Venetian Vespers - A Novel

Venetian Vespers by John Banville, 2025. I just finished Banville's latest crime novel, a puzzling historical mystery that takes place in Venice 1899 which I read in six days. It is  a very strangely haunting noir novel in a fascinating location. Some interesting but creepy people too.

This is the 14th John Banville I've read.

Orson Scott Card - The Authors List

Orson Scott Card. The Authors List with 7 books read. Six of the seven books read were part of the Ender's Game series of science fiction novels. The series started out very interesting but starts to drag as they go on. The author also politicizes in some obnoxious social issues. He continues to write lots of science fiction novels but I'm just not into them or him anymore.

Orson Scott Card books I've read:

• Enders Game, 1985 - Mar 2000
• Speaker For The Dead, 1986 - May 2000
• Xenocide, 1991 - Aug 2000
• Ender's Shadow, 1999 - Feb 2001
• Shadow of the Hegemon, 2001 - Mar 2001
• Empire, 2006 - Dec 2006
• Ender in Exile, 2008 - May 2010

Have A Nice Day - Kitchen Listening

Have A Nice Day - Kitchen Listening. Super Hits of the 70's: Have A Nice Day Volumes 1-6.

An incredible collection of 70's hits from Rhino Records. This very entertaining set of 72 songs in about 4 hours and we played it in a couple of sessions while making meals and hanging out. A lot of crazy weirdly giant brain washed hit songs along with some great classics. There were a few really big hits on the radio that I never heard much because of my time at sea in the early 70's and these volumes here are from those early years of the decade. There are 25 CD volumes for the decade.

And the sign said long-haired freaky people need not apply. We had a great laugh eating dinner when the song "Timothy" from The Buoys came on.