Midweek

Wednesday

I have ditched pretty much my entire GarbAugust plan. That plan was made before August started. 

Last night during sprints, one of sprinters asked what was my guilty pleasure read. I had to opnder it during the first sprint and then hit me with the obvious...

In a nutshell, Da Vinci Code type stories. Which was a type of book I liked before The Davinci Code came out but that sums it up. Vatican conspiracies, biblical archeology, treasure hunting, etc. 

So I spent some of sprinting last night looking for new GarbAugust options. And I thanked the person for making me work for it, thinking about it, and verbalizing it. And I found one that I think fits the bill. 

Currently reading THE ATLANTIS CODE by Charles Brokaw. 1st of 4 in series.

A thrill-seeking Harvard linguistics professor and an ultrasecret branch of the Catholic Church go head-to-head in a race to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Atlantis. The ruins of the technologically-advanced, eerily-enigmatic ancient civilization promise their discoverer fame, fortune, and power… but hold earth-shattering secrets about the origin of man.While world-famous linguist and archaeologist, Thomas Lourds, is shooting a film that dramatizes his flamboyant life and scientific achievements, satellites spot impossibly ancient ruins along the Spanish coast. Lourds knows exactly what it the Lost Continent of Atlantis has been found. The race is on, and Lourds' challengers will do anything to get there first.Whoever controls the Lost Continent will control the world."Short, gripping chapters move the action from Egypt to Russia to Africa to London.

Published 2009; 429 pages.

And I think I may be starting another one. It's a new release this week. THE WINGED TIARA by J'Nell Ciesielski. Stand alone. 

After a hasty wartime marriage and an even quicker divorce, two jewel thieves risk it all to obtain the grandest prize of them all, the last Valkyrie tiara, but their hearts may have something else in mind. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up and divorce papers were issued just in time to ring in the end of the Great War. Jewel thieves and ex-lovers Jasper and Esme find themselves circulating among the elite of British aristocracy where the diamond-lined pockets are ripe for picking. But when the last Valkyrie tiara ever created becomes the talk of the season neither will stop to obtain it, not even when they inadvertently find themselves in the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse where their lives are suddenly at stake.

Published 2024; 352 pages. I think I'll do this as an audiobook. Isn't that a gorgeous cover?

No sprints tonight. Steve's got the gun range.

Have a good day

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster