Jul 21: “The
Forgotten Girl” by David Bell, a mystery/suspense at 410 pages. Blurb from
book: The past
has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers’s door…and it’s his younger sister,
Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family as her life
spiraled out of control. Now she’s clean and sober but in need of a desperate
favor—she asks Jason and his wife to take care of her teenage daughter for
forty-eight hours while she handles some business in town. But Hayden never
returns. And her disappearance brings up more resolved problems from Jason’s
past, including the abrupt departure of his best friend on the high school
graduation night twenty-seven years earlier. When a body is discovered in the
woods, the mysteries of his sister’s life—and possible death—deepen. And one by
one these events will shatter every expectation Jason has ever had about
families, about the awful truths that bind them and the secrets that should be
taken to the grave. This book started out slow. Probably because it
seemed like everything was happening TO Jason and he wasn’t DOING anything. It
picked up when he started taking action, but by then I was almost finished with
the book. Can’t say it was all that suspenseful. I only read this book because
I promised a friend I would AND I went to the author’s book reading/signing
(and yes, I paid for this book). I wish I had enjoyed it more, but I guess it’s
just not the book for me. That’s not to say it isn’t for you, though.
Well, it looks like I went and did it again—got myself hurt.
All in the effort to get into better shape. Figures, huh? Anyway, I have a
doctor’s appointment later today to make sure I don’t have a hernia. All I know
is my abdomen hurts whenever I move, cough, sneeze, and laugh. Sleeping has NOT
been fun. Stupid exercises!
So… Has anything pissed you off lately? Feel free to rant
here. J
Happy Reading
Stacy
11 comments:
I am always annoyed by slowpoke drivers on my commute, does that count? Otherwise, most of my rants lately are health stuff that would be TMI LOL. Hope you are feeling better soon!
Jennette - Yep, slowpoke drivers count. I've ranted about them numerous times. Unfortunately it was usually in my car and I was the only occupant. Still...I ranted!
Turns out I just strained a muscle (whew! glad that was all). No core exercises until the pain is gone, though. Guess I'm stuck walking on the treadmill for awhile (I'm afraid to go walking outside for fear I'll be in pain and still have a ways to walk home!)
Sorry to hear you hurts yourself, ack. Not good. As for the assigned seats, no thanks. Hopefully, more and more vote with their dollar and it goes back the right way.
Assigned seating in a movie house? That's messed up.
Let's see, anything pissing me off. Not at the moment. Nothing, no.
Oh crap, I just commented with Tim's name. This is Ivy.
There we go. All better now. Well, sorta. Those nanners are getting mighty loud.
Ivy - Have you been messing with Tim's blog again? Or, maybe, the nanners made you do it?
Sorry to hear you got hurt. One of these days I know exercise will kill me.
Maria - I'm beginning to feel the same way.
Glad to hear you don't have a hernia! I have to say, assigned seats for a movie just doesn't sound appealing to me.
I've heard about those lounge chair movie theaters. Right now, we only go to the movies to take the kids. Otherwise, it's DVD city. (And almost always from the library, for free.)
Jeff - I'm glad to hear it, too! Haha! As for the assigned seats, I guess movie houses think they're concert halls or something. It's certainly taken the joy out of going to the movies at the last minute.
Michael - When you have little ones, movie-watching is a whole different animal. It's why we didn't do it all that often and usually with a strict, no-snacks rule. Now adults, my kids don't think it's strange NOT to have popcorn and a soda at a movie. We trained them well. Haha! :)
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