February 19, 2007 • Print This Post
It’s the middle of February and we just had our first “snow” day last week. Schools were closed. No one was on the roads.
In the scheme of snow days, it was a bust. I live in New Jersey where six inches is a piece of cake. (I hear you chortling.) Twelve inches is a “Snow Day”. What we got last week was barely an inch with a freezing rain glaze.
Puny, but I’m always grateful for a snow day, especially one where you don’t have to shovel. I’d just finished correcting the galleys of my next mystery, and I’d finished the first draft of my next Brava book several days before. So far, It’s titled, Who’s Playing the Field? It’s about a baseball player and a sports journalist. Think Hepburn and Tracy but contemporary, young, hip and hot. I was tempted to get started on the edit, but I really need a few weeks off before I can approach an edit with a clear mind.
So I did the next best snow day thing. My daughter and I scraped the ice off the car windows and drove to the mall. No lines, no one in a hurry. The clerks were actually glad to see us. We had a blast. Then we took ourselves out to lunch.
Now this isn’t something that happens often, spending the day with your seventeen year old with lots of mutual oohs and ahs at the shoe selection without one argument.
Of course, as soon as we got home, she disappeared into her room to IM for the rest of the day. I picked up a romance and curled up on the couch. Another thing that doesn’t happen often these days. Seems with all the writing, it’s hard to schedule reading for pleasure.
I guess I’ll have to thank that puny snow day for the opportunity to kick back and enjoy. What do you do on those snowy winter days? What kinds of books make you feel warm and toasty?
Posted by Gemma Bruce @ 6:23 am • Filed under: Gemma Bruce
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Historicals are wonderful snow day books. I’m currently re-reading Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower series, and it’s wonderful the second time around, too.
Supposed to get up to 38 degrees today and melt some snow - yay!
Any book makes me happy. What can I say except I’m easy!:lol:
We have over 2 feet of snow here and it is only going to hit 18 degrees today.:sad:
I am with Susan I will read anything. I live in Maryland and we have not had any snow this year, or any to really count. The kids got a snow day because we had a flurry. I love snow days because it gives me the excuse to do nothing but snuggle up with whatever book I have been trying to sneak pages of and read, read, read.
Hi! Glad you were able to enjoy the snow day. I also live in NJ and called out on Valentine’s day. I was afraid I might fall on the ice. It was a nice treat to be able to spend the day on my computer. I mostly enjoy contemporary/romantic/suspense but am currently really enjoying Robin D. Owens Protector of the Flight.
We don’t have snow days here. When the roads are bad and the snow is high they just caution us all to be careful. I try to stay off the roads when they are really bad, because I hate winter driving. I live in Alberta, Canada so we see our fair share of snow, wind and cold, but also do get the Chinooks.:grin:
As for books that make me warm and toasty, I like the Contemporary/Romance and I also like the Suspense/Romance books.