I probably should have learned long ago that most people...including most of my friends and family...are completely unimpressed by coincidences that blow my socks into the next time zone, but I have to confess that there is a part of me that always thinks, "THIS one will amaze everybody!" And then it doesn't, and I resolve to inflict my coincidences on the uncaring ears of the universe No More...until the next one.
So.
I've been reading Virginie Despentes' Vernon Subutex I for a few days now. Very impressed by it. Actually looking forward to reading not only the other two Vernon Subutex books, but everything else by V. Despentes that I can get my hands on...and between the library and interlibrary loan, that looks to be all 8 of the books which have been translated into English. Hell, I'd be willing to learn French so that I could read the other four, but given my age and precarious health, I don't think I'd make it to the end of that Babel course, so I'll just have to hope that somebody out there is working on those translations even as we speak. Anyway, I'm heading into the final turn on I...less than 100 pages to go...and I was in my room reading while Joe was doing a Zoom class and Jacqueline was doing whatever Jacqueline was doing, and then the aforesaid Jacqueline came into my room with her new doll and...
I mean...right?
Okay. Maybe next time, then.
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