Labor Day was one of the nicer weekends that I’ve had lately. I took Monday off and am very glad I did. I didn’t have a lot of plans. Mostly I planned on cleaning up. My desk in particular. I planned on reading. Watching my DVR’d recordings. The only days I had appointments were Saturday and Monday ( Read more... )

So much for doing these semi-monthly. I expect to make up for lost time in the next 10 days.

#130, Gravity vs. the Girl by Riley Noehren. After a year in bed Samantha Green is being chased around by the 6 year old ghost of herself who manages to convince her to get out of bed, and would have convinced her to get dressed but for the ghost in the ( Read more... )

Monday was family day. Two of my mother’s siblings came to the apartment for lunch and brought associated family, husband, wife, children, mother-in-law. It was great to see everyone. We spent a couple of hours by the pool but it was so windy that we had to sit on the chairs to ensure they didn’t blow away. The kids and their parents got in the ( Read more... )

It started out a disaster. I got up at 6 and followed my usual routine, brushing my teeth and checking email on my iPhone. It's never a good thing to see an email from Delta telling you about a change to your direct, non-stop flight. This was not an exception. My flight was canceled. They had rebooked me on a flight through Atlanta that didn't get ( Read more... )

It was supposed to be 30, closer to 31 but I started out the morning with a canceled flight. I had been planning this overnight to SF for a while. There was an exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum that I really wanted to see. If I don’t plan, it doesn’t happen so I finally chose a weekend and went for it. I used my Hilton points for a room. ( Read more... )

#123, The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer. I really wish GR had half stars because this was 3.5 stars. In a perhaps not to distant future, 14 year old Cosmo Hill, an inmate at the Clarissa Frayne home for parentally challenged boys, has a near death experience and suddenly starts seeing more than is visual to the normal human. In an accidentally ( Read more... )

#102, Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #19) by Laurell K. Hamilton. This book tied up a surprising number of loose ends and pushed toward the next series arc. I didn't like how it began, at a dance recital for Monica's 3 year old son, though it was an incredibly accurate description of these dance recitals. I've sat through them and totally felt ( Read more... )

I haven’t had time to write about Memorial Day weekend but since it was an awesome weekend, I wanted to take some time to talk about it. This was the first weekend that I had a friend come to visit me in SLC for the sole purpose of visiting me. I’ve known Adrienne for more than 20 years and we’ve become closer over the years. She was part of my ( Read more... )

#80, Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #8) by J.R. Ward. John Matthew and Xhex's story was nothing short of beautiful. The story picks up where Lover Avenged leaves off. We know Xhex is Lash's captive, even if we don't know how. Some of the scenes are chilling in their intensity. Although we learn what happens to Xhex at a high level, we do not ( Read more... )

Yes, I am still alive. I was too exhausted last week to post and I’m going to choose reverse order. In other words, I’m saving RT for another post ( Read more... )