This Mornin'...

No school this morning ='d delightful opportunity to read a novel (I'll get on the Large Animal Medicine studying this evening). I found "'Lena Rivers" in the library of my houseparents (which doesn't mean that they would endorse the book -- it wasn't theirs originally) and have been making some steady progress through it. A fabulous Cinderella-type story (someone needs to think of some new story lines to furnish new stereotypical books), with a fair bit of suspense, a very large dose of intrigue (it's the wicked aunt and cousin in this book) and relationships getting ruined, mended, rent, etc.

I am impressed by the utterly poor communication and extensive secrecy that occurs in the story. It is astounding how slow some of the characters are to see through the aunt/cousin, and how they actually believe information obtained from those sources. Not only do they believe the information, but they make life-changing decisions based on it. Impulsive and air-brained -- both women and men.
Some degree of skepticism is good, especially when people earn it.