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photo a day- day 27
We both did a lot of reading over vacation. Here’s an updated book list of what I’ve read lately (a few people have asked for recommendations).
The Fault in Our Stars- excellent. Can’t wait for the movie. Bring tissues. The story of a teenaged girl with cancer.
Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet. really good and she’s Stephen King’s daughter in law. Not a horror type novel though.
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimbery McCreight- excellent. About teen bullying at a private school w a twist.
Help for the Haunted by John Searles- good. A little more drawn out than needed and the end wasn’t what I thought it would be, but still good.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham- really good. The follow up to A Time to Kill, with Jake Brigance in a new case. Nice seeing old friends again.
Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner- really good. A DD Warren novel- weird characters, just the way I like them.
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard- loved it. Didn’t get to see the movie in theaters but will catch it on iTunes or something.
After Her by Joyce Maynard- loved it. Really like her writing style. About hillside murders and two young girls who try to “solve” the case.
The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth- loved the first one, liked the second, and she lost me on the third.
The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman. Love all her books.
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty- really great.
Innocence by Dean Koontz- meh. I used to looooove some DK but not so much anymore. I liked the premise of the book, but there was too much tangental crap going on that I didn’t like.
Harrowgate by Kate Maruyama- good and not what I expected.
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King- excellent. The sequel to the Shining.
The Never List by Koethe Zan- creepy and really good. But dark.
The Silent Wife by ASA Harrison- not for me. I liked Gone Girl much better but it was in that vein.
Visitation Street by Ivy Pochada- really great. Loved the characters even though lots of them were unloveable.
This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman- really good and kind of like Reconstructing Amelia, but with boys instead of girls.
I think I listed some of the above before, but there you have it. Right now, I’m about halfway thru Coming Clean: A memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller. It’s a true story written by the daughter of hoarders. I really like it except I feel like I need to take a shower and clean the house every time I start a new chapter. Anything you think I need to read, let me know…
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photo a day- day 26
I heard its snowing at home. And thats where we’re headed tonight. Fabulous. Getting in our last licks at the pool and beach and then heading home.
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photo a day- day 25
I cannot want to go home. (yes, you read that correctly. i cannot want. Not i cannot wait. i can definitely wait with the stupid effing polar vortex and more snow waiting) Timmy’s preschool teacher Miss Donna suggested I homeschool him on the beach. I’m seriously considering it.
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photo a day- day 24
In addition to our usual pool and beachfront lunch, we took a ride up to West Palm Beach to visit Mario and his lovely wife Jeanette. For those of you who don’t know, Mario has been our barber since forever. He’s been there for every event- our wedding, when all the boys were born (and has cut their hair since their very first haircut ever) until he retired about two years ago. We are still not over the loss of him nearby for haircuts and visits every 3 weeks, but at least we get to visit him in florida. And, as an added bonus, Jeanette cooked Timmy and I a huge 4 course italian dinner. Ahhhhhmazing!!
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photo a day- day 23
It’s like groundhog day around here- which in this case is NOT a bad thing at all. 84 degrees, sunny, pool, Roman’s for lunch beachside and the only different activity today was taking Timmy to the Heat game. Unfortunately, I have no pictures from the Heat game other than iphone ones since I can’t bring my real camera (they won’t let it in since the lens is too long) and no way I was leaving the big guns in the car anywhere near Overtown. That was my first NBA game and I liked it as much as possible for me. Better than baseball as there is a certain amount of time the game can be played in and its pretty actiony the whole time. Sadly for Timmy his favorite guy (Lebron) was out of today’s game because of his broken nose but he did show up and we saw him walking around by the court and the bench. He even sorta danced to Timmy’s favorite song- Happy.
Love that you can see a 9 in the picture, just the perfect age!
