October Goals

Did it seem to you that September flew by?  How did I do on my goals?

-Lose 5 lbs (start: 235)

-Empty Mom's storage unit Not yet; got some things out, but still need to get it emptied by next summer.

-Have good, productive visit with Wendy Check!

-Do well at Autumn on Main Sold 8!!

-Do well at SI Comic Con Sold 8:)

-Do well at Non-Con Sold 1.  Poor turnout, which was strange....

-Pay down debt

-Buy Inventory

    -Mixed Bag 

    -BOBW

    -Bridges Check!

    -Hotel Check!

    -CR Check!

    -Bad Decisions Check!

    -HLC Check!

I also went to Nashville with a friend and was able to see Shaun Cassidy in concert, plus meet his brother Patrick:)

Books Read:  6

            Print:  1

          E-book:  5

Upcoming Events:

-Daviess Co Wine and Art (Oct 2nd) Washington, In 2-10pm Pd 8/13 Cancelled; check returned

-Pride Festival (Oct 9th) Harmony Park, Vincennes, In 10-11pm Pd 8/13 Cancelled

-First City Music Festival (Oct 1-3) French Commons, Vincennes, In 12-8pm Sold 10:)

-Indy ComicCon (Oct 15-17) Indianapolis Convention Center Pd 9/23  Sold 18:)

-Collectors Carnival and Crafts (Oct 30th) Princeton, In Pd 8/13 Sold 8:)

-Indpls Christmas Gift and Hobby Show (Nov) Indpls State Fairgrounds Pd 2020

2022 Events:

-Saluki Con (Jan 15-16, 2022) Carbondale, Il $70 Pd 10/22/21

-SI Comic Con (April 2, 2022) Benton, Il Pd 9/18/21

-Superman Celebration (June 9-12th, 2022) Metropolis, Il 

-Wild Deadwood Reads (June 16-18th, 2022) Deadwood, SD 10-3pm Cost:  $160 (full table) Going to skip this year; I don't have the funds.  Will hopefully be able to afford it in 2022.

-Heroes For Kids (June 17th) Perrysville, Mo

-Imaginarium Convention (July 8-10, 2022) Louisville, KY $110 Pd 9/15

-Royal Readers (Aug 6th) Mall of America $110 Pd 9/16/21

-State Fair

-Daviess Co Wine and Art Fair

-First City Music Festival

-Cil-Con Mattoon, Il Pd $100 10/21/21

-Non-Con Middletown, OH

-Collector's Carnival and Crafts (Oct 29th) Princeton, In

-Indpls Christmas Gift and Hobby Show (Nov) Indpls State Fairgrounds

October Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs

-Do well at First City Music Festival  Sold 10:)

-Do well at Indy Comic Con Sold 18!  Day 1:  2; Day 2:  10; Day 3:  6!

-Do well at CCC

-Pay down debt

-Promo for ComiCon Check!

-Rip up DRM carpet

-Get CG2 up and order copies

-Order BOBW copies Check!

-Promo for ICGAHS

October Reading Schedule:

Print:

The Long Way Home-Pamela Horner Loved this!  Made me cry....not only from the ending, but for certain characters.

Lucky You-Carl Hiaasen DRR!  Loved this!

Lost Letters-Lori Roberts Interesting story!

The Worst Book in the Universe-Southern Writers Very interesting....

Herding Cats and Other Alien Creatures-SW I'm becoming a fan of Brenda Drexler!  Really enjoying her stories!

Apollo and Athena Walk Into A Bar-SW Interesting....

Conspiracy of One-Leonard and Ann Marie Wilson DNF

Sorcery, Spaceships, and Sarcasm-NE Riggs Read maybe the 1st chapter or so of all four stories...just not my preferred genre

Secular City Limits-Matthew Barron Very interesting take....disliked ending though

Tales of the Crypt-Rob McCuen Fun read!

Barefoot in Hyde Park-Chasity Bowlin Got bored halfway through and skipped to end....then discovered I missed a few details and went back and read the rest.  Good story!

The Coin Collector-Carol Preflatish Excellent!

Girl's Guide To Time Travel-Penny Pearson Interesting.....

Girl's Guide To Purgarory-PP Interesting....

The Making of Letters To Daniel-Amy McCorkle OMG...LOVED this!  As someone who met Amy in 2015 or 16, and bought the book and loved it, then watched the movie and loved it, plus went to the premier last year, this was great to really read all the behind-the-scenes stuff.  I know the editor, and was rather disturbed by several typos, double words, and reading the same content twice, or sometimes three or more.  It bounces around a lot, time-wise, so it can be confusing if you don't pay attention.  I DRR both the original book Letters To Daniel AND the movie.  If they both capture your attention, then read this one also.

The African in America-Nini Mohamad DNFI wanted to read this, I really did....but the formatting got to me, and had to stop.  I'm sure it was a wonderful story (I thoroughly enjoyed talking to the author back in July!), but whomever edited/formatted this book did him a disservice.  I'm truly sorry.

Min Eurozan-Cathy Jackson Definitely something different from Ms Jackson!  Enjoyed it, and hope that #2 will explain the ending further.

Written On Her Heart-CJ Interesting....

Neurosis-Amy Hale DRR!   This book was worth the wait!  Couldn't put it down, and stayed up til 2am to finish.  I suspected a character was hiding something, and I was right, but WOW!  What an ending!

The Awakening-Ellie Mack Interesting:)

Sultry Neopolitan Nights-Michele Shriver DRR!  Really enjoyed this!

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E-book:

Wrapped In Red-Sandra Sookoo Interesting story!

The Laird's Bride-Vanessa Brooks Very interesting story....spanking back then?  Okaaaayyy.....

Going Home Again-Carol Cassada Good story; writing rather stilted at times.

Redeeming A Tarnished Lord-Sandra Sookoo Good story!

Rule Breaker-Phoebe Alexander Interesting story.....

Break My Heart-Jean Joachim Enjoyable!

Renovating The Billionaire-JJ Really enjoyed this one!  DRR

Smoother Than Spumoni-Marilyn Barr DRR!!!  Loved this!

His Pretend Duchess-Sandra Sookoo DRR!  I think this one is my favorite of all the ones I've read by this awesome author!  Need to get this on in print:)

Just One Kiss-Jean Joachim Good story!

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 Karaoke Songs:

10/7

Teenage Dream-Katy Perry Nailed it!

Satisfied-Richard Marx Fairly good:)

Down On The Corner-CCR Good!

Better Dig Two-Band Perry Nailed it:)

10/14

Telephone-Lady Gaga Did well on this!  Only screwed up once or twice

Saturday Night-Bay City Rollers Ugh....this was so bad on so many levels....too low!!!

Downtown-Petula Clark Nailed it!

10/21

Tell Him-Celine Dion/Barbra Streisand Not too bad; slightly flat in some places.

Saving All My Love For You-Whitney Houston Nailed it!

Drift Away-Dobie Gray By myself, too low.  Backing up Elaine, sounded better!

10/28

Tell It To My Heart-Taylor Dane Did well:)

Say Goodbye To Hollywood-Billy Joel DNH

The Earth, The Sun, The Rain-Color Me Bad Decided to scrap this one; too low.

Remember Me This Way-Jordan Hill Nailed it!

Telephone Man-Meri Wilson Nailed it!  My voice was also slightly gravelly at this point.  Had fun with it!