Late yesterday afternoon, just as I was packing up to leave work, I suddenly got the shakes, and felt all clammy and also like I might pass out. I don't know what it was, but ugh, what a terrible feeling. I got a bag of M&Ms from the vending machine and wolfed them down to feel steady enough to make the commute home, and by the time I got home I felt okay, but totally wiped out. So I had dinner and then managed to stay awake until 8:45, at which point I just went to bed. And I slept pretty well, too, straight through for about 6 hours and then fitfully after that.

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Wednesday reading!

What I've just finished:
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris, which is the fascinating account of five very famous Hollywood directors who joined up after Pearl Harbor (or a few months before, in John Ford's case) to help document the war and/or produce propaganda for it: William Wyler, John Ford, Frank Capra, John Huston, and George Stevens. It probably helps to have some familiarity with their oeuvres, though I certainly haven't seen a bunch of the films mentioned. (I do want to actually watch The Best Years of Our Lives now though - I've mostly avoided it previously because it looks depressing.)

The House That BJ Built by Anuja Chauhan is a highly enjoyable sequel to Those Pricey Thakur Girls. The main romance is between Bonu and Samar, the next generation, but Eshu and Satish get a look-in as well, and of course, the family drama continues. I think the family drama is the most entertaining part, tbh, and while I enjoy the romance, I just mostly want to spend more time with the sisters and their various relations and hangers-on.

What I'm reading now/next:
I don't know? I just finished The House That BJ Built this morning, so I'll start something new at lunch. I have a bunch of stuff on my iPad, so it could be anything.

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Oy, work is very busy today. Let me post before I get interrupted again.

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