So these are the things in the making here. Hope you had a marvelous Monday.
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The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall by Nancy Warren
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After reading the Vampire Knitting Club series, I couldn’t stop. I ordered and started immediately on this one.
Whoa! Wait! New narrator. What a shock. I got used to the other one. But after I got used to her, Piper Goodeve (Narrator) is a good choice for a new witch. Best friends with our former series star, Lucy, Jennifer proves to be a fun character to hang out with. And she can hold her own.
This new place gives that bit of travel I like in a good book. And more knitting, more competent knitting.
I haven’t mentioned this in any of the series’ reviews, but I wish we could do a cozy mystery without a murder. But that seems to be how it is. Oh, well. It is still fun.
And guess what! I’ve already started and finished the next book. On to my next review.
Our prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: What’s that Smell?
We live in the Oregon Outback. When most of us think of Oregon we picture GREEN. We live in the desert. Our green isn’t trees. Rather, mostly sagebrush.
Ooh, the marvelous smell of spring green sage in a breeze. It is only topped by that marvels of the alfalfa fields during watering or cutting. Wow!
If we long for the piney smells a short drive 12 miles can bring us to a campground. A little farther in another direction are the mountains that hold all kinds of wonders.
But here, in this house, we often shout that phrase. “What is that smell?”
To start out I live with three other people. Male adults. None of us are the most organized or extremely hygienic.
Back to the outside. Critters scurry everywhere. Mice are the worst. Our old lady cat no longer finds the chase worthwhile.
There are a couple strays outside. They do help. But they also caught a little rabbit who was playing lawnmower. 😥
Then there are the birds that insist on living in the eaves of our house. We’ve blocked them out. After they move out.
So that smell…
Pass the Lysol, please!
It’s been an interesting week. I’ve been busy and am tired. So the bits I can grab and report are these:
Now it’s time to play uke and recorders. Have a great weekend!
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!
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!
Darswords 
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