Gord’s Comments (group member since Apr 06, 2017)

Gord’s comments from the Vampires, Weres and Fae! group.

I have no issues with snakes but now I am feeling very uncomfortable and worried about what is in the walls.

In the middle of the night?

Regardless, he has sort of gone quiet now. A couple moments of banging and thumping but it's pretty quiet. Maybe he went to sleep in preparation for tonight.

My upstairs neighbor is not the quietest person around and moves around at all hours of the night but this morning it sounds like I am in the middle of a construction zone. It's been going now since about 4 and I'm not sure if he is trying to smash his way through the floor or if I'm in a never ending earthquake.

I'm reading The Darkest Thread and it's alright but man the FBI's reaction to things just breaks my immersion. I understand that books aren't 100% realistic but the FBI in this are essentially useless. Witness a crazy prepper kidnap two children, meh, let him go we'll sort it out later. Witness two people get murdered right in front of them, collect the bodies and leave the murderer be as they retreat. Finally find the missing victim, why not have everyone on the crime scene. Family members, serial killer still in his shackles (where in the hell did the marshals go that were guarding him?), anyone who could be a suspect in the case. Who isn't there, medical staff, rescuers, everyone that could actually possibly help the girl.

Oh, oh, oh and my favorite. The FBI agent who takes his service pistol, hands it off to a civilian, then wanders off into some tunnels that may or may not have a killer them. Yup, that sounds like a logical decision.

And everything is playing out exactly to planned. Coworker is off, boss is off, one other sales person working from home. I have one thing to deal with this morning and then the day is mine. Time to get some reading done.

I'm not sure what audiobook to start next. On one hand I've got The Deep End which I need for a challenge. On the other hand I've got Domestication simply because.

I got all my stuff squared away at work today so tomorrow is looking to be very chill. Now start the count down for everything to go sideways.

I'm starting to feel that there was a memo sent out about tomorrow that I wasn't part of. My coworker is off tomorrow, my buddy who gives me a ride is "sick" tomorrow, the rest of our sales team are all "working from home" tomorrow. I'll be all by myself in the shop tomorrow which means tomorrow is a read at work day. Especially now that we don't have a certain manager spying on us looking for even the slightest infraction. Now to just get all my work done today so I can have an easy one tomorrow.

In October I walked 156 km or 97 miles. Kind of surprised with those numbers as I feel that I've only being doing the bare minimum lately. Between work and the sudden dip in temperatures I have been just doing a lot of normal walks instead of longer trips. This brings my yearly total up to 1,557 km or 967 miles.

My coworker who gives me a ride in the evenings has Friday off. There was that faint little glimmer of hope in the back of my head that maybe, just maybe I could have Friday off to. Well that little glimmer just got snuffed out hard. Not even workload either just one of our machine shops supplying things late and wrong. I didn't notice until today and then it took a while to get a response. Now I wont see new stuff until sometime tomorrow. I'll need Friday now to finish up the work instead of being able to finish it tomorrow. Maybe next weekend I'll get a break.

It already looks like I'm sending all my cold out East this winter so you're welcome.

Nothing as crazy as last month. In October I saved $539.77 bringing my yearly total to $6,896.48

It has been nice to have a slow day. I've had some things to work on but overall it's been pretty relaxed. The only down side is that I now want some time off where I don't even have to show up for a couple few days.

It has felt incredibly long. I also haven't had an extra time off, not counting long weekends, since mid July. It has been tiring to say the least.

Starting tomorrow I'm coming in at a more normal time. Since the end of July/beginning of August I've been coming in an hour early to grind out the workload that we've had but that workload is now pretty much caught up. It's only an hour but it's an extra hour of me time in the morning. Time for an extra nap, time for some extra reading, time for whatever I want.

Alright, this might just be a Canadian thing but there was a shocking investigative piece dropped on Friday about Buffy Sainte-Marie. Don't get me wrong it doesn't directly impact me and I wasn't a massive fan of hers but it's still rather shocking.

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/f...

Cee wrote: "Back to work after a week and a half stay-cation. It was so relaxing even though I ended up not reading much because I was slightly under the weather and just reading slumping. OF COURSE I'm back i..."

I'm in that mindset where I just want to read as well. My ebook is a Japanese thriller full of all sorts of twists and turns that has me hooked in hard. As for audiobook I just got to a part where an important character was shot when I had to stop my book and go to work. I need to know what happens next in both books really badly and instead I am working.

I do have way too many books out right now and I am struggling to get through everything I have but I'm fitting in a reread of this as well because I'm insane. I'm reading the second book this week sometime.

There's me as well but I had already read it. I swear I'm catching up to the group on my reread.

Time for that weekly update again. On a side note I'm happy to say that I've finished my 300th book this year over the weekend. Now for my usual ramblings.

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight -3 Stars
Don't take that three star rating the wrong way. This book was incredibly close to getting a solid 4 star and it was only the last couple chapters that made it waver. I don't even dislike the ending, I was more puzzled and maybe a bit frustrated. Let me take this back a second and start at the beginning shall we. I loved the start of this book. There is the stereotypical "summer camp" used in so many 80's horror movies that was actually used in an 80's slasher flick. At this camp they recreate the slasher movie experience with the guest playing the victims. I loved this idea and seeing all the planning that went into this was fascinating. We join the cast at the end of the season when they are suddenly forced to shut down early. We start learning more about the camp and local events. Again, big old thumbs up from. Now from here we are starting to getting into spoiler territory so I'm going to get really vague. From here we get introduced to the "antagonistic force" and while not the twist I was expecting I was still on board for things. Then we get to the ending. I'm not going to spoil anything but it just felt like the author started flailing and was throwing out twist after twist after twist. Most of these twist weren't really that surprising and I was just left kind of feeling puzzled why they felt the need to do so. The twists aren't even bad either. If the author had just paused, took a step back, and fleshed out some of these ideas, maybe tied them together a bit more, maybe cut some of them, then I think the ending could have really knocked it out of the park. Then we have the epilogue that just left me with a boat load of unanswered questions. Overall I'd say if you're curious of the book I'd still give it a chance. It's a pretty solid book overall and you might just like the ending.

Duel at Araluen -4 Stars
I have some pretty mixed feelings about this one. On one hand it's more Rangers Apprentice and it scratches the itch I have for this series. On the other hand there is just something vague missing from this series. I'm going to have a bit of a hard time explaining this one but here it goes. It feels like the author knew what we the fans wanted and made sure that those elements were included in the book. At the same time it just never felt inspired either. It feels like the author is writing these more for the fans and his publisher then for himself. There is a spark that feels like it is missing from these books that the earlier ones had. I also wish there was more focus on Maddie with new support characters for her. Instead we get a giant roster of characters from the original series and the Brotherhood series. This aren't guest appearances either but full sections dedicated to just these characters. It feels like Maddie isn't given a chance to really grow or become her own character when all these other characters take up so much page space. Overall this book was still a fun adventure book but I'm concerned with the direction this series is taking.

PTSD Radio Omnibus 3 (Vol. 5-6) -4 Stars
This book continues with the spooks and the weird story telling style but it just didn't have the impact of the second one. The second one legit spooked me in a way that I haven't had happen in a long time. This one just kind of felt like more of the first one. Not a bad read but it wasn't the second volume.

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Vol. 3 -3 Stars
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Vol. 4 -3 Stars
More of the same. The same jokes, the same pages showing you how to properly work out, just more of the same. I was honestly going to drop this one but then it hinted at a punching competition in the next one and I'm curious considering Hibiki's hidden talents. I guess I'm reading a couple more for now but I don't see it last a lot longer.

Now what is next.

The Darkest Thread
I'm finally getting to the last book I need for challenge I have been stalled on for a while. I'm about an hour into this so far and it seems fine. I wasn't expecting the introduction of actual paranormal elements into what seemed like a pretty grounded mystery. Not sure how I feel about this but I'll see where it goes.

Vampire Hunter D
About three quarters of the way through this and enjoying my reread of it.

After that I've got:
Confessions and Kiss of Frost