PK the Bookeemonster: Always

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Always

Wednesday (only Wednesday?)

I think I'm going to give diamond painting a try. Yes, another hobby interest. I like to have options. It looks fun and I like to try new things. This is what the process looks like.

So kinda like paint by numbers but with colored sparkly dots.

I'm playing with the idea of doing live sprints Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings to help be accountable for being productive. It's very easy to just say I'm too tired to do anything. Like last night, I walked Keo but it was longer than I wanted it to be because he needed more time to do his business so by the time we got home, we were both wiped out and hot. So I wound up just watching BookTube vids. I have to treat my goal of writing as a second job. I can't make it be a whim if I feel like it or not. And maybe announcing live sprints three nights a week will help me make sure I do it.

Reading-wise, I think I'll be starting THE AGATHAS by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson. 1st of 2 in series.

Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She's not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s ex–best friend. And it doesn’t look like Brooke will be coming back. . .Enter Iris Adams, Alice's tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear, though unlike Alice, she doesn't have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke's grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter's whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn't so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory.In order to get the reward and prove Steve's innocence, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need--the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there's anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it's the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they're about to walk into.

Published 2022; 405 pages.

So tonight I had already scheduled live sprints. I can't walk Keo for as long tonight no matter what. If we stroll in the yard for a third time of the day, so be it. But it will be done.