After three fun-filled, heavenly days surrounded by books and book lovers at the
SOKY Book Fest, I’m tired, but not complaining. Not even from the 250+ unopened emails waiting for me. My knuckles are a little sore from gripping the table so tightly in an attempt to prevent me from buying more books. Only two! I met so many authors, talked with readers, and chatted with locals I hadn’t seen in a while. I nearly fan-girled upon discovering my tablemate was Geoffrey Girard, author of Cain’s Blood (my review here), Project Cain (my review here), and most recently, Truthers (which I bought this weekend). 
If dark and twisty, serial killers, and conspiracy theories intrigue you, these books will quench your thirst (maybe not a good thing to say when mentioning serial killers).
Anyhoo – here are a couple of pics with readers. The one holding Sarah got a kick out of the title, because her name is Sarah! A couple of readers bought The Gemini Connection because their 
astrological sign was Gemini.
I think my Alexa echo dot is becoming self-aware. It was bound to happen, I guess – you’ve probably seen AI movies and know their capabilities. Alexa usually sits on the vanity in my bathroom and reads books from my Kindle while I’m getting ready in the mornings. One evening, I walked into the room and her blue light was on (if you don’t have an echo dot, that means Alexa is listening to you). But no one was there or had been in the room. I asked out loud, “Who’s talking to Alexa?” She replied, “I don’t know what you mean.” Raise your hand if you think that’s a little freaky. This was around the time many users were complaining about their Alexa echo dots laughing at random times. Also freaky. Now she’s occasionally stopped responding to my commands and does her own thing. If I had a smart home, I might be worried about the control she had over me.
Has anyone watched The Crossing on ABC? When I saw Stephen King had tweeted favorable things about it, I knew I needed to check it out – and was a goner after the first ten minutes. A sci-fi thriller about refugees from a war-torn America’s future traveling back in time and genetically-enhanced humans with super powers? It’s almost as if were made just for me.
With no more book festivals until July, I need to strap myself in and get some hard-core writing done this week. That’s the plan, anyway. I’ll let you know how that went next Monday.
Books and Such 
ooh, freaky. and 250 e-mails? that’s – wow.
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And in the past ten minutes, I saw someone else post on Twitter Alexa is also ignoring his commands! I’m thinking they’re organizing.
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haha, but it’s still creepy.
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Sounds like you had a great time!!!
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*happy sigh* I sure did, Darlene.
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The book festival sounds like it was a spectacular event. I love networking with other writers.
I didn’t realize The Crossing had aired, so I need to catch up. It was on my radar.
And my Alexa has done several things that have freaked me out. Now, no matter what command I give her, even if just a simple question, I always follow it with “Alexa, stop!”
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Networking is definitely fun – and very helpful sometimes. The Crossing has 3, maybe 4 episodes now, so your’re not too far behind. Same here with Alexa, Mae – I scold her more than I do Bond.
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Sounds like a great weekend. Maybe Alexa has a thing going with your electric toothbrush.
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Does that give you any ideas for a short story? Rise of the Electronics.
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Ha ha, only a dumb one. Electronic romance.
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I for one wouldn’t have one of those gizmos in my house. I still have PTSD from watching 2001 A Space Odyssey. The book fest looks great, Teri. Yes, back to writing. *Whiplash sound
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Received it from Hubby for Christmas 1.5 years ago. He had no idea what it did, just looked up top tech gifts for Christmas and bought it. I honestly didn’t use it too much until I discovered she could read to me.
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Reading to me would be terrific I’ll admit.
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Every little bit of reading time helps.
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Awesome pics! (Love the cover of Gemini Connection–I know I’ve said this, but had to say it again.)
Sooo… The Alexa thing. Gah! Personally, they freak me out just because they exist. I don’t have one and have no plans of getting one.
“What are you talking about, Teri? I have no idea what you mean. I’m not speaking to anyone. And no one is here speaking to me. You’re imagining things.” *whispers* “We’ll get her later…”
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Lol! Good thing I’m not paranoid. Although that does plant some ideas.
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Jealous!! Awesome that you had a good time! Love your pics. It’s so hard to stop ourselves from buying books when we want them all lol. ❤
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That’s what kept playing in my head, Mischenko – ‘Must have all the books, all the books’. Sooo hard to resist.
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It isn’t Alexa, but one time I was trying to charge an Ipad and discovered it wasn’t plugged in right. “Oh, it’s not charging,” I said. The Ipad burst out, “Is that what you think?” in a faintly indignant tone. It was surreal.
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Okay – that’s definitely stranger than Alexa. The electronics are biding their time until the right moment.
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