I remember the good times ...

And we're back.

It was a nice four days off but I accomplished nothing because of this stupid cold. I was just tired a lot and coughing. But I suppose it was a good thing I had the four days to sleep and get better.

It was nice. I read quite a bit actually. We watched Mission Impossible: Fallout. I was flipping channels Friday night and case across on AMC, The Slipper and the Rose. A 1970s musical of the Cinderella story. I've seen it many times but it is nice for nostalgia to view it again.

In my reading, I finished a rather poorly written (but free thank goodness) debut called THE FRAME-UP by Meghan Scott Molin.

MG Martin lives and breathes geek culture. She even works as a writer for the comic book company she idolized as a kid. But despite her love of hooded vigilantes, MG prefers her comics stay on the page. But when someone in LA starts recreating crime scenes from her favorite comic book, MG is the LAPD’s best—and only—lead. She recognizes the golden arrow left at the scene as the calling card of her favorite comic book hero. The thing is…superheroes aren’t real. Are they? When too-handsome-for-his-own-good Detective Kildaire asks for her comic book expertise, MG is more than up for the adventure. Unfortunately, MG has a teeny little tendency to not follow rules. And her off-the-books sleuthing may land her in a world of trouble. Because for every superhero, there is a supervillain. And the villain of her story may be closer than she thinks…

Published 2018; 287 pages. It was the one I chose for the November First Read offerings from Amazon Kindle. I chose it for the comic book culture which I enjoy reading about. This was rather not good in the too-stupid category.

Then I read BREAKING COVER by Stella Rimington. 9th of 10 in series featuring Liz Carlyle, an agent in MI-5 in London

A new cold war is coming, and Liz Carlyle is about to find herself on very thin ice. Still reeling from the loss of the man she loved in a botched antiterrorist operation in Paris, Carlyle has been posted to MI5's counter-espionage desk, where her bosses hope the relative quiet might give her the chance to find her feet again. However, they hadn't counted on the aftershocks of Russia's incursions into Crimea and President Putin's determination to silence those who would oppose him, wherever they may be living in the world. As a result, Liz soon finds herself on the hunt for a Russian spy on British soil--a spy whose intentions are unknown, and whose presence is a threat not only to Russian dissidents living in England but also to the security of the nation itself. And with MI5 and MI6 coming under painful public scrutiny in the post-Edward Snowden world, for Liz and her team, security is something that is beginning to feel increasingly remote.

Published 2016; 368 pages.

And I'm currently reading ETHAN OF ATHOS by Lois McMaster Bujold. 7th of 13 in the Vorkosigan Saga.

Dr. Ethan Urquhart, chief biologist from the all-male world of Athos, must travel to other planets in search of new genetic material, as their current supply of ovarian tissue is no longer viable. Ethan encounters what to him is practically an alien species -- women! -- and also finds himself hunted by Cetagandan ghem lords and helped out by Miles' Dendarii officer Elli Quinn.

Published 1986; 224 pages. This one does not feature Miles except indirectly but is somewhat next if one is going chronologically.

Tonight on TV, there is Arrow "The Slabside Redemption":

Oliver makes a choice that will affect his entire life, as well as the lives of everyone he cares about.

I'm hoping to get to bed at a good time. Today was a long day without naps.

Have a good one

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster