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I need to finish up some formatting work, but then I’m calling in “sick.”
TBR



![The Zombie Ball: (An Eli Marks Mystery Book 6) (The Eli Marks Mysteries) by [Gaspard, John]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51I3qa9r4gL.jpg)
I need to catch up on The Count of Monte Cristo and Moby-Dick readalongs. Then finish Guilt is a Ghost by Tim Prasil. By the end of the week, I hope have started The Zombie Ball by John Gaspard. Plus short stories:
- “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe – Finished!
- “A Defender of Faith” by John D. Barry – Finished!
- “Tim’s Vacation” by L. E. Shattuck – Finished!
- “Wet Horses” by Alice MacGowan – Finished!
- A story for Deal Me In
Updates & Challenges
Sunday:
- The Count of Monte Cristo, ch. 109
- The Zombie Ball by John Gaspard, ch. 4-5