Bay State Reader's Advisory

I don’t know if anyone noticed I’ve been gone for almost a month, but I became a pandemic statistic – a “breakthrough case” of COVID-19. I lost the second half of the summer to being pretty sick, but luckily never developed any of the emergency symptoms. We traveled south (crowded airports, long security lines, full flights, one flight canceled and rescheduled to the next morning after we sat on the plane for an hour waiting to take off); attended a big event, and although I masked up indoors almost all of the time, it was not enough. Two days after our return, I tested positive and my husband tested negative. Two days after my positive result, he tested positive himself (probably from all the close contact with me while traveling). Luckily for me again, he had more mild symptoms than me, so he was able to take good care of me! 😉

I was unable to read a print book or ebook for two full weeks, when all I could do was lie in bed all day or maybe sit on the couch for an hour, and I really missed reading! Due to headache and fatigue, I relied on audiobooks to distract me from my thoughts and fears, and I stuck with light, comfort-listening selections. I was constantly dozing off before the sleep timer ran out, so I had really disjointed listening experiences going back and forth to find my place. I listened to these audiobooks through complete and utter brain fog, so will make no attempt at reviewing them, except to say most of them were short and from series that I was familiar with and liked.