Wednesday, January 14, 2009
everyone worth knowing by Lauren Weisenberger
Jaw drop with what the PR world is like. Is it really like that? Do you really, I mean, is it really a PR person's job to go to the clubs and party all night long? Wow. Why couldn't I get into that? Nah, not my style but one could dream, couldn't I? Similar to Devil Wears Prada where a girl who seemingly knows nothing about the biz gets a dream job. Instead of being the assistant to the top editor in fashion, in everyone worth knowing, Bette lands a job with an up and coming PR firm and ends up partying with the hottest celebs and socialites. A bit over the top, but still fun to read about. Bette, daughter of two hippies, niece to a gay columnist uncle, impulsively quits her boring job in the bank world. She needs to find herself. Her uncle helps her land a job with a former assistant who has opened a PR firm. And what is her job? To go to the hottest nightclubs, to socialize with celebrities and socialites, to go to the hottest restaurants, to plan parties for companies like Blackberry and Playboy, and to fly first class to other countries. Poor Bette. lol All the meanwhile, her best friend is engaged to someone she cannot stand, she is constantly the subject of an online gossip column - and not in a good way - for her "relationship" with young, hot, wealthy bachelor and she is interested in Sammy, the bouncer, who has issues of his own. It all comes to head at the Playboy party where Bette finds her best friend's fiance making out with a former schoolmate and the party is crumbling around her. All's well that ends well. Bette finds love with Sammy who opens up a hot new up and coming restaurant. Her best friend breaks up with her fiance and starts anew. Bette decides she will write a romance novel, her secret guilty pleasure.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert
New author to me. I was trying my best to find her first book in the China Bayles series. I think Thyme of Death was it. She doesn't have recipes in this book so it leads me to believe that it probably is her first attempt at writing and then eventually added recipes to her books later on. Yeah, another one of my culinary mysteries. Love 'em! Anyway, taking it from a first book standpoint... Thyme of Death was a bit stilted but not bad if it was a first book. While I wasn't crazy about it, I would read it again. I am a sucker for culinary mysteries. I wish that she included recipes in this book. There were a couple of foods I wouldn't have minded recipes for like the clam dip or the pepper cornbread. heehee
China Bayles is a former lawyer who has retired from the Type A lifestyle and moved down to easy going small town Texas to be an herb shop owner - of all things! One of her dear friends, Jo who has cancer, is found dead of an apparent suicide. All the signs, clues, evidence and whatnot are there. China's best friend, Ruby, does not believe it and sets out to find the truth. There is Roz, the famous children star and creator of StrawBerry Bear, who we find out had a secret lesbian relationship with Roz. But Roz is after letters she had written to Jo, supposedly for sentimental reasons. There is Roz's manager, Jane, who is after her to renew her contract There's Violette, who happens to have the sold-out-everywhere StrawBerry Bear in her possession, acting very strangely around Roz. There is Jo's daughter with whom she's never had a close relationship. There's the newspaper owner who is spearheading the campaign for the new airport that Jo is protesting against and possibly has something up her sleeve to end the project. Then Roz is killed. Initially looks like a bleeding ulcer but China thinks otherwise. And then Violette is killed. Another apparent suicide with a perfectly typewritten murder-suicide note admitting to the murder of Roz and all. Again, China thinks otherwise since Violette never learned to type.
The whole story is a bit convoluted and a little bit difficult to follow. I'm still not too sure I get the ending and how it was all resolved. But it definitely wasn't boring. It is figured out that Jo is killed by Roz who had been trying to get the letters. In order to keep their relationship secret due to her upcoming marriage to Senator who has his sights on the White House. That would be some scandal. Jane is the one who kills Roz and then Violette by poisoning them with ant poison. That's where it's a bit convoluted. I couldn't quite figure out the why.
And in the end, Jane is arrested for the murder of Violette, and Violette only. Because supposedly that's a sure thing and it would be too difficult to prove the murder of Roz. And the love letters between Jo and Roz are burned b/c there is no point pursuing the murder of Jo since Roz is dead anyway. I just don't get it.....
China Bayles is a former lawyer who has retired from the Type A lifestyle and moved down to easy going small town Texas to be an herb shop owner - of all things! One of her dear friends, Jo who has cancer, is found dead of an apparent suicide. All the signs, clues, evidence and whatnot are there. China's best friend, Ruby, does not believe it and sets out to find the truth. There is Roz, the famous children star and creator of StrawBerry Bear, who we find out had a secret lesbian relationship with Roz. But Roz is after letters she had written to Jo, supposedly for sentimental reasons. There is Roz's manager, Jane, who is after her to renew her contract There's Violette, who happens to have the sold-out-everywhere StrawBerry Bear in her possession, acting very strangely around Roz. There is Jo's daughter with whom she's never had a close relationship. There's the newspaper owner who is spearheading the campaign for the new airport that Jo is protesting against and possibly has something up her sleeve to end the project. Then Roz is killed. Initially looks like a bleeding ulcer but China thinks otherwise. And then Violette is killed. Another apparent suicide with a perfectly typewritten murder-suicide note admitting to the murder of Roz and all. Again, China thinks otherwise since Violette never learned to type.
The whole story is a bit convoluted and a little bit difficult to follow. I'm still not too sure I get the ending and how it was all resolved. But it definitely wasn't boring. It is figured out that Jo is killed by Roz who had been trying to get the letters. In order to keep their relationship secret due to her upcoming marriage to Senator who has his sights on the White House. That would be some scandal. Jane is the one who kills Roz and then Violette by poisoning them with ant poison. That's where it's a bit convoluted. I couldn't quite figure out the why.
And in the end, Jane is arrested for the murder of Violette, and Violette only. Because supposedly that's a sure thing and it would be too difficult to prove the murder of Roz. And the love letters between Jo and Roz are burned b/c there is no point pursuing the murder of Jo since Roz is dead anyway. I just don't get it.....
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Hold Tight by Harlen Coben
I'm not too sure whether Harlen Coben is a new author to me. I seem to think he is, since I don't really remember reading any of his books. Not that really means much nowadays. However, there is a ringing familiarity to a couple of them. I'm sure I have a couple, if not a few of his books downstairs.
Hold Tight piqued my interest before I even started reading the story. In the beginning, before the actual story started, there is disclaimer. Well, disclaimer might not be the right word. Usually it is a disclaimer but Coben claims that the equipment mentioned in the book are real. Now that was a little creepy.
Hold Tight begins with parents, Mike and Tia, who are about to place some sort of monitoring device onto their teenage son's computer where they see everything that their son goes into and every email that he gets. Invasion of privacy, anyone? Their validation is that their son's best friend committed suicide months ago and now he is withdrawn and sullen. Typical teenage, don't you think? Not the suicide part, but the other part. They go further with activating the GPS on his cell phone when he disappears - voluntarily.
Oh, there's the usual murder and mystery, too, but it's the above that really got me thinking about this book. Part of me, now that I'm a mom, makes me think "Wow, what a great idea!" Especially, the GPS part. But there really the invasion of privacy and trust that just doesn't seem right. Sure, one could argue that you want to keep them safe and not let them roam into things they shouldn't go into like porn, drugs or anything illegal. But where do you draw the line? The mom, Tia, says it is our job to protect our kids until they are old enough and then send them out into the world. And right now falls under the "until they are old enough" time frame. I totally understand what she is saying and where she is coming from. Would I think differently if I were not a mom? Maybe. Would I really want to monitor my children's computer activity? I think I would really want to, but would I do it? I think I would be hardpressed to cross the line. There's just something wrong about it. Puts a bad taste in my mouth. But I'm not in the situation where my son refuses to talk to me. What I think worries the parents more is the fact that his best friend committed suicide. As silly as it sounds, they are probably thinking is that their son might be harboring the same thoughts, like its contagious. You have to start wondering. That's why if they are not willing to talk to you, you will try your best to get into their minds. And apparently in this day and age, it's possible. Scarily possible. But where do you draw the line???? Typical teenage rebellion? Or cause for concern? Food for thought. This is why I would hope to really keep the communication lines open and not be oppressive to my children. I want my children to be able to come to be about anything and not be afraid to talk or ask. I know teenage years are going to be expected to be rebellious with peer pressure. That just goes without saying.
Hold tight just has a new meaning. B/c if you hold too tight they might just be scrambling to get away from you....
Hold Tight piqued my interest before I even started reading the story. In the beginning, before the actual story started, there is disclaimer. Well, disclaimer might not be the right word. Usually it is a disclaimer but Coben claims that the equipment mentioned in the book are real. Now that was a little creepy.
Hold Tight begins with parents, Mike and Tia, who are about to place some sort of monitoring device onto their teenage son's computer where they see everything that their son goes into and every email that he gets. Invasion of privacy, anyone? Their validation is that their son's best friend committed suicide months ago and now he is withdrawn and sullen. Typical teenage, don't you think? Not the suicide part, but the other part. They go further with activating the GPS on his cell phone when he disappears - voluntarily.
Oh, there's the usual murder and mystery, too, but it's the above that really got me thinking about this book. Part of me, now that I'm a mom, makes me think "Wow, what a great idea!" Especially, the GPS part. But there really the invasion of privacy and trust that just doesn't seem right. Sure, one could argue that you want to keep them safe and not let them roam into things they shouldn't go into like porn, drugs or anything illegal. But where do you draw the line? The mom, Tia, says it is our job to protect our kids until they are old enough and then send them out into the world. And right now falls under the "until they are old enough" time frame. I totally understand what she is saying and where she is coming from. Would I think differently if I were not a mom? Maybe. Would I really want to monitor my children's computer activity? I think I would really want to, but would I do it? I think I would be hardpressed to cross the line. There's just something wrong about it. Puts a bad taste in my mouth. But I'm not in the situation where my son refuses to talk to me. What I think worries the parents more is the fact that his best friend committed suicide. As silly as it sounds, they are probably thinking is that their son might be harboring the same thoughts, like its contagious. You have to start wondering. That's why if they are not willing to talk to you, you will try your best to get into their minds. And apparently in this day and age, it's possible. Scarily possible. But where do you draw the line???? Typical teenage rebellion? Or cause for concern? Food for thought. This is why I would hope to really keep the communication lines open and not be oppressive to my children. I want my children to be able to come to be about anything and not be afraid to talk or ask. I know teenage years are going to be expected to be rebellious with peer pressure. That just goes without saying.
Hold tight just has a new meaning. B/c if you hold too tight they might just be scrambling to get away from you....
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Lights Out Tonight by Mary Jane Clark
Mary Jane Clark is a new author to me. I've seen her books on the shelves before but have never gotten around to reading her books. So this year's challenge gave me a push to doing so. What I did know of her is that apparently she is related to Mary Higgins Clark, who I do read. Mary Jane Clark is her daughter in law. Interesting. 3 authors in the family.
Lights Out Tonight was an okay book. I didn't quite feel that the characters were developed enough. I felt as if there was a book prior to this book that better explained the characters' relationships and I should have read it first. I kept thinking I was missing something.
There's the main character, Caroline. There is a lot going on with her. She is a film and theater critic who is a newbie in the television world. She is having problems there. Her boss seems not to like her or think her edgy enough. The female anchor seems to be chilly towards her. But you never really know why. Caroline is also a newlywed. And surprise, surprise, her new college aged stepdaughter, Meg, does not like her and does not want to accept her. And the story starts off where Caroline discovers pot in Meg's closet - not from snooping but when she was getting sandals that Meg has asked for. To tie this altogether, Caroline is sent up to the Warrenstown theater festival on assignment where Meg happens to be apprenticing at.
Meanwhile up in Warrenstown a killer is on the loose, that people are not aware of. Two of Meg's apprentice friends are killed, thought to be an accident, after being run off the road. The killer unfortunately thinks that one of victims had taken a picture of the car and sent it to a friend through their cellphone. So the hunt is on for the killer to find the sendee. Meg is the one who received the pictures but the picture of the car is not clear or recognizable.
Then there is famous Academy and Tony winning actress, Belinda, who is the lead in the new play at the festival. She is refusing to star in the movie version of the play. The director is working hard on convincing her b/c the backers will only invest if she is in the movie. She has an artist friend, who is in love with her, seemingly obsessed with her. He paints portraits of her in each of her stage roles. That he refuses to sell. She has a caretaker for her property but he is up to no good. Her understudy is hungry for her chance to shine. Caroline's new husband acts weird around the actress. Like I said before, so much going on.
A librarian is also murdered after she witnesses the killer take pages about Belinda from a magazine.
Then the actress disappears. The whole town searches for her on her vast property. Who could have taken Belinda? In the meanwhile, the killer is still hunting for Meg.
There were so many components to this book. So many ideas. That go nowhere. Which was why I always thought I was missing something.
I would read her books again. This falls under my "fluff" books, books I don't have to do much thinking. To read just for the sake of reading.
Lights Out Tonight was an okay book. I didn't quite feel that the characters were developed enough. I felt as if there was a book prior to this book that better explained the characters' relationships and I should have read it first. I kept thinking I was missing something.
There's the main character, Caroline. There is a lot going on with her. She is a film and theater critic who is a newbie in the television world. She is having problems there. Her boss seems not to like her or think her edgy enough. The female anchor seems to be chilly towards her. But you never really know why. Caroline is also a newlywed. And surprise, surprise, her new college aged stepdaughter, Meg, does not like her and does not want to accept her. And the story starts off where Caroline discovers pot in Meg's closet - not from snooping but when she was getting sandals that Meg has asked for. To tie this altogether, Caroline is sent up to the Warrenstown theater festival on assignment where Meg happens to be apprenticing at.
Meanwhile up in Warrenstown a killer is on the loose, that people are not aware of. Two of Meg's apprentice friends are killed, thought to be an accident, after being run off the road. The killer unfortunately thinks that one of victims had taken a picture of the car and sent it to a friend through their cellphone. So the hunt is on for the killer to find the sendee. Meg is the one who received the pictures but the picture of the car is not clear or recognizable.
Then there is famous Academy and Tony winning actress, Belinda, who is the lead in the new play at the festival. She is refusing to star in the movie version of the play. The director is working hard on convincing her b/c the backers will only invest if she is in the movie. She has an artist friend, who is in love with her, seemingly obsessed with her. He paints portraits of her in each of her stage roles. That he refuses to sell. She has a caretaker for her property but he is up to no good. Her understudy is hungry for her chance to shine. Caroline's new husband acts weird around the actress. Like I said before, so much going on.
A librarian is also murdered after she witnesses the killer take pages about Belinda from a magazine.
Then the actress disappears. The whole town searches for her on her vast property. Who could have taken Belinda? In the meanwhile, the killer is still hunting for Meg.
There were so many components to this book. So many ideas. That go nowhere. Which was why I always thought I was missing something.
I would read her books again. This falls under my "fluff" books, books I don't have to do much thinking. To read just for the sake of reading.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart
Okay, so I'm on book 3. 3 mysteries. Surprise, surprise. ;) I have to get myself to the library to get some more books!
Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart
The series fascinates me because I would love to be like the main character and own a bookstore. As I discussed with D recently, this would be something I would love to do someday when the kids are older and out of the house. Of course I would deal with the books part and not the business part. heehee The book was okay. Not bad, not great. This series is based on two amateur detectives Max and Annie Darling. Annie is the owner of Death on Demand, a mystery bookstore. Max is problem solver of sorts. He is not a private detective b/c that requires a license but he has an office open to help people solve problems. Max apparently had a problem in a recent book and is a avoiding his problem solving business. He has decided to focus on renovating their new home, the Franklin House. There are a few mysteries involved. First, Double Eagle coins are stolen from a wealthy man's home. A woman is found, by Annie, murdered in her home when she calls to Max to retrieve an item from the Franklin house. The woman is the housekeeper of the wealthy man. Soon it is determined that the housekeeper somehow hid the Double Eagle coins in the Franklin, unbeknownst to the Darlings, and was murdered for them. The questions are: Who stole the Double Eagle coins? Who murdered the housekeeper? Where are the Double Eagle coins hidden? Was the housekeeper involved? The book follows Max and Annie Darling as they seek the answers to all the questions with the aid of Max's mother and two friends via email and webcam as they sail aboard a yacht. I would read more books from Carolyn Hart. She is not a difficult read.
Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart
The series fascinates me because I would love to be like the main character and own a bookstore. As I discussed with D recently, this would be something I would love to do someday when the kids are older and out of the house. Of course I would deal with the books part and not the business part. heehee The book was okay. Not bad, not great. This series is based on two amateur detectives Max and Annie Darling. Annie is the owner of Death on Demand, a mystery bookstore. Max is problem solver of sorts. He is not a private detective b/c that requires a license but he has an office open to help people solve problems. Max apparently had a problem in a recent book and is a avoiding his problem solving business. He has decided to focus on renovating their new home, the Franklin House. There are a few mysteries involved. First, Double Eagle coins are stolen from a wealthy man's home. A woman is found, by Annie, murdered in her home when she calls to Max to retrieve an item from the Franklin house. The woman is the housekeeper of the wealthy man. Soon it is determined that the housekeeper somehow hid the Double Eagle coins in the Franklin, unbeknownst to the Darlings, and was murdered for them. The questions are: Who stole the Double Eagle coins? Who murdered the housekeeper? Where are the Double Eagle coins hidden? Was the housekeeper involved? The book follows Max and Annie Darling as they seek the answers to all the questions with the aid of Max's mother and two friends via email and webcam as they sail aboard a yacht. I would read more books from Carolyn Hart. She is not a difficult read.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Broken resolutions
So I already broke my New Year resolution.... No, it was not to keep up with this blog. Although that would be a good resolution, wouldn't it? lol I told myself that I would be a better mom. Oops, too late. I think I need help. I really do. It is not healthy for myself or the kids for me to be so angry. I just can't help myself. :( The boys just make me really angry and I lose it. I really feel like running away. I am so tired of being taken for granted. I really wonder how much influence D has over them. They see him ignoring me and learn from that. Ugh.
I already know that this is not going to be a good year. It didn't start off on a good note, did it? D just aggravates the crap out of me. Such an inconsiderate ass. Yes, I may be making it a bigger deal than it is. He doesn't really have to be with me at the stroke of midnight. I don't really care. But seriously, he really needs to figure out his priorities, be with friends or be with me. If he says that stupid crap about being rude again, I swear.... Yeah, it matters other people's opinion than mine. He'd rather be rude to me than to others. Uh, okay.
Anyway, to bigger and better things. New book challenge for the year. Well, I haven't quite figured out what I am going to do. There seem to be so many this year. Maybe there were always so many and I just wasn't aware. Now I am aware. And I am tempted by many. I am going to do one with JC - the 50 book challenge. We're going to call it that even though it might be more than 50. Let's see, in it we're going to do the AZ author challenge again. I am going to give this a twist by applying only the books of authors I have never read before. Just to make it a little harder and make me read other authors since I tend to ram through authors. That gives us 26. Oh, we settled on 12 genres, so 2 from each genre would give us 24, bringing to a total of 50. Cool. The 12 genres are:
Can I pretend that the New Year starts now and start over again? I promise I'll try harder to be a better mom. The boys deserve better than me..... D doesn't, but the boys do.
I already know that this is not going to be a good year. It didn't start off on a good note, did it? D just aggravates the crap out of me. Such an inconsiderate ass. Yes, I may be making it a bigger deal than it is. He doesn't really have to be with me at the stroke of midnight. I don't really care. But seriously, he really needs to figure out his priorities, be with friends or be with me. If he says that stupid crap about being rude again, I swear.... Yeah, it matters other people's opinion than mine. He'd rather be rude to me than to others. Uh, okay.
Anyway, to bigger and better things. New book challenge for the year. Well, I haven't quite figured out what I am going to do. There seem to be so many this year. Maybe there were always so many and I just wasn't aware. Now I am aware. And I am tempted by many. I am going to do one with JC - the 50 book challenge. We're going to call it that even though it might be more than 50. Let's see, in it we're going to do the AZ author challenge again. I am going to give this a twist by applying only the books of authors I have never read before. Just to make it a little harder and make me read other authors since I tend to ram through authors. That gives us 26. Oh, we settled on 12 genres, so 2 from each genre would give us 24, bringing to a total of 50. Cool. The 12 genres are:
nonfiction
humor/comedy
general fiction
chick lit
biography/memoir,
classic
romance
sci-fi/fantasy
young adult
mystery/thriller
horror
historical fiction
Umm..... I'm on book 2. Heehee. I may attempt other challenges but I don't know if I'll be biting off more than I can chew. I read over 100 books last year. But I don't know if I can repeat. I'm sure a lot of the books I read were "fluff" books. Those are easy reads but they didn't apply to any challenges. This year's challenge is more specific and may be harder. We'll see. And once little Zman gets more mobile, I'm sure reading will become a challenge in itself for me.Can I pretend that the New Year starts now and start over again? I promise I'll try harder to be a better mom. The boys deserve better than me..... D doesn't, but the boys do.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
New Year Resolution
Can I start a New Year Resolution now? I mean, this is my blog. I can, can't I? I resolve to actually keep up with my blog!!! hahahaha Yeah, right. Seriously, I really want to do this but I keep forgetting. I spend all this time on the computer but most of it is reading. I click here and there, check this and check that. But that's about it. I don't do a whole lot of writing/posting. I might respond once in a while but not much more. :(
I have been doing a whole lot of reading. I am quite proud of myself. I thought I might include some book reviews. Give me some purpose to this blog. Some deals. What else? I'll have to think on it. Hopefully it won't take me months again before I post. But hey, I had a baby. That's a good excuse, isn't it?!??!
Today I actually managed to get some tasks done. Namely cleaning. I had a little checklist in my head. I wanted to put in a load of laundry. Check. I wanted to put the diapers from the diaper pail into the trash. Check. I wanted to clean the kitchen floor. Check. Not only did I clean the kitchen floor, I also cleaned the bathroom floor. And sorta cleaned our bedroom floor. Woohoo! What I didn't get around to was cleaning the stove. Boy is that nasty! Maybe, hopefully tomorrow. I also didn't get to work on T's thank you cards or my own for Z. Shame, shame, shame.
Oh, maybe I'll review some of the shows I watch - the reality shows. Although Project Runway is almost over. Not that I've really been following it as much as I'd like. I watched a marathon over the weekend and I've already forgotten most of it. I meant to write down the guest judges to help me remember. But of course I forgot to do that.
I am reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd right now. I read it a couple of years ago, I think. Maybe it was just last year, I forget. Anyway, I am re-reading it now. The library is having a discussion on it Thursday night and I am hoping to get to it. That is, if I finish the book. Looks good so far. I thought the book discussion was tonight and I would have totally not been able to do it, but I think I should be able to finish it by Thursday night. Now it'll just be a matter of whether I can get to the library. D says he might be coming home late one night to have drinks with his old co-workers but he doesn't know what night yet. Obviously if it's Thursday night, then I won't be able to make it to the library. I was planning on bringing Z but I don't want to bring all the boys. I don't think it would be a good idea. Anyway, regardless I will review the book after I'm done. So far, it's a pretty good book. I think I remember liking this book better than The Mermaid Chair, her second book which we read for book club. And I've easily read half the book already. I think that already shows how good the book is. I know I read quickly, but being able to get through a book quickly doesn't necessarily mean it's good.
I just wanted to add that I just got a look at my book challenge lists. Boy, have I added to the list since I last posted. I guess I have been doing something. lol I'll tack onto that list later. It's too late to go back and forth right now. I have my list on the other site.
I have been doing a whole lot of reading. I am quite proud of myself. I thought I might include some book reviews. Give me some purpose to this blog. Some deals. What else? I'll have to think on it. Hopefully it won't take me months again before I post. But hey, I had a baby. That's a good excuse, isn't it?!??!
Today I actually managed to get some tasks done. Namely cleaning. I had a little checklist in my head. I wanted to put in a load of laundry. Check. I wanted to put the diapers from the diaper pail into the trash. Check. I wanted to clean the kitchen floor. Check. Not only did I clean the kitchen floor, I also cleaned the bathroom floor. And sorta cleaned our bedroom floor. Woohoo! What I didn't get around to was cleaning the stove. Boy is that nasty! Maybe, hopefully tomorrow. I also didn't get to work on T's thank you cards or my own for Z. Shame, shame, shame.
Oh, maybe I'll review some of the shows I watch - the reality shows. Although Project Runway is almost over. Not that I've really been following it as much as I'd like. I watched a marathon over the weekend and I've already forgotten most of it. I meant to write down the guest judges to help me remember. But of course I forgot to do that.
I am reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd right now. I read it a couple of years ago, I think. Maybe it was just last year, I forget. Anyway, I am re-reading it now. The library is having a discussion on it Thursday night and I am hoping to get to it. That is, if I finish the book. Looks good so far. I thought the book discussion was tonight and I would have totally not been able to do it, but I think I should be able to finish it by Thursday night. Now it'll just be a matter of whether I can get to the library. D says he might be coming home late one night to have drinks with his old co-workers but he doesn't know what night yet. Obviously if it's Thursday night, then I won't be able to make it to the library. I was planning on bringing Z but I don't want to bring all the boys. I don't think it would be a good idea. Anyway, regardless I will review the book after I'm done. So far, it's a pretty good book. I think I remember liking this book better than The Mermaid Chair, her second book which we read for book club. And I've easily read half the book already. I think that already shows how good the book is. I know I read quickly, but being able to get through a book quickly doesn't necessarily mean it's good.
I just wanted to add that I just got a look at my book challenge lists. Boy, have I added to the list since I last posted. I guess I have been doing something. lol I'll tack onto that list later. It's too late to go back and forth right now. I have my list on the other site.
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