Monday Malarkey

Recent arrivals (top to bottom, all purchased):

• Klawde #3: The Spacedog Cometh by Marciano and Chenoweth
• Klawde #4: Target: Earth by Marciano and Chenoweth
• Wish by Barbara O'Connor
• No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
• The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
• Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
• Ungifted by Gordon Kornam
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
• Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman
• Where is Our Library? by Funk and Lewis
• Once Upon a Goat by Richards and Barclay

This is the pile of children's books I mentioned buying (my guilty second Book Outlet purchase that put me back in book jail). If you're wondering why there are so many Gordon Korman books, it's because I often look for specific authors when I make a Book Outlet purchase and so far I've loved the books I've read by Korman, so I just bought everything I haven't read. I know, nuts. But, I can pass them on to a grandchild or school library when I'm done. 

Books finished since last Malarkey:

• Where is Our Library by Josh Funk and Stevie Lewis
• Once Upon a Goat by Dan Richards
• Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat (Klawde #1) by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth (reread)
• Klawde: The Spacedog Cometh (Klawde #3) by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
• The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck 

So, clearly I tore right into that pile. Unfortunately, I can't find Klawde #2. It's around here, somewhere, but I've had no luck locating it so I read my review of it (I already owned #1 and #2) and then moved on to #3. The Erika Robuck book was purchased in my first Book Outlet order (the guilt-free stack . . . well, apart from its size) and in a bit of jolly synchronicity, Erika is going to be the guest speaker in the writing workshop I'm taking, this week! So cool. I didn't realize she was going to be a visiting author when I bought the books. So, I hurried up and slotted in her book and it was excellent. I'll try to review it ASAP. 

Currently reading:

• The Merchant and The Rogue (Dread Penny Society #3) by Sarah M. Eden

I also occasionally read a page or two of The True Believer by Eric Hoffer but I won't be finishing that, anytime soon. I don't have the head space for much, right now. 

Posts since last Malarkey:

• Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream by Laura Driscoll and Robert Eberz (book review)
• The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (book review)
• Fiona Friday - Kitty tested and approved (cat photos)
• When We Were Young by Richard Roper (book review)
• Fox 8 by George Saunders (book review)
• Where is Our Library? by Josh Funk and Stevie Lewis (book review)
• Fiona Friday - Smooch! (cat photo)

In other news:

I finished watching the fifth and final season of Chuck and immediately started all over from the beginning. Weird? Maybe. I just enjoyed it so much (mostly watching it in bits and pieces while eating my lunch) and the final season was so different from the early seasons that I wanted to go back and remind myself how it began. And, it's just so darn fun that I'm continuing. Although, I say that but I'm only on the second episode. When you watch a series in 20-minute chunks, it takes a long time to get through. 

In the evenings, Huzzybuns and I are watching The Heart Guy, aka Doctor, Doctor (the latter being the Australian title). We only have a few episodes left and then . . . who knows, I might watch that from the beginning, too. It's a great series. 

The only other thing going on, besides sporadic painting, is the month-long workshop taught by Simon Van Booy that I'm taking and it is absolutely the best writing anything that I've ever taken — class, workshop, conference. But, it's also dominating my every waking hour because the objective is to try to do the best writing of your life. That means constantly thinking about how to improve the short story I've written, edit, edit, and edit again, reread notes, and edit some more. We had a check-in with Simon, this week, and a guest speaker: Billy O'Callaghan (there are some wonderful accents in this workshop: Welsh, Irish). I'm excited about Erika's guest visit, this week. 

Also, I am trying not to become glued to my new sofa, which is actually the first comfortable sofa we've ever owned. The first two were "pretty but stiff and easy to stain" and then "disaster/miserable/lemon" (a supportive metal piece that held up the fold-out bed broke within five years). So nice to finally have a sofa that we like and that's so comfy it's easy to fall asleep on. 

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