英语读书笔记-Book Lovers Day 10

Part 1

1. I developed a rigorous vetting process for dating.
2. It’s only 6 o’clock, but we change into pajamas - including our silk robes.
3. I find two speckled blue mugs in the cabinet.
4. Matching charcoal sheet masks plastered to our faces.
5. She heaves a happy sigh.
6. My heart twinges.
7. When Libby sees the lackluster town square for the first time.
8. When she drifts off.
9. My phone chirps with a new email around 10 pm.
10. I’ve been sitting on the back deck, willing myself to feel tired and nursing a glass of the velvety Pinot Sally Goode.
11. I’m more like an insomniac who just mixed a bunch of cocaine into some Red Bull and took a spin on a mechanical bull
12. I tried to work, but the WI-FI’s so bad that my laptop is a glorified paperweight.
13. Instead CHARLIE is bolded at the top of my in-box. I tap the message open and barely avoid a spit take.
14. Dusty’s portrayal of Sunshine Falls.
15. Charlie planned a visit during publishing’s annual late-summer hibernation I can’t bring myself to broach the subject.

Part 2

1. And I already need an exorcism.
2. As soon as I’ve sent it, I have to marvel-slash-panic at my own unprofessionalism.
3. And let my thoughts charge out like velociraptors.
4. I think I remember seeing that endorsement on the cover.
5. I stare at the screen’s hash glow.
6. Moths keep darting in front of it, and in the woods, I can hear cicadas humming, an owl hooting.
7. I’ve worked with her for years, and she does best with positive reinforcement.
8. Which is how Dusty’s editor was able to take Once from good to outrageously unputdownable.
9. I scoff, No one calls me that, I don’t think.
10. And make editorial suggestions.
11. I huff, I don’t revel in exsanguination.
12. I have some clients who are sharks themselves------eager to fire off accusatory emails when they feel neglected by their publishers.
13. But most of them are more likely to get steamrolled, or to keep their complaints to themselves until their resentment boils over and they self-destruct in spectacular fashion.
14. Indignation flames through me.