Sagas in the Waiting Room

Fidgeting in the Cedars-Sinai hospital waiting room and hoping someone would call my name already. I was in to get a few tests done. The waiting room was packed with people waiting to get X-rays, cat scans, ultrasounds and the like. To my right a young woman, Dorothy, sat down. She took out a massive book and as a covertly lean in to read the spine I see "New Moon" in gold print.


Dorothy is half-way through the book. Like many others, she is a big fan of the Twilight books. This was a good time as any to get in some reading as she waited to get an ultrasound. She was about to go in and see the baby in her belly.

We talked a bit before she was called. I told her about the massive Rob Pattinson poster hanging in my co-workers office as well as the fact that said co-worker's husband is a celebrity and musician photographer who has photographed dear ol' Rob many-a-time (and continues to do so). Naturally Dorothy was chartreuse with envy.




In front of me a mother was sitting patiently, waiting to go in and see her child. In the meantime she passed the time with a copy of Home Song by Thomas Kincaid and Katherine Spencer. This is actually the 2nd book in the Cape Light series. The novel in set in New England and follows the mayor of Cape Light, Emily Warwick. "Emily deals with issues with her mother and sister among other trials and tribulations. She is also mourning the death of her husband." The mother has read the previous book hence she was compelled to read this one. She enjoys the books and loves the fictitious town. "They are also quick reads. I started this book yesterday and I'm almost done." That and she's a quick reader.