Or something like that.
We have had it a week now. It washes well. Not too keen on the rack layout though. Bugger.
And we actually have - wait for it - some Good News.
Our cooker is about 12 years old. It has lost two knobs, one of the igniters does not ignite, and the door is a bit loose. So I phoned the insurance company and booked a service visit.
The day after Disaster Day, Belling (who make the cooker) rang the house. They spoke to Husband:
B: Sorry, we are going to cancel the Engineer.
H: Oh, why?
B: Because we cannot get the spare parts anymore. A lot of the companies that make them have gone out of business,. It's a recession, you know.
H: Oh. I see.
B: So we called the Insurer. They are going to write it off, as we cannot repair it. They are going to give you vouchers to get a new cooker.
H: Oh. Thanks for letting me know.
So, come February when we get a new Kitchen (planned for last year, on hold, now going to be installed at the same time as the redecorating caused by Disaster Day) we will have a bright, shiny new cooker to go with it,
Sometimes life gives you honey to sweeten the lemons.
It's Star Trek, it's a story about Klingon history, I enjoyed it.
From the Cover:
As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling.
He should have chosen jail.
A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear . . . or die. It all ties to an evil place named Raven's Gate - a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own.
Not bad, if a little simplistic. But then, I think as I get older, I have read so many books, I guess most plots before I get very far into the book. Takes something to surprise me these days!
Recommended - oh, and they made it into a film. Not sure that would be good, actually.
From the Cover:
The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman's spaceship
crashed, he had only one question: "HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?"
When his
spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl
Altman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of
a Viking race have reverted to a savage culture of sacrifice, pillage
and violence. Karl has only
one goal: escape. But escape is a distant dream on this nightmare
planet.
FILE UNDER: Science Fiction [Starship Crash / Abandoned
Colonists / Alien Slaughter / Hell Planet]
Now this I really enjoyed. Lots of twists and turns, well plotted and a good science base. Intriguing characters (not many books get written from an Icelandic viewpoint!) and lots of action.
Highly recommended for those who like the genre (see above)
Honestly, though - it's a bit meh. I like Libby, usually - but this reads like a Mills & Boon. Don't bother.
Book Info
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316059862
• ISBN-13: 978-0316059862
Synopsis
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
Recommended, though I am not keeping it to read again.
From the Cover:
For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Boston’s Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum staff is both a major coup and an attention-grabbing mystery. Dubbed ‘Madam X,’ the mummy‘“to all appearances, an ancient Egyptian artifact‘“seems a ghoulish godsend for the financially struggling institution. But medical examiner Maura Isles soon discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpse‘“horrifying proof that this ‘centuries-old’ relic is instead a modern-day murder victim.
To Maura and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, the forensic evidence is unmistakable, its implications terrifying. And when the grisly remains of yet another woman are found in the hidden recesses of the museum, it becomes chillingly clear that a maniac is at large‘“and is now taunting them.
Archaeologist Josephine Pulcillo’s blood runs cold when the killer’s cryptic missives are discovered, and her darkest dread becomes real when the carefully preserved corpse of yet a third victim is left in her car like a gruesome offering‘“or perhaps a ghastly promise of what’s to come.
The twisted killer’s familiarity with post-mortem rituals suggests to Maura and Jane that he may have scientific expertise in common with Josephine. Only Josephine knows that her stalker shares a knowledge even more personally terrifying: details of a dark secret she had thought forever buried.
Now Maura must summon her own dusty knowledge of ancient death traditions to unravel his twisted endgame. And when Josephine vanishes, Maura and Jane have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
- Good - yes.
- Gripping - yes.
- Plausible - yes.
- Page turner - yes,
- Keeper - no
I do like Gerritsen. I just cannot be bothered to re-read her books. And if I don’t want to read a book again, why keep it?
I am not a fishing fan, but these are good.
Specially the way the links look like the Predator...
Trouble has have moved into our house, and I need to know how to get it to move out!
Things you do not want a telephoning child to say - We have a problem. How do we turn off the water?
Things you do not want to find when you arrive home - Water pouring from the light fittings, the ceilings in general, flooding on the floor, discovering some of this water is hot.
Things it is quite nice to find when you get home - your three male children have managed to deal with a crisis without making it worse. And the dinner wasn't ruined either.
The boys were cooking dinner and went into the garden for a cigarette (as they are not allowed to smoke in the house). They took Heidi out, smoked their ciggies and chatted. 10 minutes, 15 max. When they got in, it was raining. Inside.
The massive leak was caused by a joint going in the piping from our hot water tank (middle floor bathroom) to our shower (top floor bathroom). Unfortunately for us, that water gets from A to B using a substantial pump. So it pumped and it pumped and it pumped.
The lads got the water turned off, having to move all Husband's quite heavy diving cylinders out of the way, they got towels and receptacles under leaks, they turned the dinner down so it didn't burn and they turned the lights off.
So, right now these are the things we do not have:
No lights downstairs - somehow, the light fittings did not appreciate water dripping flooding rushing over them.
No hot water to our lovely en-suite shower - but we do have cold, so the toilet flushes and we can clean our teeth (and sleep commando!)
No Internet - our hub was in the under-stairs cupboard, directly under the leak.
We need to decorate quite intensively - the stairwells, the under-stairs cupboard, downstairs toilet, computer room, hall, and dining room all suffered varying degrees of dampness, resulting in varying degrees of paper falling off and damage to the plaster.
Ah well, on Friday we find out how much of this our insurance will cover. Fingers crossed for us, please.
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