I'm over at ChristiansRead blog today: My name is Camy, and I have plebeian reading tastes. Yup, uncultured, unrefined, lowbrow, philistine reading tastes. My tastes do not run to poetic prose. I want the common, vulgar fiction known as popular fiction or genre fiction. Come join me!

I saw Ramin Karimloo singing in the 25th Anniversary Les Miserables performance and looked him up and saw he performed in a show called Love Never Dies . I was surprised to see it was a continuation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera ! So I got the CD and have been listening. The music is very Andrew Lloyd Webber, it’s very different and yet similar to the Phantom. The storyline is fascinating and theatrical, although I have a hard time believing the events of the song “Beneath a Moonless Sky,” even though most of the story hinges on them. I would have loved to watch this but unfortunately I think it’s no longer playing. There’s an Australian version DVD releasing but it doesn’t have Ramin Karimloo in it, which is disappointing. He’s supposed to have created a more dynamic Phantom than any other actor who has played the character.

I’m not sure how long this will last but this fantastic ebook is only 99 cents on Kindle and Nook . Back cover blurb: She loves the land. Mattie Evans grew up in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Although her family has lost their ranch, she still calls this land home. A skilled young veterinarian, she struggles to gain the confidence of the local ranchers. Fortunately, her best friend and staunchest supporter is John McCray, owner of the Lightning M Ranch. They both love the ranch, and can’t imagine living anywhere but in the Flint Hills. He’s haunted by it. Gil McCray, John’s estranged son, is a pro football player living in California. The ranch is where his mother died and where every aspect of the tallgrass prairie stirs unwanted memories of his older brother’s fatal accident. Gil decides leaving the ranch is the best solution for his ailing father and his own ailing heart. But he doesn’t count on falling in love. Falling in love isn’t an option. Or is it? When Mattie is ca...

Captain Caffeine said there's a lone goose in his work parking lot. I feel so sorry for it. Where's its mate? Is it lost? I wonder if its hungry. If it were me I'd be feeding it which is probably not a good thing.

I was looking up the calorie count of the salads at Cheesecake Factory since I went there yesterday and discovered this link for 20 Salads Worse Than a Whopper courtesy of Eat This Not That. (There’s also a one-page list here .) HOLY. SMOKES. And did you SEE those California Pizza Kitchen salads??? Luckily I did not eat the Cheesecake Factory salad listed, I had the arugula salad which I discovered is only about 300 calories. I’m sorry, but what is the point of a salad if it’s not healthy for you?

Okay, specifically, doing my taxes. I would rather get my period 4 days early. Oh, wait. That happened yesterday.

I heard about the tornadoes not from Yahoo, but because my friend had her flight canceled from San Jose to Texas, then when she went to San Francisco to catch a flight there, those flights got canceled too. I hope she gets home today! One of the tornadoes touched down near her kids' school. Scary.