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A small correction:
The sentence "вчера я прочитала книгу" would not only mean that you read the book to its end, but that you read it entirely yesterday as well. That is, you started to read it...

Yes, that's right.

I wasn't doing anything = Я ничего не делала.
I wasn't doing anything while I was waiting for you.

I haven't done anything = Я ничего не cделала.
Why are you scolding me? I...

Okay, I'll try to explain it in another way.

1. Listen, John... While I was in hospital during those three months, you helped (you were helping, as we'd say in Russian) my family, you were driving...

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спасибо, что вы это делали: You were doing that. Thank you for that.

спасибо, что вы это сделали: You did [have done] that. Thank you for that.