My lousy week and some books I wish I had

This has been a pretty lousy week* and all I want to do is crawl into bed and spend the weekend under the covers with a good book. Unfortunately this probably won't happen due my wonderful but demanding kids who seem to think that my sitting (or lying) down means that I'm available to carry out one of their many requests. Except for my four year-old who sees it as his opportunity to get done  things done that he knows...