Paci's Progress: Finished Books, Unfinished Books, & Why I Love Flannel

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First, a note: As I was typing my subject /\ up there /\, I was struck by the fact that it sounded a lot like the title of a really pretentious article from Vanity Fair or something. However, I can't think of anything else to call this, so it's staying.

Second, I love flannel because:

• It can be dressed up or dressed down.
• It's warm without being bulky, & makes an excellent layering piece.
• It's the quintessential element of the grunge rock uniform, and therefore automatically is more awesome than a) cone bras, b) ironic school girl uniforms, c) low cut tops & Daisy Dukes in cutesy candy colors, and d) wearing bubble wrap, tissue boxes for shoes or any of the other weird shit Gaga tries to make happen.

I mean, is there any other fabric that is inherently tied to a particular time & stage in the development of rock & roll, and consequently influenced thousands, if not millions of young adults for decades afterwards? No. I think not.

Full Disclosure: I have both of La Gaga's albums.

And now, for Finished & Unfinished Books:

Finished
My Fake Boyfriend is Better than Yours, Kristina Springer
Royal Blood, Rhys Bowen
Blameless, Gail Carriger

In progress
Red Hood's Revenge, Jim C. Hines
North & South, Elizabeth Gaskell
Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier
The Physics of the Buffyverse, Jennifer Ouellette
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Bitchfest, ed. Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler
Kim, Rudyard Kipling

Have Not Started Yet
Diamond Secret, Suzanne Weyn
World Above, Cameron Dokey
Crimson Thread, Suzanne Weyn
Classy: Be a Lady Not a Tramp, Derek Blasberg
Who is Mark Twain?, Mark Twain                            
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O'Connor McNees
The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
The Bourne Supremacy, Robert Ludlum
The Aquitaine Progression, Robert Ludlum
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde & Other stories, Robert Louis Stevenson
The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells                                           
Margaret the Queen, Nigel Tranter                                
The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart                                                          
This Rough Magic, Mary Stewart                                                       
Wildfire at Midnight, Mary Stewart                                            
Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens                                                         
The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins                                                          
The Time Machine & The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells                    

So, that's what I'll be up to over the Thanksgiving holiday. I hope to have some progress to report, especially as some of those are due back to the library soon.