A Christmas Carol Ch. 1

I am now reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I thought that it would be a good book to read now that Christmas is coming up! Anyhoo, here's the first chapter. Ebeneezer Scrooge and .....Marley were business partners, both with tight purse strings, if you know hat I mean. Marley is dead when the book begins. And for a little while the author establishes the facts that Mr. Scrooge is a selfish man and that he dislikes Christmas. I believe we are all familiar with the phrase "Bah! Humbug!" that Ebeneezer exclaims about Christmas. Ebeneezer's nephew make a short appearance, trying unsuccessfully to persuade his Uncle that Christmas is not a "Humbug", but a great, joyful time of year. When Ebeneezer is returning home, he sees his old business partner's face on the knocker on the door. Marley's ghost then appears after much hubbub, wailing and lamenting. He tells Ebeneezer, who is quite confused and frightened at seeing his business partner's ghost, and in such excruciating agony, no less, that three ghosts are going to visit Ebeneezer at 1:00 in the morning. Marley's ghost then exits the house. Ebeneezer cannot resist the urge to look out the window, attempting to see Marley's ghost fly away. Instead, Mr. Scrooge sees a great number of ghosts in agony, apparently remorseful of the time that they had lost. They all wished to help someone, but could not because they were but ghosts. They were very regretful about not helping people when they had the chance. Ebeneezer then shuts his shades, and goes to bed.

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

Recently, I have finished reading "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict." It is about a young woman, Courtney Stone, living in L.A., who suddenly wakes up in another woman's body in 1813 A.D. She then slowly realizes that she is not in a dream, but it is real. She goes on living her life, convincing everyone that she really is "Jane Mansfield," the person whose body Courtney is inhabiting. Traveling to Bath and London, she enjoys meeting 19th century people and seeing 19th century places in the 19th century. Throughout the book, there is frequent swearing and inappropriate sexuality. The end is quite confusing. I would not recommend reading this book, but if you do wish to, I will not ruin the ending.