So yes, as some of you have undoubtedly already guessed, my internet connection here at home is down yet again, a semi-regular occurrence in my life; and since I work from home, that gives me no cushy office internet connection to fall back on, which leaves me pretty much crap out of luck a lot of the time. (Or technically, I get through all my basic chores through a combination of public libraries, pay-per-minute internet cafes, and borrowed time on friends' computers, which does in a pinch much of the time, but is a process that gets interrupted during extreme weather, like the continual rainstorms and 100-plus heat we've been experiencing here in Chicago this month.) Anyway, the connection here at home will be off for at least another month if not maybe more, so the CCLaP site will most likely suffer the kind of scattered posting schedule you've been seeing over the last couple of weeks (you know, only three or four posts a week, with sometimes several days going by without anything new). Rest assured that the reading and writing continues at its normal pace here in Chicago; and that will hopefully result in a nice long string of reviews in a row once I have a stable always-on connection again. As always, I thank you very much for your patience.