Asking normal banshees about overeating pixies on sunroofs / First Novel Ever!

Bingo of the afternoon:

MONGEESE (114 points) - against Sarah K.

High-scoring words of the afternoon:

ASK (208 points) - against Wendy W. [two 5W, hook off BUNN for a plural]
NORMALS (184 points) - against Joanne M. [two 3W, hook off QUEST for a plural]
MONGEESE (114 points) - against Sarah K. [4W, bingo]
CAPIZ (110 points) - against Lisa H.-G. [5W]
SLEAZO (113 points) - against Carolyn P. [3W, 2W, hook off JOTTER for a plural]
BANSHEE (256 points; two 4W, hook off KA for a plural), BOPPED (240 points; 3W, 5W) - against Jonathan F.
EXCITE (160 points) - against Lorna M. [4W, 5L on C]
OVEREAT (195 points) - against Maureen W. [3W, 5W]
SUNROOFS (155 points) - against Wilhelmina H. [5W, 3L on F]
BASIN (183 points; two 5W, hook off CRANE for a plural), COZIE (114 points; 2W, 3W) - against Kelly H.
PIXY (120 points) - against Katy H. [4W, 3L on Y]
WYES (144 points) - against Kathleen M. [3W, 4W]
OBEY (202 points) - against Mary Lou B. [4W, 5W, hook off STING to make GO]


I can't get into George Eliot's Middlemarch for some reason, so I returned it to the library along with a few other books. Also went to London Drugs to get some aspirin, a notebook, banana bread Bear Paws, Snyder's of Hanover jalapeno pretzel pieces, digestive biscuits, and H.K. Anderson peanut-butter filled pretzels. Borrowed An Early Grave (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Gary C. King); Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence, Helen Baron, Carl Baron, and Blake Morrison); The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu and Royall Tyler); Criminal Acts 2 (Lee Lamothe); Always In Our Hearts: The Story Of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson, The Pregnancy They Hid, And The Baby They Killed (Doug Most); and Into the Water (Diane Fanning) while I was here - also picked up my holds. Now I'm on ALCOTT, and Steve L. (wrathchild) has recommended The Woman In White (Wilkie Collins, Matthew Sweet) and The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins) to me. "Middlemarch is an epic SNORE! For something from (roughly) the same period that has a plot, try The Moonstone or The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins." I've also picked those up. As I thought, LJ is blocked - time to post via email! The elevator is out of order, so the stairs it is even with this heavy load! Of course, Alex Haird is hassling me via Wordscraper, calling me a gimp / "hop-a-long." This guy is SAD!