Tuesday
About to start listening to the audiobook A CALL TO DUTY by David Weber and Timothy Zahn. 1st of 4 in series in SFF series Manticore Ascendant set in the universe of Honor Harrington.
Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life . . . the two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally found the structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn’t exactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge of budgetary extinction. The Star Kingdom is a minor nation among the worlds of the Diaspora, its closest neighbors weeks or months away, with little in the way of resources. With only modest interstellar trade, no foreign contacts to speak of, a plague-ravaged economy to rebuild, and no enemies looming at the hyper limit, there are factions in Parliament who want nothing more than to scrap the Navy and shift its resources and manpower elsewhere. But those factions are mistaken. The universe is not a safe place. Travis Long is about to find that out.
Published 2014; 484 pages (14 hours 4 minutes).
Here's a shot of the updated "Book" page in my bullet journal. I'll have to work on sizes and so forth.
Why am I devoting so much effort to the BuJo? Partly because I love the creativity of the spreads. I never thought I’d get into stickers so much. Partly because I want to keep track of some habits and be accountable to writing projects. Partly because I need something in the evenings to keep my mind off the potential for caving in and eating something when I’m supposed to be in ketosis. Partly because I want something to do other than beading that keeps my focus on me and my stuff and not Other People’s Lives/Problems, i.e. getting sucked into mindlessly scrolling the Internet.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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