Oh, for some reason this weekend seems too short.
I'll have to run a couple errands later. I need to pick up a hold at the library and get some groceries. I'm thinking I will avoid Walmart for today and just get essentials at Albertsons. I will also have to do the clothes laundry.
On TV tonight we have the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead and the Talking Dead.
My cup overfloweth in terms of library books. I'm picking up THE GODS OF GUILT by Michael Connelly. This is 5th of 5 in series featuring Mickey Haller, a lawyer in Los Angeles. Here is a description:
Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.
Published December 2013, it has 400 pages.
Still reading and enjoying THE MIDWIFE'S TALE by Sam Thomas. On digital loan, I have VICTORY CONDITIONS by Elizabeth Moon. This is 5th of 5 in the Vatta's War space opera series. Here is a description:
Commander Vatta is back–locked and loaded and ready to win the fight against the marauding forces of ruthless space pirate Gammis Turek. For Ky, it’s not just about liberating the star systems subjugated by Turek and defending the rest of the galaxy’s freedom. There’s also a score to be settled and payback to be meted out for the obliteration of the Vatta Transport dynasty . . . and the slaughter of Ky’s family. But the enemy have their own escalation efforts under way–including the placement of covert agents among the allies with whom Ky and the surviving Vattas are collaborating in the war effort. And when a spy ring linked to a wealthy businessman is exposed, a cracked pirate code reveals a galaxywide conspiracy fueling the proliferation of Turek’s warship fleet. Matching the invaders’ swelling firepower will mean marshaling an armada of battle-ready ships for Ky to lead into combat. But a violent skirmish leaves Ky reeling–and presumed dead by her enemies. Now, as Turek readies an all-out attack on the Nexus system–a key conquest that could seal the rest of the galaxy’s doom–Ky must rally to the challenge, draw upon every last reserve of her strategic skills, and reach deep if she is to tear from the ashes of tragedy her most decisive victory.
Published in 2008, it has 418 pages.
Another digital loan that I may not have time to read is AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: Volumn 1. Here is a description:
"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion—to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"—meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind." The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.
This has 679 pages, but a big chunk of it is notes or back of book material, I believe.
These are all 14-day loans. Ugh. But when the library makes them available... one has to jump to their tune.
In the meantime, here's something amusing; somebody was either clever, has an unhealthy interest in cats, or had too much time on their hands:
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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