So you're telling me I have to put up with it.

Friday at last. How lovely. Really.

So, this weekend I'll be doing the usual: newsletter, laundry, walking Tug etc. Steve will be doing the usual: teaching a gun class. Still no snow but it may try just a little this weekend. It will probably be more like moisture that will turn to ice for a little while.

I read the sample of a book called JULIET by Anne Fortier. I had listed the cover of that book as one I thought as pretty. The book itself I wasn't interested in but the sample has me a tad intrigued. Here's the description:

Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key—one carried by her mother on the day she herself died—to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy. This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever—a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. But six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater the danger surrounding her—superstitions, ancient hostilities, and personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear that the notorious curse—“A plague on both your houses!”—is still at work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story ended long ago. Or did it?

It reads a little more interesting than the description, I think. I don't like authors using well-known stories for their own works. And it is beginning to be overused the device of present day to segue into a historical story. I can't read the book someday but I can't right now. It was published in August of this year.

It would be nice to read this evening but we'll see how it goes.

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster