I've had a really lovely day today, having it off for Presidents' Day. I walked Tug, had lunch with Steve at his office, and then met with my friend Omi for a really brilliant time this afternoon.
This week is going to be a bit stressful at work but doable with the new program going into effect. I've planned with Steve to go out to dinner on Friday to celebrate getting through it. :)
I finished DEATH AT APOTHECARIES' HALL by Deryn Lake. Now I'm reading MEDICUS by Ruth Downie. This is 1st of 3 in series featuring Gaius Petreius Ruso, a recently divorced Roman army physician, in second century Roman Britain. Here's a description:
Gaius Petrius Ruso, a military medicus (or doctor), transfers to the 20th Legion in the remote Britannia port of Deva (now Chester) to start over after a ruinous divorce and his father's death. Things go downhill from there. His quarters are filthy and vermin-filled, and his superior at the hospital is a petty tyrant. Gaius rescues and buys an injured slave girl, Tilla, from her abusive master, but she refuses to talk, can't cook and costs more to keep than he can afford. Meanwhile, young women from the local bordello keep turning up dead, and nobody is interested in investigating. Gaius becomes a reluctant detective, but his sleuthing threatens to get him killed and leaves him scant time to work on the first-aid guide he's writing to help salvage his
finances.
It was published in the UK in 2006 and in the US in 2007. It has 400 pages. Strangely, it sort of has the feel of MASH (tired cynical doctor in a chaotic military setting) but without the humor. I wanted something different and I've been meaning to get to the roman histmysts (there's tons) and this seems to fit the bill for now.
Back at it tomorrow morning. Thanks for stopping by.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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