Lady Simpson

Still tired. Last Tuesday I was at work (at a library, let me remind you) until 1:45 in the morning, finishing a report. Seriously, that's crazy. And not due to bad time management, either - I've been working hard, and working late, and working a few hours on the weekend. I'll be glad when we get a replacement for the person on maternity leave! Right now I'm trying to do about 65 hours of work in a 40-hour work week.
So I've been reading more Regencies, as well as bits of Anna Karenina (I'm almost done - I'm in part 7 of 8) and children's books to review for the local association of children's librarians. I've been enjoying Regencies by Donna Simpson - I even checked some out that have plots I usually skip (such as: rakish gentleman gets injured and stranded alone in some poor village, and must be taken care of by the poor but worthy heroine). Of course, if the author were a Regency character, she'd be Lady Simpson. At least half of the heroes in these books are Earls. Why? I suppose baronets aren't impressive enough, and marquesses and dukes are too unlikely. But it's all ridiculous.
I recently redecorated my desk at work - not, I stress, on work time. As I said, I'm busy! But I have a nice little poetry wall now, with some of my favorites ("One Art", by Elizabeth Bishop; "Dover Beach"; "Ozymandias") to read when I'm searching for a word. I have a Rochester poem up - and yes, I'm a big Rochester fan (owning and having read at least two biographies and his letters, as well as verse), and no, I won't see that dratted movie coming out about him.