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I'yard back! I was pitiful to miss What Are You lot Reading Monday last week, but I had a skillful alibi…it was our 30th hymeneals ceremony! 30 years?! Difficult to believe only true. To celebrate, my husband and I spent a lovely couple of days downwardly at the embankment in beautiful Lewes, Delaware, where we enjoyed the celebrated town, beach, and LOTS of really amazing food!

September thirty, 2022 – Happy 30th to us!

It was a wonderful pause, though re-entry was tough! The final few weeks have been fifty-fifty more hectic than usual, with necessary daily visits to my father-in-law subsequently he had some minor outpatient surgery 2 weeks ago. I accept him to get his stitches out this week, so hopefully, things will slow down a scrap. At the same time, I have been trying to get through all of the edits in my book that my editor sent back to me, a much bigger task than I anticipated, peculiarly with then little quiet fourth dimension at dwelling house to work. On the plus side, we realized this past Sat was the But twenty-four hour period in Oct when nosotros could get all five of u.s.a. together (!), then nosotros spent a very relaxing mean solar day together. We made our almanac trip to a local pumpkin farm for hot cider and fresh donuts (yum!), hung out at dwelling house together, and enjoyed a nice dinner and celebration for my married man's 65th birthday in the evening. It was a rare treat to all exist together for an entire solar day.

All together for my husband's birthday this weekend

And, of course, we've been doing a lot of reading, especially dark stuff for the RIP XIV Claiming! Here'southward what we've all been reading the past two weeks:

I finished reading The Outsider by Stephen King and enjoyed every infinitesimal! You would think I had enough of these hefty books with my Large Book Summer Challenge, simply I had heard not bad things about this novel from everyone, including my husband. I hadn't read a King novel in a while, so I was due. The basic premise is that a beloved boondocks coach and father of two is arrested for a horrific crime confronting a young boy, and the police have loads of forensic testify proving this man did information technology. Simply his alibi seems ironclad. Did he do it or not? As with all Male monarch novels, this one is completely compelling and kept me reading too late into the night, ending with a big showdown betwixt adept and evil. Very satisfying.

I also finished a graphic novel, Old Souls by Brian McDonald (author) and Les McClaine (illustrator). This one is definitely for adults, with a night but enthralling concept. A homo who is a husband and father works at the mall and meets an one-time homeless human being in the food court. Without really understanding why, he buys the man lunch every day, until one day, the old man tells him that he was the younger's man's grandmother in a by life in Cathay. He says they were separated when the Japanese attacked and so he (she) was killed, and he has spent this life trying to observe his long-lost grandson. The younger man does sometimes have dreams of being a small Chinese male child lost in a crowd. This volume was then expert and then completely fascinating that I never wanted it to stop! I read Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta when I was a teenager and accept been captivated past the thought of reincarnation always since. In fact, this graphic novel made me want to re-read Audrey Rose – yes, I nonetheless take the paperback on my shelf from nigh twoscore years ago!

Next, I read a YA post-apocalyptic thriller, The Space Sea by Rick Yancey. This is book 2 of the trilogy that begins with The 5th Wave, which my hubby, son, and I all loved (we still need to sentinel he movie adaptation). It took me a trivial while to become into the 2nd book, as information technology felt a little besides action-packed for me at commencement, but I ended up enjoying it. I definitely want to read volume 3. Interestingly, my son liked volume ii fifty-fifty more than the commencement book (he liked the emphasis on activity and less romance – ha ha). If you enjoyed other YA mail-apocalyptic thrillers similar the Divergent trilogy, yous should definitely give this ane a try. We are looking forward to reading book iii, The Last Star.

And final dark, I just finished reading Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, which I was saving for fall! I loved Christie's novels when I was in high schoolhouse merely hadn't read whatever of them for many decades. In this unique story, 10 people are invited to a private island off the coast of England. None of them know each other or why they are there, simply ane by one, they are each killed. Yup, every single character in this novel dies! The real question is…who killed them? They seem to be completely alone on the island, stranded with no way to leave. It'southward a mystery that even stumps Scotland Yard and is only solved in a unique epilogue. I loved reading this novel that is so incredibly clever. Despite all the murder and death, it's a lot of fun!

On audio, I just finished listening to Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, an audio book I had been looking forwards to afterwards hearing so many rave reviews earlier this year. It's about a Korean-American family that runs a business organization offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments, generally to children with autism or cerebral palsy simply for adults and for other health conditions, too. In the very first chapter, their "submarine" aka oxygen chamber blows up, killing and injuring the patients inside. Chapter ii jumps right into the courtroom example, a year later, though there are flashbacks to each of the characters before the explosion. It'southward a mystery and an fantabulous courtroom drama (Kim was a trial lawyer herself), just it is likewise an in-depth look at a population that is normally ignored – ill children and their care-taking parents. Since I fall into that category myself, I found information technology extra fascinating, but it's an first-class whodunit that will keep y'all guessing, even if you know nothing most the field of study affair.

My husband, Ken, finished reading Receptor by Alan Glynn, the sequel to the novel, The Nighttime Fields, which was the inspiration for the movie Limitless. Oddly, neither of u.s. read the original novel, but we did both watch the flick and the Tv set show (my review at the link) adapted from information technology, so we know the general premise and plot and wanted to read this sequel. From what I've read of the description, it is actually more of a prequel, telling about the origins of MDT-48, the "smart drug" at the heart of Limitless. Ken really enjoyed it, said it was well-written, and now wants to get back and read the original novel that inspired the flick and TV evidence. This ane is in my stack now!

Now, Ken is reading Down the River Unto the Bounding main by Walter Mosley. We've both gotten into Mosley'due south novels after enjoying The Final Days of Ptolemy Grey, a novel most aging with a bear upon of sci fi that was our All-County Reads option dorsum in 2015. Since then, my husband has read some of Mosley's mysteries starring Piece of cake Rawlins, and one of his sci fi novels, Inside a Argent Box. This ane is a stand-alone mystery that won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2019, virtually an NYPD investigator who was framed for assault, spent time in prison, and now has a chance to solve his own case. He'south enjoying it and so far. I need to get busy and take hold of up on some of these novels from this excellent writer!

Our 25-year-one-time son, Jamie, finished reading The First Betrayal by Patricia Bray, volume 1 of The Chronicles of Josan. This is just the kind of epic fantasy he loves, and he enjoyed this novel very much, the beginning he'd read from this author. He's definitely interested in reading more of the series.

For now, though, Jamie has gone dorsum to a favorite writer, Joe Abercrombie, and is reading Half a King, book 1 of the Shattered Seas trilogy. Information technology was named a Best Volume of the Yr by both Time and The Washington Post, with rave blurbs by George R.R. Martin and James Dashner on its cover! It'due south another ballsy fantasy, and he'due south enjoying it so far. Previously, he read Abercrombie's Get-go Law trilogy, which he loved. I picked out book 1, The Blade Itself, for him at Northshire Bookstore during Booktopia i yr, and he immediately plowed through the whole trilogy. Conspicuously, he enjoys Abercrombie'due south writing.

Whew, that's it! Then many practiced books being read at our business firm.

And here are blog posts from the by 2 weeks:

Movie Mon: Smart People – clever, funny, dysfunctional family unit drama

Tv set Tuesday: Fall 2022 TV Preview – Wow, so many corking shows, both new and one-time, this fall!

Heart-Form Graphic Novel Review: This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews – warm story of friendship, with a dose of magic and just a hint of balmy spookiness

Fiction Review: Crimes Confronting a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman – light, funny novel about friendship and aging

Fiction Review: The Outsider by Stephen King – archetype King with great suspense & a compelling story

Middle-Class Review: The One Condom Place by Tania Unsworth – haunting dystoopian/sci fi take a chance

Saturday Snapshot: Catskills, NY – Part 2 – photos from our contempo vacation in the cute Catskills

What Are Y'all Reading Monday is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date, so head over and check out her blog and bring together the Monday fun! You lot can also participate in a kid/teen/YA version hosted by Unleashing Readers.

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What are you and your family reading this week?

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