I haven't had to do this in a while but I find myself having to take a step back. I finished my treatments a week and a half ago and was actually looking forward to just staying in. I've practiced self-isolation for years and I like the idea of social distanced. But now I find myself with a problem - I can't concentrate.
I have 3 books on the side of my bed:
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
The Man From Hell - Barrie Roberts (a Sherlock Holmes pastiche)
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman (not my usual thing but I read some great reviews and I like it so far)
3 books, 3 different genres.
I was enjoying jumping back and forth between them and was getting close to finishing at least 2 of them. Then, for some reason, I lost my concentration. I try but I can only do a page or two - sometimes only a paragraph or two - before I lose interest.
Is it this virus situation? I don't know. I'm not worried about it. I figure that if I was gonna get it I'd have it by now. Maybe it's because I haven't been able to see my Daughter or Granddaughter. We tried video-conferencing but the sound on my laptop doesn't work which is frustrating.
I've been through stuff before and I'll get through this. I will read my 3 books but I've gotten some more which might take precedence.
The Black Count - Tom Reiss (the story of Alex Dumas whose life became the basis for his son Alexander's The Count of Monte Cristo)
Trinity - Leo Uris
The Agony And The Ecstasy - Irving Stone
The Club of Queer Tales - G. K. Chesterton (a collection of short Detective stories with odd events and odd explanations)
The Life of P. T. Barnum - P. T. Barnum (who wouldn't want to read about the life of America's Show Man written by himself)
The last 3 are at my Daughter's house and I've had to use my "phone a friend" to pick them up for me.
Anyway, I'm feeling better about things. I think I'll grab something to eat, maybe do a crossword puzzle, then pick up a book and....
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