First day of Fall, it felt like fairies were walking with Milo and me, little whispering footsteps as yellow leaves drop to the ground.
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The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse: The heartbreaking new novel from the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It took me too long to read this book. But it wasn’t the book’s fault. I was ill. And there is one of the beauties of the story. Even when I couldn’t get back to it the characters pulled me in and I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. I will be buying the Audiobook as I want to enjoy it again.
Love of family and friends who become family, is what the book is about. With the dangers everywhere from Nazis, starvation, and in all, love and care is shown.
I am grateful to received this book from NetGalley. With Kindle I could listen to it with text-to-speech. Heather Morris wrote The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the other two books of that trio. I loved reading them, so I knew this would be as good if not better. And there was more, music, piano, teachers and students. I loved it.
Too busy and tired day. Enjoy whimsy.
Sent by my friend, Kay.
Well, here it is at the end of the day and I still haven’t come up with a dibble much less a stream. In this little paragraph I’ve made at least 5 typos that were immediately corrected.
Most of the time, I’m grateful for the help for my fat fingers, but this time, the typo is the lack of same. ๐ซค
Yay! Forward motion is happening!
Also, I have finally worked up to 30 minutes on the bike!
I love progress wherever I can find it!
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Clare Leslie Hall has written a story full of relationships, fully developed characters, children, and animals. And if you think you know who the bad guys and who the good guys are, you’ll see both in each.
Hattie Morahan narrates the story quite well.
I picked up this audiobook on Libby.
Here’s the thing though, I saw the cover days after I finished the book and couldn’t remember anything. I read the blurb and when it mention the shooting of the dog I remembered the whole book. I loved it!
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Fredrik Backman wrote a Man Called Ove which became a movie called A Man Called Otto. Both the book and the movie were wonderful character development stories. So, guess what? Yes, ‘My Friends’ has even querkier characters grow as we watch the story unfold.
As if the story didn’t come alive with the written word, Marin Ireland (Narrator), make brings the listener to the dock to enjoy being a teen on summer break.
I hope you all get a chance to read/listen to this book. It is on Libby.
Good news:
20 minutes on the stationary bike
30 minutes on the piano
30 minutes on dragon diamond painting #3
Milo and Shilo gracing me and recliner footrests with sweetness.
Bad news;
We were unable to get Milo in for his shots.
Our mail is not being delivered to Christmas Valley. Many of us have medicines that only come that way.
Let’s go back to the good news.ย Duolingo surprised me today. As the audio story played in German today, I understood almost as well as I would in English. No headache.
Good/Bad: I’ve finished several books but behind on reviews.
Hope your Monday was better than mine.
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