Alas, my Ancheer treadmill from Ebay but the dust. I’m back to cold weather walking. By the way, we did buy insurance on the treadmill so hopefully it will be fixed or replaced. Today’s walk:
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Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a fun book that, at last, didn’t have to do with someone under 60. It only took a couple of nights to get through. I do wish it were in Audible, but text-to-speech was still doable.
A mature woman whose marriage is over and the offspring has a child of his own finally finds her power, and boy, it’s a lot!
And her caretaker is a gargoyle. Her name is Kevin!
Hopefully, those weren’t spoilers.
It was such an entertaining book; I now have the second book lined up.
Lockdown Drill at Superhero School: Calmly prepare for a Lockdown Drill with Superhero Skills! by Tamara Rittershaus
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I’m on a mission to attempt to read primers of other languages as I can. I found this one about superheroes and school lockdown safety. I saw there was one in English and this one in Spanish.
It is a sad commentary on our world that this primer is necessary. But I love how it is written and presented to the kids who are given this way to view the way to their safety.
The illustrations are fun.
No, I am still not good enough to read this without help. But I opened this one on my laptop Kindle app and the other version on my cell phone Kindle app. It worked out.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
My friend, Michele, recommended this. I found the audio on Libby. The author, Aimee Bender, narrates, so you know the right emotions show through.
Synesthesia is the word that came to mind about Rose Edelstein. But this is far different from tasting color or smelling shapes. Tasting the chef’s mood or the affair her mother is having is a lot to believe. That her brother can disappear to another dimension or time is truly unfathomable.
The story is slow, but it made a good bedtime book. It had plenty for the imagination to work on.
I was disappointed that we didn’t see people using their talent for good. But maybe this is more realistic. But the ending was underwhelming.
Worth the read if only to explore a unique idea.
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All Out War Part 2 by Robert Kirkman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
These last couple of books about the Negan wars were hard to read. I am not the target audience, senior woman that I am. But anyone who finds fighting and killing abhorrent is not the target of these books. And the lack of versatile vocabulary, especially Negan’s, makes him so uninteresting.
I am, however, impressed with the translation of the shows. The choices of actors and variety in the plot make the story more than males measuring body parts.
I am still impressed with reading comics on Kindle because I can expand the picture and text to see it more clearly.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “heart.” Use it any way you like. Have fun!
Have you ever noticed the words in the word h-e-a-r-t. Grab a cup of tea. Lend an ear. Hear what you can with your heart. He might have heat for her. But involve the muse of art. Scramble a bit for the Earth. Possibly shed a tear.
How did that rate? Do you find more? Can you make it heart worthy?
All Out War Part 1 by Robert Kirkman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
War. Negan. Not the best of the story for me. However, I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan. I found his ability to do the same lovable smile he did on Grey’s Anatomy and scare you to pieces on the Walking Dead to be absolutely amazing. And the actor does a phenomenal job playing the Negan from the comic book.
And the story varies a bit between the original written story to the show, but the basics are the same. And the war is horrible, regardless.
This is book one of the war, so I still need to read book two to find out what really happened. Rick is now one-armed from way back. So far, Carl’s story is quite different during this part.
I still love reading the comic through the Kindle as it can be helpful to enlarge each frame to see words or art details. I find the paper version impossible, even since my cataract surgery.
I know many find the thought of zombies disgusting or horrid, but I find them to be the thing that proves the metal of the breathing humans.
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
So, not my kind of book. But you’ll love this book if you like romance, especially paranormal romance with Greek mythology built in.
I must admit Devon Sorvari (Narrator) did a fantastic job telling the story.
Look, I realize I am not the target audience. So I don’t want to be mean or disparaging. I did finish reading, so it kept me engaged for that long. I don’t see reading the rest of the series. But I know others will love it. It is written well. May I just use the part I loved most: Flying. I’ll not ruin anything with spoilers with that bit.
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