Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century. So I don't feel like my intellectual life comes to a halt just because I have a fever and a cough. Got through the introduction and started the first chapter.

The Science of Making Friends. Turned out there is loads of entertainment value in this how to for parents of teens on the autistic-asperberger's spectrum. I laughed out loud more than once. Plus the advice works for everyone!

Illusions Perdues. I enjoyed this so much when I first read it I periodically try to reread. The long french sentences effectively put me to sleep, although I did manage to get through the section where Madame de Bargeton dumps Lucien when they get to Paris.

The Infatuations. Talk about your long sentences! I was mildly intrigued/entertained for about forty pages, then I got fed up. I feel badly that I don't have more patience for literary fiction, but I just don't.

Bad Things Happen. The perfect sickbed book. An improbable mystery masquerading as plausible, with a new twist every chapter. I finished it in a day and a half. Eight corpses by the end!

Now it's time for the Y-Teen comfort books: Dinny Gordon, Marsha, Pam and Penny, Betty Cavanna. Which will I get through first? Post-flu malaise, or my teen library?