Fishing?

It's my fifth day of vacation and we were to be on the lake fishing. It's now 10:00 am and my brother just got up. Geez! What kind of fisherman is he? I've been up since 5:00 waiting patiently for someone else to join me. Now it will just be a ride around the lake in the boat because we all know fish don't bite in the middle of the day.

So far this vacation we have visited two uncles, and three aunts. Kind of making the rounds of the relatives and surprising them. Doing a good job of surprising them!

Finished the first of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series. This one is the "Prodigal Son." Since I already read the fourth in the series I had a little background into what was going to happen but it was still a good read and I'm now a few chapters into the second of the series while waiting for a new book shipment from Amazon to come rolling in. It includes the 3rd in the series but I'm sure I can find something else to read to take a little break from Frankenstein.

Finally

I finally finished "The Machiavelli Covenant" by Allan Folsom. It was a good read but I've been working 9 straight openings at work which means that I can't stay up as late and read like I want. I try to read at lunch at work but the breakroom is so noisy and distracting. Anyway, this is one of several of Folsom's books and I think I detect another sequel situation and I might have to check into his first and last books to pull the story together. Felt a little confused by some parts since I didn't read the first one. All in all it was interesting with a plot to overthrow Germany and France's leaders through assignation and then replace them with people that were more in line with the US's thinking. The president was shocked by this proclamation coming from his own staff and in fear for his own life and the country's survival, he planned his escape. Along the way he befriended another US former cop and they try to find the group that is planning the destruction of parts of the mid-East and the takeover of the US government. The story left you hanging so it's obvious there is more to come.

My brother is visiting and in the week he's been here we have gone to his 45 class reunion where I was amazed by all the "old" people that attended. Scary! Also, he's spent the rest of the week in my basement creating a workshop for me. Nothing fancy but I now have tons of outlets to plug in all the items I need to do stained glass work and any other craft I want to take on. Plenty of light in the area, also. I'm officially on vacation for the next 6 days and we were hoping to go fishing but can't get a time when hubby can join us so we're taking some day trips to visit some elderly relatives and maybe a day or two at the local lake. Neither one of us is ready for any long treks over rough terrain with my newly healed (?) ankle and his not so healed broken foot.

Brother's visit

My brother is coming this week for a long visit. His 45th reunion is next weekend and he's coming early and staying beyond. Now that he's retired, he can do these things. If all goes well, we're going to sneak in a few days of fishing if I can find a cheap place to go.

Finished reading "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler. This is a co-written novel and one of his new series with the Fargos as lead characters. Wealthy adventure seekers who always end up in precarious positions that all of Cussler's characters are known for. This one took us on a search of the true background of the Aztecs. Good, fast read.

Book Bargain

Picked up "Bleeding Kansas" by Sara Paretsky at an outlet store and since I'd read one of her books before I took the chance that it would be good or worthwhile. Took a long time to get all the characters memorized and I felt it was a bit all over the place. About half way through I started to enjoy it more. Kind of a modern version of the Hatfields and McCoys but set in modern day Kansas. There were flashes back to the 1800's when the early settlers of the area and ancestors to the families were united in their quest to help the slaves to freedom. Throw in a ton of religious turmoil and some "love thy neighbor but don't get caught" and you've got the book in a nutshell.