finally, spring!

Well, my birthday has come and gone, and we're having our first spate of truly glorious spring days in NYC. It just makes me want to call in sick every day so I can lay around the park and read to my heart's content. Alas, that's not to be. . . .
I only have a minute today; I've got to get to my writing. I haven't completely settled into the 800-words-per-day habit, but I'm getting there. And am enjoying my story of teen superheroes, so once I'm done moving on March 27, it should be no problem to really get down to the writing!
Two more books: 10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. this is a lovely little gem of a book, written entirely in letters (yes, epistolary! I love books like this!) to and from a writer named Juliet Ashton. It takes place in 1946; the war is over but is still omnipresent, haunting everyone who went through it. While this is, admittedly, a war novel, it is not a WAR novel. It doesn't beat you over the head with the war. It just, every so often, gently reminds you. This is really a book about love and life and finding your home and family. I highly recommend it!
And 11. The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon. This was an interesting read, very lush. But I had a hard time connecting with the characters. It's about a girl, Emilie, who is raised in isolation by her father, who teaches her natural philosophy and alchemy. And what happens when she becomes an adult and is swayed by influences other than paternal. I enjoyed it, but as I said, I didn't really connect. Not a keeper for me.
And now, on to the writing. Happy Wednesday, everyone!