Finished Reading “Fallen” and Feeling Like a Jinx

We like attending Dayton Dragons games (they’re the single A baseball team of the Cincinnati Reds). We have season tickets and see about 6-8 games a year (we share the season with other people). So far this year we have yet to see them win a game.

Yesterday was our second to last game (our last game to see them is on Aug 26). They had a four game winning streak, had won 10 of their last 11, and just moved into first place in their division. And then we went to the game.

They lost…again. My husband told the workers at the information booth that they should pay him not to come to the games!

I do hope they win on Aug 26. I’d hate to think we were a jinx to the team!!

Here’s what I read since my last update:

Book 40

Dates read: July 28 – August 4, 2023
Title: Fallen
Year of publication: 2011
Author: Karin Slaughter
Genre: Crime Suspense
Series: Will Trent #5
# of Pages: 426
Paper or plastic: Mass market paperback
How obtained: Purchased
Blurb from Book: There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Everything Faith learned in the academy goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room, a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother. When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions. She’ll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton to get some answers. But Faith isn’t just a cop anymore, she’s a witness—and a suspect. To find her mother, Faith will have to cross the thin blue line and bring the truth to light—or bury it forever.
My thoughts: Hubby warned me that the characters in the book aren’t anything like the characters in the TV series, and he wasn’t wrong. I still try to picture them, but sometimes it’s just too darn hard. This book made it more difficult. Still enjoyed the story and wanted to find all the answers at the end. This is a really good series.

I still hate our new DVR. While I was glad to get one with a clock, the display is blue and really hard to see from our couch (plus, the menu stuff wasn’t any different than the one without a display). So… I went and bought a new clock with a larger display and put it on top of the DVR. Works so much better. Too bad it doesn’t fix the DVR issues.

Happy Reading!

Stacy