TGIF
Yesterday evening was productive. I did a couple test runs on the live webcam with a volunteer watching to give me feedback. The first one went really well. The second one didn't but I learned things. I'll do some more this weekend. This may work out.
Keo wanted to do an additional walk last night so we did three walks again. My feet are hot and tired.
I finished A DANGEROUS COLLABORATION by Deanna Raybourn last night. Five stars. I'm figuring out what to read next from my many many options.
Steve's got the Big Sky State Games match to run I think tomorrow, not
Sunday. I don't have any plans except to keep working on the
webcame/YouTube, read, hopefully work on some writing, hopefully do some
cleaning, definitely doing some napping. We'll watch the next two
episodes of Jack Ryan series. We want to see the new Mission Impossible
movie in the theatre but I don't think it will happen this weekend. And we'll have to trust that Keo will be okay alone for three hours. But it's a movie meant to be watched on the big screen.
UPDATE:
Going to give auditions to two books for next reads.
THE ART OF THE DECOY by Trish Esden. 1st of 2 in Scandal Mountain Antiques series.
After her mother is sent to prison for art forgery, Edie Brown returns to Northern Vermont to rebuild her family’s fine art and antiques business. She’s certain she can do it now that her mother is gone. After all, butting heads with her mom over bad business practices was what drove Edie away three years ago, including a screwup that landed Edie on probation for selling stolen property. When Edie scores a job appraising a waterfowl decoy collection at a hoarder’s farmhouse, she’s determined to take advantage of the situation to rebuild the business’s tarnished reputation and dwindling coffers. In lieu of payment, Edie intends to cherry-pick an exceptional decoy carved by the client’s renowned Quebecoise folk artist ancestors. Only the tables turn when the collection vanishes. Accused of the theft, Edie’s terrified that the fallout will destroy the business and land her in prison next to her mom. Desperate, she digs into the underbelly of the local antiques and art world. When Edie uncovers a possible link between the decoy theft and a deadly robbery at a Quebec museum, she longs to ask her ex-probation officer, and ex-lover, for help. But she suspects his recent interest in rekindling their romance may hide a darker motive. With the help of her eccentric uncle Tuck and Kala, their enigmatic new employee, Edie must risk all she holds dear to expose the thieves and recover the decoys before the FBI’s Art Crime Team or the ruthless thieves themselves catch up with her.
Published 2022; 336 pages.
And ISOLATE by L.E. Modesitt Jr. 1st of The Grand Illusion trilogy. Sci fi.
Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance. Something is about to give.Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of "heart failure" at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy. Steffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion.
Published 2021; 608 pages.
UPDATE THE SECOND:
The reading sprints scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and next Saturday were canceled by the host. I've offered to help out. Might as well jump in the deep end right? I'm scared but it's a great opportunity. I've not heard back yet.
Have a good weekend
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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