Lyn, her next door neighbor, and Terry, a handywoman. Unfortunately, one of them is a crazy psychopath who only wants to hurt her.
I loved Robin Alexander's Pitifully Ugly, and her writing style is much more like that book than the other one I've read (Magnetic). The only problem for me, however, was the premise. Natalie calls in to cancel her phone service, and the psychopath on the other line (I won't give away who it is) decides that Natalie sounds arrogant and stuck up, so...she decides to date Natalie, break into her house, mess with her mind, and ultimately destroy her. All because she wanted to disconnect her land line phone? I found this hard to believe, especially since the psychopath had apparently worked for the company for a long time. Surely she had run into customers who were more rude than Natalie; did she hunt them all down? And it was pretty obvious to me which one the psychopath was, even though the author tried to throw in some mixed signals.
Still, if you can get over the whole "cancel your phone service and I will end you" thing, it's a good book.
1) The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (added to LT 11/5/12, finished 1/2/13)
Claire Harris Stone picks the wrong time to flee her husband in New York City for Paris. With the Nazis knocking at the door of France, Claire finds herself stranded without real papers once she reaches her destination. But she's enterprising, and she finds work as a florist's assistant and strikes a deal with the Resistance. Initially only concerned about her own needs, Claire begins to find her values changing as she continues to work with the Resistance operatives, especially Thomas Grey, an enigmatic English spy.
I have to be in a certain mood to read this type of book. Although this book isn't strictly a romance (there's also a good deal of intrigue and, of course, history), there's just something about a historical romance set during WWII that just seems...off to me. But, apparently, I was in a mood to read it, because I devoured this book fairly quickly.
I wasn't sure how likeable the character of Claire would be, because she is exceptionally self-centered and conniving at the beginning. After a bit of a slow start, however, Claire begins to evolve and becomes much more enjoyable.
Unfortunately, "the big mystery" is very transparent from the beginning. I'm sure the author tried to throw it in as a twist for the end, but anyone who didn't see that coming must've been blind. After reading "the reveal," I found myself thinking...wait, what? That was supposed to surprise me?
There are also numerous comma splices in this book, which tend to set my teeth on the edge. I'm not sure if today's editors are lazy about them or just don't know what they are, but you might as well just decorate comma splices with huge blinking lights; they are incredibly distracting.
Still, the book is a good way to spend an afternoon or too, and I'd recommend it to those who like this type of book.
2) Silent No More by Aaron Fisher (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 1/5/13)
Aaron Fisher, formerly known as Victim 1, was the first victim of Jerry Sandusky's to come forward. Through his determination (aided by his psychologist, Michael Gillum, and his mother, Dawn Daniels, both of whom co-author this book with Aaron), Aaron manages to bring Jerry to justice - even though the State Attorney General seems content to stall the investigation.
It's really encouraging to read Aaron's story; although he realizes that he will be affected by this forever, he is determined to live his life to the fullest. It's amazing to me how hard Aaron had to struggle with the system; his psychologist even had to threaten to go the FBI because the Pennsylvania authorities seemed disinclined to do anything (the FBI was powerless to do anything until the case was dismissed without an arrest). There's little doubt that if Aaron had been less tenacious, Jerry Sandusky would have been free to continue abusing children.
Recommended.
3) Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington by Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss (added to LT 11/12/11, finished 1/13/13)
I downloaded this book when it was offered for free; I didn't know at the time that it was Christian fiction. And, since there is little mention of religion in the first several chapters, I found myself drawn into the story before religion was sledgehammered into the reader's forehead. The book is mostly well-written, with a few overly dramatic events/scenes that are typical in this kind of fiction, but the repeated overt mentions of religion had me skimming the book to the end.
4) Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen (added to LT 11/15/12, finished 1/17/13)
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright starts in 1934, when the Nazis are solidifying their power over German. A group of thirteen Germans are working on a (real) propaganda film, Trimph des Willens. The coming years will change them all, even as their lives continue to intersect. Although there are thirteen of them (including at least one "real" person, Leni Riefenstahl), there are four "main" characters.
There is Frederica, a half-German, half-British woman who gains access to the inner ranks of the Nazi elite as Goebbels' secretary. But things are not as they seem; she's working for the SOE, a British intelligence agency.
Katja, the daughter of a violinist, is a dutiful German who is puzzled by the fact that she feels little to no attraction to her fiance, Dietrich, a Wehrmacht soldier. When Frederica kisses her, she finally feels attraction - and responds by rushing into a marriage with Dietrich. But her path crosses with Frederica again, and the sparks between them can't be ignored.
Then there is Rudi, a photographer who is in violation of Paragraph 175. Sent to a concentration camp, he joins a penal regiment in an effort to save his life. But he's turned into a killer.
Finally, there is Peter, Rudi's partner. He's half-Jewish, and he spends most of the war as a zookeeper and doing what little he can to harm to Reich.
There are a host of other, secondary, characters along the way, and the author seamlessly blends in "real" people, from the upper echelon of the Nazi Party (Goebbels, his wife, Hitler, Eva Braun), as well as Tradl Junge, British undercover agents, and a Russian photographer.
At first, I didn't really like the author's narrative voice; there was just something that didn't click with me. But as I continued the book, I apparently adapted to it, and I was drawn into the world. The book is literally crammed with historical facts, and as a history nerd, this greatly appealed to me (as well as spotting the names of "real" people that I recognized from other biographies/memoirs/books/etc).
I also enjoyed Frederica and Katja's relationship. It evolved slowly and never felt rushed, unlike in many lesbian books.
The book could have been better edited (there were numerous missing quotation marks throughout the book), but as Bold Stroke Books is a smaller publishing house, I'm willing to overlook that, especially since the book was so good.
The only real complaint I have is that there were just too many coincidental meetings and the like. Characters who knew each other from years past kept running into one another at a rate that boggles the mind. In a country the size of Germany, especially one that is torn apart and ravaged by war, it was just unbelievable.
Still, this book is a highly recommended read.
5) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (added to LT 3/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
This short novella packs a punch. Jack and Ennis, two young ranch hands, meet one summer while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain. An intense affair develops between them; both insist that they're not "queer," but neither is able to form attachments that rival what they share together. They see each other occasionally, popping in and out of each others' lives, but Ennis is unable to commit to anything more serious than what they already have.
Like I said, the novella is quite short (my copy has 55 pages), but the author doesn't need to fluff up the story. She develops two characters locked in a heartbreaking struggle, and the ending is a gut puncher. Highly recommended.
6) Sold by Patricia McCormick (added to LT 8/5/11, finished 1/21/13)
Thirteen year old Lakshmi is sold by her stepfather. Believing that she will be a maid in the city, Lakshmi is smuggled out of her native Nepal into India, where she soon learns that she has been sold into a brothel. Refusing to become a prostitute, she is beaten, starved, and finally drugged (and raped). She holds out hope that she will eventually pay off her debt, but later learns that she'll be forced to work until the madame has no use for her; then, she'll be tossed out into the street. But Lakshmi doesn't quite give up hope, in spite of her situation. A moving book about the all too real problems of human trafficking and forced child prostitution.
7) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (added to LT 9/13/09, finished 1/26/13)
This is one of those books that many of my book-loving friends told me that I would love, but for some reason, it took me a long time to read it. And once I did read it, I realized how right they were; I loved this book. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me stay up late to read "just one more chapter" (which usually turned into three or four).
It's difficult for me to review this book, since I don't want to give away anything. I can only say that it's beautifully written, populated with wonderful characters, and going to stay in my mind for a long time.
8) Devil in Disguise by Robin Alexander (added to LT 2/4/12, finished 1/26/13)
Natalie has isolated herself after losing her partner, Karen, in a drunk driving accident a year ago. Natalie was injured in the accident as well, and she finds it easier to just retreat from the world. But, as time heals her body and heart, she meets two distinctively different women that both ignite a spark of attraction in her: Lyn, her next door neighbor, and Terry, a handywoman. Unfortunately, one of them is a crazy psychopath who only wants to hurt her.
I loved Robin Alexander's Pitifully Ugly, and her writing style is much more like that book than the other one I've read (Magnetic). The only problem for me, however, was the premise. Natalie calls in to cancel her phone service, and the psychopath on the other line (I won't give away who it is) decides that Natalie sounds arrogant and stuck up, so...she decides to date Natalie, break into her house, mess with her mind, and ultimately destroy her. All because she wanted to disconnect her land line phone? I found this hard to believe, especially since the psychopath had apparently worked for the company for a long time. Surely she had run into customers who were more rude than Natalie; did she hunt them all down? And it was pretty obvious to me which one the psychopath was, even though the author tried to throw in some mixed signals.
Still, if you can get over the whole "cancel your phone service and I will end you" thing, it's a good book.
12schatzi
FEBRUARY 2013
1) Creep by Jennifer Hillier (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 2/5/13)
At first glance, this book looked like it would be interesting, and a few friends recommended it to me. I can't say that I found the book to be engrossing, though. The characters were annoying, and I honestly didn't care what happened to any of them. And I won't give any spoilers, but the ending was just ridiculous. It was supposed to be a big twist, but I saw it coming a mile away. I can't believe that this book is so highly rated. I'll read the sequel, "Freak," but only because I've already purchased it. Otherwise, I'd be happy to put this series on the shelf and forget about it.
2) Freak by Jennifer Hillier (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 2/11/13)
I wasn't enamored with Creep, but since I'd already purchased Freak, I figured I might as well read it. The sequel to Creep, Freak picks up a year after the events in Creep. Abby is arrested, Morris and Sheila still aren't married (and are having relationship problems...still), and Jerry and Marianne are separated. There's a new serial killer on the prowl, one that carves "free Abby Maddox" on the victims' bodies.
I liked Freak marginally more than Creep, but not by much. I still find it nearly impossible to care about any of the characters in the book. Even Abby Maddox, who is supposed to be some charismatic pied piper who can induce people to blindly follow her, falls flat. And I could see the big "twist" a mile away.
The author leaves the book somewhat unresolved, so I'm sure there will probably be a sequel at some point in the future. I'm not sure if I'll pick it up, though.
1) Creep by Jennifer Hillier (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 2/5/13)
At first glance, this book looked like it would be interesting, and a few friends recommended it to me. I can't say that I found the book to be engrossing, though. The characters were annoying, and I honestly didn't care what happened to any of them. And I won't give any spoilers, but the ending was just ridiculous. It was supposed to be a big twist, but I saw it coming a mile away. I can't believe that this book is so highly rated. I'll read the sequel, "Freak," but only because I've already purchased it. Otherwise, I'd be happy to put this series on the shelf and forget about it.
2) Freak by Jennifer Hillier (added to LT 11/3/12, finished 2/11/13)
I wasn't enamored with Creep, but since I'd already purchased Freak, I figured I might as well read it. The sequel to Creep, Freak picks up a year after the events in Creep. Abby is arrested, Morris and Sheila still aren't married (and are having relationship problems...still), and Jerry and Marianne are separated. There's a new serial killer on the prowl, one that carves "free Abby Maddox" on the victims' bodies.
I liked Freak marginally more than Creep, but not by much. I still find it nearly impossible to care about any of the characters in the book. Even Abby Maddox, who is supposed to be some charismatic pied piper who can induce people to blindly follow her, falls flat. And I could see the big "twist" a mile away.
The author leaves the book somewhat unresolved, so I'm sure there will probably be a sequel at some point in the future. I'm not sure if I'll pick it up, though.
23bragan
>10 schatzi:: Do be careful with those potential cat-induced book avalanches! I once had a cat knock a rather large book down off the headboard of my bed and directly into my eye. Leave it to me to end up in the emergency room due to an accident involving a cat and a book!
And that bookcase of yours just seems to be beckoning me to come and browse through it.
And that bookcase of yours just seems to be beckoning me to come and browse through it.
24rabbitprincess
>10 schatzi:: I gave that one to my dad for Xmas, which is how I recognized it :)
>23 bragan:: Ow!!! I hope that didn't cause any long-term damage, or that you didn't get hit by the *corner* of the book... *winces*
>23 bragan:: Ow!!! I hope that didn't cause any long-term damage, or that you didn't get hit by the *corner* of the book... *winces*
25bragan
>24 rabbitprincess:: Oh, yeah, corner, right in the eyeball. Ow, indeed. Scratched my cornea badly enough to make the doctor take one look at it and go, "Holy cow!," which is never what you want to hear. Fortunately, corneas heal fast, but I was strictly limited to audiobooks for a day or so. The moral: cats and books are more dangerous than they seem! :)
26rabbitprincess
Eeeeek! Glad to hear it healed up quickly though.
