I Lost My Book

I think it might be in my trunk. I hope it’s in my trunk!

Time was, this never would have happened. Back in school when I read a book a day most days, my book would not have left my hand long enough to get lost.

I still can’t quite believe it. I’ve been waiting MONTHS to start that book (Empire of Ivory, fourth in the Temeraire series) and I finally start it and TWO HOURS LATER (as best I can reconstruct) it’s missing.

Let me start at the beginning. Last week was a bit of a whirl. We went places...