Bad Call

Stressful money situation at the house at the moment. We'll get by but it's hard on everyone.

Currently reading Sold Down The River by Barbara Hambly and enjoying it like I have all the others in the series so far. There is no place quite like New Orleans. I have to admit, I like reading about New Orleans. Past, present and future. She has a strange attraction to me.

So, book based in historical New Orleans from the perspective of free man Benjamin January. Mysteries. I like the characters or hate them, depending on the storyline. His mother drives me right up the wall, I may not like her but I can understand her to an extent. Voodoo queen Marie Laveau makes appearances but she always ties into the story, never gratuitous. Detective Shaw is a great character with depth, although first appearances are deceiving. So, like history and mystery? I'd totally recommend this series.

The first book in the series is A Free Man of Color. I've been picking these up where I can find them but since my local Borders stores have closed, I received this last one through Paperback Swap.

T.V.

The weather has been so nice the past couple of days. Typical, northwest pacific kind of weather. Grey, bits of sun, little rain, 70 degrees. I love this. Everyone is getting along for the moment, which is also nice. I wish I could get enough sleep, but that hasn't happened yet. Not really sure why, but my "oh god, get UP!" body alarm goes off early in the morning and I can't get back to sleep until late at night. So tired.

The car got a bath day before yesterday, and the next day it rained. Of course. :) But I'm happy because the car looks nice. So tomorrow I will clean out the inside again and wipe the dash and such down. As long as it isn't raining. I hate getting the car all wet inside just to clean it out. And there will be reading. And laundry.

Cats

I am so excited! I went and got the mail this morning and I've won a copy of Laura Joh Rowland's The Ronin's Mistress. Yay! I really like the Sano Ichiro mystery series and I cannot wait to dig into the newest book. And it is signed! OMG.

Totally made my day.

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