My personal conspiracy theory

[delphipsmith]

I've figured it out. The coronavirus is a hoax by manufacturers of stationery and greeting cards. They figured if we were all stuck at home, we'd start writing to each other again in lieu of hugs. I mean, April is National Letter-Writing Month, so doesn't it just seem so glaringly obvious when you think about it???

Srsly, though. I hope y'all are well and as un-worried about friends/family/loved ones as possible right not. For those of you with children, I offer Homeschooling While Working From Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo. For PBS fans among you: Journal Entries From Our Self-Quarantine to Be Read By Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti In a Ken Burns Documentary to Be Produced At a Later Date.

Me, since I'm HOME A LOT THESE DAYS (argh), one of the things I'm doing is weeding my bookshelves. I've got the following to give away so far. Let me know if you want one, or two, or any, and I'll happily ship it to you at no cost. I promise I haven't coughed on any of them.

Fiction:
Crazy Rich Asians (Kwan)
The Memory Police (Ogawa)
Another Way to Fall (Evenson and Tremblay)
The Raven Boys (Stiefvater - somehow I ended up with an extra copy of the first book in the series, no idea how!)
This Census-Taker (mieville)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Reid)


Non-fiction:
Blood & Faith (Berry)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Idle)


Also, just for the record: Supervising 4 full-time staff, 2 part-time students, and three interns remotely is HARD.

Comments

[reynardo]

You're absolutely right. Time for me to hit the writing pad.