This week – and last week – both felt like Hecate looks in today’s picture. Like my eyes are crossed trying to cope with the thing heading towards me. On her, the incoming nose boop just looks adorable. For me, it meant that last week ended in a ‘flail and bail’ and I re-worked this week’s schedule more times than I care to count. I’m still not 100% certain, but I’m finally close, at least.
It’s not that the book I intended to close out this past week wasn’t good – because it was as far as I’ve read so far. It was just, as I said in the Friday review that actually got done, that too much of a good thing isn’t always wonderful. I was really looking forward to that book, and I still am. BUT, it was the third book, much too close together, about the terrible reign of the monstrous Henry VIII, and as much as I love Tudor history, it was just too close to the other two – which were also good. The review will still happen but I need a bit of air – and either light and fluffy or good triumphing and evil getting its just desserts (meaning whodunnits) in between.
Very much c’est la reading vie.
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Thank you so very much! And it looks like a fun week of books ahead, too.
You’re very welcome. And isn’t Hecate just an adorable kitty ball?
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We all have weeks like that, Marlene. Your cat is so adorable. I hope you have a wonderful upcoming week.
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