Finished Reading “The Big Dark Sky” and No Change in Treatment!

So… my CT scan came back clean. No presence of disease. Yay! I told my oncologist that I was willing to take the chemo pill, but he said that he was willing to hold off on it. I told him he won. Which means my treatments will remain the same. Well, except I got a Prolia shot for my osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis). I only get the shot once every 6 months, so not too bad. So far.

Of course, that could all change if my brain MRI shows differently. I’m still waiting on the results. Fingers crossed that it comes back clean, too!

Here’s what I read since my last update:

Book 10

Dates read: March 14-22, 2024
Title: The Big Dark Sky
Year of publication: 2022
Author: Dean Koontz
Genre: Horror
Series: N/A
# of Pages: 381
Paper or plastic: Hardcover
How obtained: Purchased
Blurb from Book: As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe with only misty memories of the past, she begins to receive pleas-by phone, through her TV, in her dreams: I am in a dark place, JoJo, Please come and help me. Heeding the disturbing appeals, Joanna is compelled to return to Montana, and to a strange childhood companion she had long forgotten.
    She isn’t the only one drawn to the Montana farmstead. People from all walks of life have converged at the remote ranch. They are haunted, on the run obsessed, and seeking answers to the same omniscient danger Joanna came to confront. All the while, on the outskirts of Rustling Willows, a madman lurks with a vision to save the future. Mass murder is the only way to see his frightening manifesto come to pass.
    Through a bizarre twist of seemingly coincidental circumstances, a band of strangers now find themselves under Montana’s big dark sky. Their lives entwined, they face an encroaching horror. Unless they can defeat this threat, it will spell the end for humanity.
Recommend: Yes
My thoughts: Kind of reminded me of Strangers (one of my favorite stories). Unfortunately, my medicated brain had trouble remembering the people in this book as they skipped from chapter to chapter (especially when I put the book down for any length of time). Still enjoyed the story, even if I couldn’t keep it straight in my head at the beginning!!

Well, spring is here. According to the calendar. Not so much in the air…yet. At least it hasn’t snowed, so that’s one positive thing. Now watch it snow. Ugh!

Happy Reading!

Stacy