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1. Reading a rather interesting historical romance at the moment, entitled The Madness of Lord Ian McKenszie by Jennifer Ashely - it's a gothic romance, the old style (no paranormal stuff). Takes place in the 1880s. The Hero has undiagnosed Ausperger's syndrom, which they didn't know existed back then. People with Autism or Ausperger's were treated as if they were mad and tortured. The Hero's brother let him out of the asylum some time ago. The heroine is a Vicar's Widow, who has come into some money via being a paid lady's companion, and came from the workhouse. Not your standard run-of-the-mill historical, plus detailed sex scenes...which are okay. Sex scenes are admittedly difficult to write. I found the character's thoughts about having sex with each other, and their profound desire for each other...far more erotic actually. UST always is. It is rather unconventional actually.

At any rate, the books are doing a very good job of relaxing me...

2. Watched the Season Final of Game of Thrones - which in some respects I actually liked better than S1, I may be in the minority on that score. As much as I adore Scean Bean as an actor, and I truly do, I do not find Ned Stark interesting. He's likable enough, but somewhat dull as a character.

It was, granted, far more scattered. At times you felt like you were watching eight different medieval fantasy series at the same time. But that worked for me.

The finale worked for me too...better than I expected. They changed a few things from the books, which I was relieved by.

( Eh spoilers for Game of Thrones Season Finale )