As I noted in a previous post here, work was quite hectic in the last half of June, hence I posted no chapters of Beth or any of its offshoots. However, in that time period I also made the mistake of discovering aroslav's "Living Next Door to Heaven" (LNDTH) books. "Mistake" not because they were horrible, but because they are far too good and far too engrossing. When I crack a new book (literally or figuratively) that immediately grabs my attention and keeps a stranglehold on it, I tend to read and read 'til there ain't no more to be read, which often results in nights with little sleep. I was also intrigued by how many aspects of Beth were shared by aroslav's tour de force. Rather, given that LNDTH predates Beth by more than half a decade, how many aspects LNDTH shares with Beth.
While I've managed to pull myself back from the addiction for a bit, despite not having finished book 2, I'm also still wrestling with the timing and pace of the changes that have been coming to the Go5, even the Go6, in recent chapters. Often when that sort of thing happens, I can easily distract myself with minutiae. This time, it's the structure of the state high-school soccer tournament and how far into it Central High goes.
I've promised myself to take a break from LNDTH to bear down on solving my technical problems with Beth. Hopefully, I'll get Chapter 78 posted in the near future.