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July 21, 2021

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Hello, dear readers! Don’t worry, nothing is wrong, just some change. I had cataract surgery in my right eye and while it is going to be a great thing when it settles down it’s wonky right now. I didn’t know this, but after the surgery it can take a few days or even up to a week for your pupil to constrict normally. Which means reading and writing are difficult. Aaaaghhhh! Then, due to vacation, my surgeon won’t be available to do my second eye until late August. Vacation? Doesn’t he know I have books to read and review?! 😉

In the meantime, I finished two novels and both will be 4 stars or higher. I’ll review them soon, but if you can’t wait they are We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker and The Paper Palace by Miranda Heller. Both beautifully written with my only caveat being they cover a lot of trauma and sadness. Not what I think of as typical summer reading, but they will definitely immerse you in their worlds.

I hope you are all doing well and having a better summer than last year. Reading anything good?

 

 

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  1. Susan says

    July 21, 2021 at 7:21 am

    Catherine take care of yourself, and don’t worry about blogging. We your blog readers will be here waiting and eager to read your book reviews when you are able to blog again. I hope your eye settles down quick. I hope you have audio books to listen to until you are able to read. I hear putting in eye drops multiple times a day is the worst part of cataract surgery. Take care.

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    • Catherine says

      July 25, 2021 at 4:38 pm

      Thank you! The worst part about it is I like to relax by reading! Not a good option right now. I can say that 6 days in the change in my distance vision is astonishing. To wake up and not need my glasses right away? Weird. Mid to near vision is slow in returning. And yes, the drops are annoying. Plus, they cloud your vision so it’s hard to know what’s working.

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  2. Debbie Moore says

    July 21, 2021 at 8:24 am

    Just finished reading “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak. All I can say is WOW. The prose is beautiful and the story told from the viewpoint of a young girl and an old fig tree (sounds weird, but it isn’t) shows how interconnected we are and how we take our first home with us wherever we go.

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    • Catherine says

      July 25, 2021 at 4:36 pm

      Oh, yay-I have that book on my TBR. Did you read her other book? 10 Minutes 38 Seconds?

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  3. Valerie S. says

    July 21, 2021 at 10:02 am

    Happy healing, Catherine! Take the time you need to restore your body and soul.

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    • Catherine says

      July 27, 2021 at 6:05 pm

      Thank you! I’ve found some workarounds with the eye- super large fonts for reading and writing. It gets tiring, but I can’t not read and once I read I need to review!

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  4. Nicole says

    July 21, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Going through the same thing here with after cataract surgery blues. I thought I would have perfect eyesight right away, but not so at all. It took a couple of weeks for each of my eyes to settle down. I had much fluctuation in my vision (Blurry to SuperBlurry), a lot of watering, and extreme sensitivity to light. It is great that my world is a brighter place now but I feel like Dracula at dawn when I step outside. Doctor says things are healing perfectly and that it can take months for the eyes to settle in to a new normal. Good luck with yours!

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    • Catherine says

      July 25, 2021 at 4:39 pm

      Thank you. I think eye doctors are particularly dense at managing patients’ expectations. I hope your vision continues to improve quickly!

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  5. Laila says

    July 21, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    I hope your eyes are both healed and cataract free very soon!

    Right now I’m reading Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie and it’s fantastic. I think I read it back when I was discovering Christie around the age of 12 or 13, but I’m not sure. The film will come out next year – Kenneth Branaugh – which is what prompted me to pick it up again!

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