I belong to three library book clubs and of the twenty or so books I've recently read, I think six are worth reading.  They are:

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

But my favorite books are those that can make me laugh out loud.   So, I need to check out Gable's recommendations.   I found one funny book that I'm reading now, that is pretty darn funny.   It's called, "Enslaved by Ducks."   It's about a husband who is reluctant to bring pets into his life and his wife who feels the exact opposite and how they adopt birds, rabbits, ducks and how he comes to love them and spends moste of his time taking care of them.  When his first rabbit dies, and he didn't think he was that fond of it, it's hilarious to read about the memorial he builds to it because he misses it.

I completely understand that feeling, Gable.    I am usually overwhelmed with all the things I have to do and all the things I make for myself to do.   If I decide to sit down to read it book, it means that something isn't getting done around my house that has a much higher priority.   My life is a mess and usually it suits me just fine.   Not my family though. :)   There's nothing like trying to sit down to relax and read a book, and a husband keeps wandering in and out of the room scowling at you because you're not making him dinner or doing the wash.

Well, Gable you DO sound crazy and funny in your last post.  Your stream of consciousness certainly does suggest you are on overload now too.   I, personally, would LOVE to see my neighbors out in a storm cleaning their yards.   My kind of people.   Very charming.  As it is, my neighbors would probably think you ARE crazy - but, sad for them, they are stuffed shirts (and it doesn't sound crazy to me.)   You see, I am wont to go out into my backyard and start cleaning my swimming pool at midnight not finishing until a couple of hours later.   Sometimes, I am cleaning my yard (weeding, I like to weed) when it is dark outside.   I like the dark.  Oh, I also like nightmares because they are more interesting than regular dreams, and it is heavenly when you wake up and your relax and your real life suddenly feels so wonderful.  So cleaning your backyard while it is storming sounds perfectly reasonable and maybe fun too.

I wonder if my house is clean enough for you.   I used to be very neat, but I can't keep up anymore with the slobs I live with, and so, I've tried to adjust my attitude and relax more into their style.   My oldest son is about as slobby as I think is humanly possible.  I think I may have relaxed too much though.

Here's to being and staying crazy, and, hopefully, you'll find some time to read some books soon too.

well went to the library and as soon as I walked in on display was a Jude Devauro?? book...for her new series...My mom loves Jude soon got that and read that in about 2 hours lol of course took it to my mom for her to read now...But going to follow up on that series...Read Ghost Moon by Karen Robards forgot had read that before..so am out of stuff to read again..