My Two Blessings

  I'm still reading Lisa Jewel’s Breaking the Dark at breakfast time.  The writing is mediocre but James gave it to me so have to finish it. Meanwhile rereading Anne Bishop’s Other Series and currently on Vision in Silver. My bedtime reread is Nora Robert’s Three Island trilogy and currently on Dance Upon the Air. I love reading unique stories – some of which may be weird, mind blowing, extraordinary, and most often – unusual or unconventional. Stories like Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar, Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, or 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.   Unique or unusual books I currently have on the shelves and will be reading eventually are Italo Calvino’s Cosmicomics,  and 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff.  I’m looking forward to exploring more books from the lists highlights on 52 Books this week. Our Saturday Night Watch was a scary sci fi thriller, The Gorge on Apple Tv. Excellent!

  Time To Talk By Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit. Why this poem is apropos for today! I had the exact opposite issue today – No time to talk, no time to post.  Hubby and I spent the day doing a deep clean at the shop.  My techs will probably hate me for reorganizing their benches in the process.  Oh well…. I finished Nalini Singh’s Archangels Ascension, #17 in the Guild Hunter series which was all about Aodhan and Blue, two male angels who are best friends and have to navigate Aodhan’s dark past to become lovers. Fortunately the story didn’t get too graphic. Currently reading Lisa Jewel’s Breaking the Dark which is the first book in a Marve...

  James surprised the heck out of me with his books choices this time because only one was on my wishlist which was Virginia Woolf’s Writer’s Diary.  The rest were: J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog which has some colorful illustrations through out: “The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect – except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth, to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own. Could a myth unseat a beloved king? Could a myth bring a once happy country to its knees? Could a myth thrust two children into an adventure they didn’t ask for and never expected?...

  Happy Mother's Day!  Currently reading Nalini Singh’s newest in her Guild Hunter Series #17- Archangel’s Ascension: “Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown. Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship. But for these two members of Archangel Raphael’s legendary Seven, there is no time to rest. As they investigate a case for the Tower that echoes the darkness from Aodhan’s past, they will be forced to confront not only the scars that mark them both, but the promise of a vast power that flickers in Illium. The threat of ascension has haunted and troubled Aodhan’s Blue for too long, the forces of change immutable and without mercy…and uncaring of Illium’s fierce wish to remain part of the Seven. Change is a constant in an immortal’s life, and this new horizon will bring with it both terrible heartbreak and a joy extraordinary enough to reverberate throu...

  Hey, fellow superhero lovers. After so much time away, I'm here to give you my thoughts on the story BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, one of the most influential Batman stories to have ever been written and released way back in the 1980s. Written by Alan Moore, and released the same year as V for Vendetta, the comic sees The Joker escape Arkham Asylum and set out to hurt the Gordon family to prove that one bad day can make anyone be like him. The story is dark and looks at the origins of the clown prince of crime while examining the dynamic between Batman and The Joker, and doesn't pull any punches with what happens. The Joker is sadistic, and his actions impact Barbara Gordon for most of DC history going forward, and the ending sees another battle between hero and villain, with Joker delivering two iconic lines. I got my hands on the graphic novel, and I had a good time reading it, twice. The comic is not the only version of the story, especially as DC and Warner released an animat...

  Our 52 Books Dragon of the Month for May is Norbert from the Harry Potter Series. Will dip my toes back in to the potter world at some point.  I’m currently reading a mystery set in Compiegne, France called The Mysterious Bakery on Rue De Paris by Evie Woods, aka Evie Gaughan “Edie is … not in Paris? Edie Lane left everything behind in Ireland for a once-in-a-lifetime job at a bakery in Paris. Except, thanks to a mistranslation, the bakery is not in Paris, and neither is Edie. The tiny town of Compiègne, complete with its local bakery on the Rue de Paris, holds many secrets. This might not be where Edie intended to be but it’s not long before she realizes it’s exactly where she needs to be…” She also wrote the Lost Bookshop which was every enjoyable and looking forward to reading more of her books. Also on #3 in the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts – Savor the Moment and still plugging away with Les Miserables. Will dive back into the Harry Potter series this month with Philoso...