Did I mention canceling cable is the best decision I've made recently?
I read The Other Boleyn Girl while listening to Handel's Messiah on vinyl, one version of three I am currently privy to, and drinking a bottle of wine. It is a miserable excuse for a book, but I finish it. I download the movie, but I cannot sit through it. The music is nice. The wine is alright.
I read No One Belongs Here More Than You while listening to Weezer and drinking a dry martini. After I read the first three paragraphs, I say aloud to the empty apartment, "Well, I love her." The music is distracting. The martini could use some olives. I'll pick some up tomorrow at the gourmet cheese shop that lives below me.