Greetings, reading sloots! It's time once again to share what books you've been reading, which ones to avoid, but mostly, which ones you heartily recommend, because we could all use a good yarn in These Trying Times™, amireet? Speaking of reading - in bed or on the couch - if you're like me, your eyes have started that slow, inevitable betrayal which demands reading glasses. Shudder. And if you're also like me, you don't invest in those $200 designer frames, you buy the cheapest damn pharmacy readers you can find. Why? Because you know their lifespan will be tragically brief. The moment the phone rings, someone dares to knock (the nerve!), or the hubs emits a sound requiring immediate attention, those glasses are flung off faster than  a flimsy cocktail dress during a tawdry alleyway encounter (no one can see you except that homeless dude peeking out from the Dumpster!). I jump into action, dismissing the wee plastic cheaters with a negligent - but stylish, always s...