May '24 Roundup & Ramblings

Raw Data:

Novels – 17 ↑

Short Stories – 0 –

Manga/Graphic Novels – 1 ↑

Comics – 1 –

Average Rating – 3.32 ↓

Pages – 4135 ↑

Words – 1379 ↑

The Bad:

Betrayal – 2stars of very badly storied “secret agent” fiction. VERY BADLY STORIED

A Phule and His Money – 2.5stars of utter mediocrity

Conan the Hunter – 2.5Stars of really badly written Conan fanfiction

The Good:

Conrad’s Fate – 5stars of Jones at her absolute best

Three for the Chair – 4stars of Nero Wolfe at his fattest 😉

Northanger Abbey – 4stars of Austen impressing me

Movie:

Dune Part 2 was the biggest disappointment I have had in over a decade. Never. Again.

Miscellaneous Posts:

• My Ballerina, She Dances On
• [Art] Solar Guardians: Moon
• Durkwood Boars – MTG 4E
• CR&Q: Subtle Agency
• Dwarven Warriors – MTG 4E
• [Art] Spring’s Delight
• Earth Elemental – MTG 4E
• MC: The Explainening I
• Earthquake – MTG 4E
• MC: The Explainening II

Cover Love:

Green Eyes by Maxwell Grant. I know everyone focused on the big ol’ schnozz last time, but for goodness sake people, stop being such shallow dipsticks and enjoy the beauty of the whole cover. Or I swear, I’ll grab the Shadow’s twin .45 pistols and shoot you with them.

Personal:

Both Mrs B and I came down with some sort of cold/respiratory infection that just about killed us for a week and then left us hacking up our lungs for 2 more weeks after that. I got it first and then a week later, Mrs B followed the exact same path. It was extremely unpleasant and left us both exhausted. When you wake yourself up coughing, even with having taking cough suppressant, it just hurts the ribs. That really dominated everything. We got through work each day, recovered as best we could over our days off and just prayed for death.

Had dinner with another couple at church and he and I played a couple games of parcheesi while the women folk took a nice long walk. I love parcheesi. I could play it for hours.

Plans for Next Month:

With being sick in May, I’ll probably be taking Fridays off again in June. My ooomph is just completely gone.

I was talking with Nic and she gave me a good idea for a potential new monthly series of posts. I’ll be posting that in the next week or two. Give me some time to cogitate about it.