I finally got my book in the mail today. It took, like, a week, and the CD I ordered to get my purchase over $39 (Ivy's In the Clear) got here last Friday.

In the end, I suppose it was a good thing that it didn't get here until tonight. I didn't have any major plans this evening, which allowed me to read the book in its entirety—from cover to cover in about 2 1/2 hours. I'm not sure if that means I'm finally starting to read at a decent clip, or that the book was just that short. (It clocked in at about 260 pages, so, while shorter than the tomes I usually read, it was far from a novella. Yeah, that's the ticket.)

To sum it up: Sinclair was yummy but surly, just the way I like him; Betsy was not as bitchy as usual (boo!), and the new sister was intriguing and not too distracting from yummy Sinclair. Have I mentioned that Sinclair is yummy? I have? Excellent.

I am reading: Perhaps the best e-mail I've ever received at work. It's from a colleague who was checking out my iTunes this morning.

"I finally got sound on my computer. And I wanted to say thank you, thank you for your fantastic taste in music."

I mean, dude!

At the same time, she and Alan from my Music Club both recommend the following site for great streaming music. She says: "Check out the show Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Nic Harcourt on KCRW.com out of Santa Monica. Best radio show on the planet. It airs live from 9 - 12 LA time, but you can listen on demand whenever."