I had a feeling when I tried to predict rescue-dog-day-date. I think I jinxed it. The car needs oil and tire changes before we can make a longer trip to our little stores here. I am so disappointed. Sometimes, even at 74, being an adult sucks!
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Others were about losing pets. I’m still sad, yes. But do I dare ask for prayers and blessings as on Thursday we will start visiting shelters. I’m nearly giddy with excitement. But trying to be a grownup. Haha.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I saw the movie a while ago. It did the book justice. I will have to watch it again now that I read the book. Well, I listened to the audiobook through Libby, the library app. I highly recommend both ways to enjoy this thrilling story.
Here is the first part of the blurb about this book:
“A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.”
I think that says it all!
Add to that the wonderful voice acting by Marin Ireland. Wow! Make sure your nails are long enough to bite.
Per Linda’s prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “loan/lone.” Use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use both. Have fun!
These two words are weird. Though line has ‘one’ that points to feeling so alone, lonely. One never feels so alone as when they feel the need for a loan.
Unless, that is, if one is standing in line at the library.
By the way, Happy Mother’s Day!
There are a few more projects. I just ran out of writing energy. I did finish “Leave the World Behind.” The review hits Sunday.
Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Autobiographies are hard to rate. It feels like I’m rating the person or their life experiences. So, instead, I will say this was interesting. Ms. Smith did her own narration, which is always more authentic.
What is different about this book is that Jada takes the time to address the reader and guides us through our own issues that might be like what she went through. A little journal prompts the reader to write out their own feelings.
This was a Libby audiobook. I think you all might like it.
Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One more fun Vampire Knitting Club! I am sad to know that there are many of these left. The story continues, and I feel that saying much more becomes a spoiler. It was fun figuring out if plans would come to fruition or if another murder could be solved.
I love Nancy Warren’s dry humor in her writing. Her reader, Sarah Zimmerman, knows how to vocalize it. If I didn’t have a lot of other books, library books, to read, I would be set to listen to the next of the VKC.
If you get the chance and need a fun, cozy book or series, try Ms. Warren’s.
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