"Marcia Schuyler" - By Grace Livingston Hill

      Have you ever finished a book with a sigh and just wanted to run to the author and give her a big hug? That's how I felt when I finished this book. It's so good! I think it's the first romance novel I've ever read, and liked. Not to mention, it's the first romance novel that's clean; no rated R nastiness. That's one of the biggest reasons I like it so much. I'm quickly becoming a Grace Livingston Hill fan. Isn't it amazing how, even though a person has passed away, they can still leave an impact for generations to come?
     The book is about two sisters: the wild and beautiful Kate and the child-like dreamer Marcia. But the reckless Kate can never be tamed it seems. For on the eve of her wedding day, she elopes with a Captain, leaving her family and her fiance, David, in a cloud of disgrace and confusion. In a desperate attempt to patch up the marriage and go on with the wedding as planned, Marcia steps up to the plate of "the bride". Suddenly, she is thrown into a new life of woman-hood, of running a household, of being a wife that she had merely dreamed of the day before. And all these things she is forced to face alone in fear of bringing more pain than needed to David, who had lost his love, his life, and his future in one huge sweep.

      Personally, while reading this, I was getting annoyed with David. Yeah, I know, heartless me for beating up a guy who just lost everything he loved in life. But after a while, I just wanted him to get over it. Come on guy, suck it up and move on with life. I was even more annoyed with Marcia for not saying these things to him! It's a good thing patient and caring Marcia was stuck with him and not me, I guess, and it helped the story even more (the fact that Marcia is patient and caring, not the fact that David didn't marry me). Great book, great story. Read it. 

My Payment To Society . . . Sort Of

      So . . . here's the deal. (More like dilemma.) My library card is blocked. Yep, you heard me, blocked. "What happened?" You might ask.
      We left for a week, and I took my books with me, thinking everything was fine and dandy. The Saturday after we come back is when the books are due, so everything will work out. Well, imagine my surprise when I drop the books in the book drop, pick out some more, try to use the self check-out, and a huge red "X" flashes on the screen. The books were due the Saturday before, not after. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I checked out about eight different items. Eight-ish that were due for seven days. Needless to say, the Library is making a nice little profit from my stupidity. (All honesty, they probably don't care, but I sure as heck do.) I don't get allowance. The only time I make money is when something needs to be cleaned, or someone doesn't want to do something. And my mom pays in quarters! Anyway, I'll stop ranting and put my time into more useful things, like trying to find enough jobs to pay off what I owe. Jeez, this is like paying taxes. Grrr.

       You may be wondering, so I'll mention this. On the blogging standpoint, I do have a nice stash of books and so does my mom. So blogging shouldn't be completely dry, it'll just be slower. You have to account for the time I'll be working my rear off, instead of reading.