Glad Game 2019: June 19 & 20

June 19:

* doubled water goal

* new pride sunglasses arrived.

* got about 1/2 the calligraphy on a scroll done before tremor said "stop"

* 2 mini walks with Grimmy

June 20:

* doubled water goal

* almost late for work because Lily Rose crawled onto and settled on my chest in the morning demanding all kinds of love and praise for how pretty she is.

* new harry potter game came out. Opinions remain to be seen

* mini walk with Grimm before rain came in

* completed calligraphy on scroll. Pulled together and staged things for next scroll.

* determined I am enjoying taking the Index Card a Day prompts and using them for a photo a day. After Pennsic I may sign up for a "word a day" thing to see if I can keep it up.

It takes two: Read a coauthored book.

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5 stars

Ari is a girl running from the Intergalactic Mega-Corporation Mercer. They run everything and rule through controlling resources to all the planets. Ari's birth family came from the only planet that defied Mercer's rule. She's all that's left.

She manages to escape Mercer through the help of her adopted brother and they crash land on the nature preserve known as Old Earth. There she finds a sword and begins the latest cycle in a Millennia old saga. Ari, it turns out is the 42nd incarnation of King Arthur. Or at least that's what the weird young man who shows up, claiming to be Merlin, tells her. Now it's up to her and her friends (who are all incarnations of the Knights of the Round Table) to bring down the Big Bad and unite all of Mankind so that the seemingly never-ending saga can finally end.

I really wanted to like this book. Sadly, for me this was more a book of promise and potential and not all that satisfying. There were things that I liked. I liked that there is a non-binary character. Ari is female and Gwen is female and they do get married. There are several non-traditional partnerships (I am not surprised given the two authors are a non-binary couple).

But for the story... it felt kinda contrived, strained and there were points where it seemed to jump around and things just happened for no real reason. Would I recommend the book? Maybe. Will I seek out the next book? Probably not. I've been done with the audiobook for 10 minutes and had to struggle while writing this review to remember details.

The only good thing was Laura Fortagng's reading. She has a voice I would listen to again.



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