waiting for my next book release {sigh}

No, it wasn't as bad as that today....

Hmmmm, not much to report today. Work was work. I ran errands at lunch: got oil changed on Moby, put gas in Moby, stopped by Cabelas to look for a dehydrator. It was snowing when I walked the dogs but seems to have stopped now. Steve picked up dinner from a new Mexican place called Cafe Rio -- it was good. I'm doing some article posting to Facebook and then I will read the Larsen book. I'm a bit tired. I slept better last night but not enough of it, I think.

Just a heads up: there will be no post on Thursday. I'll be "volunteering" at the Friends of the NRA banquest. It's not really volunteering when your husband volunteers you for the job.

Okay, off you go...

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

I’m currently reading IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larsen. This is nonfiction; here is a description:

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance--and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

It was published in May 2011 and has 464 pages. This is on my Kindle.

Tonight I have The Voice to watch so I may not get a lot reading done.

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster

... it's a perfect day for napping....

I forget to mention that after work on Friday I stopped at Albertson's to pick up some groceries, including a bottle of wine for the fish recipe I was doing that night. And yes I would be drinking it eventually. I GOT CARDED and the lady was SERIOUS. It wasn't a I-have-to-check-everyone situation; she really meant it. So I gave her my driver's license. She said, "wow, you had me fooled." Not bad for 45, eh?

It is snowing. I walked the dogs at 7:30; Coda chased a jackrabbit the size of a Labrador but didn't stand a chance. I'm sure he thought he was in rabbit heaven. I then picked up the WSJ and Billings Gazette -- it's just a news reading kind of day. I would like to listen to some things on the computer along with doing clothes laundry. We'll see.

I'm nearing the end of the Robb book. A solid procedural after the emotional stuff in the last book.

Last night we watched the first two episodes on DVD of the first season of the TV show Justified that shows on the FX channel. Everyone, and I mean everyone, kept saying how wonderful it was. And I have to say ... it was really good. We now have something to watch on Saturday nights. A few months ago, we made a marathon of the Starz show Strike Back, watching two episodes per Saturday night. It's nice to have something again.

Tonight, is the Academy Awards. I don't really know who/what's up for them nor do I plan to watch. Downton Abbey is done now on Masterpiece and they're starting Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop. I don't know if I'll watch that or not. Otherwise, we'll watch The Walking Dead and then I'll probably read.

Gotta keep moving on catching up on news, maybe make a cuppa tea. Have a cozy day!

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

Our sunbeam traps have worked!

Well I guess mission accomplished in pissing off liberals. Discovered that some 4MA "friends" unfriended me on Facebook, probably over the articles I posted. Shows you: a) who your friends are and b) liberals want to live in the world that is fed to them on the mainstream media and not deal with the reality.

I feel like I should have gotten more done today but I did do the usual walk the dogs, vacuum, laundry and even cleaned out a cupboard that had been ignored for several years. Then I cleaned out and/or caught up on some emails and news but that job is nowhere near done.

I haven't finished the Robb book yet. Sigh. Should I be glad that I'm not racing though the books as I used to therefore the time spent with them is longer or be not happy that I'm not getting to all the books that I want? Looks like March is a light month for new releases for me so I can maybe do some catching up then.

We're having hamburgers tonight and will watch Cops. Maybe I can read afterward or maybe we'll watch a movie.

The boys are in trouble right now. Steve had taken them out to run around the front yard and then apparently got caught up talking to our neighbor. I was at the laptop which looks out onto the back yard ... and the next street north of us ... and I happen to look up to see the dogs running west on Hazelnut. Grrrr. I had to jump in the SUV and hunt them down. All three are unrepentant.

A storm has moved in with awful wind and occasional snow. So I feel like hunkering down.

Have a lovely weekend....

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

Truth in advertising

Isn’t it funny how we change? I've changed reading habits over the years but I'm thinking right now of The Oscars. The Academy Awards used to be a big deal to me to watch each year and I couldn’t care less this time. The lives of those people are so far from reality of real people. And the awards themselves are really just an elaborate marketing strategy for their products. Will I watch? I don’t think so. I truly think that we as a people are being diverted and numbed into caring about the entertainment industry so we won’t pay attention to the real things. Bread and circuses.

I will probably finish the Robb book this weekend. Next up I’m thinking is IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson. Nonfiction. About Germany in the 30s as Hitler and his atrocities were building and the American ambassador who was assigned there at that time.

Tonight is Say Yes to the Dress and Spartacus on TV. I'm experimenting with a fish recipe, so we'll see how it goes over with Himself.

Not sure what this weekend will bring. I should go to Petsmart and get some dog food. Otherwise, I could clean, organize, etc. etc. Will I? Maybe; maybe not. Maybe I’ll just read. Ha!

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster

More like "It's after 7pm ..."

A bit tired tonight. Three people gone from work so just two of us on phones and then I volunteered at the Rehberg campaign again after work. Got home at about 7:30. Steve wasn't home but didn't take the dogs for their walk -- got them fed. Steve brought Taco Bell for dinner. I did a quick scan of the news and this post and now I'm going to get comfy in bed and read the Robb book before getting too sleepy.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster