It's Always About Books!

It's always sort of magical...these surprises that come in the mail...I always love it!

Here they are!

Described as "luminous, evocative, literary"...


Fantasy...described as " a novel of royal intrigue.” --- Kirkus


Kirkus Reviews..."Devine’s examination of the teenage boy's need for adrenaline is admirably complex . . . Astute and riveting."



Memoir...


Described as "powerfully moving and lyrically written"...it's about a student at Oxford and his affair...his life changing affair!


This one just looks scary!


Has anyone watched Dream School on the Sundance Channel? So good...15 kids kicked out of regular school get a month to earn credits and graduate...they are taught by Oliver Stone, Suze Orman and a huge cast of others. It's both fascinating and scary. The one I watched today was about a chef teaching these kids how to eat healthy foods...there was a pregnant teenager who refused to look at vegetables. She only wanted to eat chips...all day long...and she slept all day...but didn't get that nutrition had anything to do with it.


And...I just saw the first teaser for this...I wonder how this is going to be!



Happy Reading!

Monday...

Reading this...I am sort of in love with these gentle British mysteries. I love series books like these. It is my plan to read all of them...and as soon as I figure out how to use Amazon Instant Video on our TV...I am going to watch the series. This is my second one but there are lots more...thank goodness! I know I have said this before but think Nancy Drew all grown up!


Finished this...YA, really good...and different. Zoe exchanges little pieces of herself to go to where her father lives now...and he is pretty dead. She makes short visits but on her last trip she gets sort of trapped there...the fun scary part is how she gets out.


Finished this, too...interesting...but I think it has fulfilled any need I had for a sweet romance sort of predictable book in the near future!



Both kitties have vet appointments today...I am prepared for getting cold kitty shoulders on our return. Sigh!


Roxie says....vet? Moi?


Lucy in hiding!


I will be kitty wrangling soon! Hee yaw!


Happy Reading!

Sunday...The Usual Routine!

Finishing this today...it's sort of girly but still good...I will read while Den hoots and hollers for the Eagles and the Broncos! Go teams!


Part of Den's birthday package is that I am making him a toasted/grilled cheese sandwich for lunch today using Velveeta cheese...at least I hope it's cheese. But it's the way our moms made us toasted cheese and it's the way my school cafeteria made toasted cheese so I am replicating it! It will be melty, crispy and nostalgic...lol...hopefully the chemicals won't hurt us that much!

Did you know that there is an actual recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich? This one is from The Kitchn and it says to slice the Velveeta very thin. I am beginning to think that almost everyone's mom or dad made grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta...lol!




Happy Reading!

Lazy Days!

We are just hanging out watching snippets of television on this very windy day...I am taking Den out to dinner tonight...my treat...lol...

Just finished this...and did not like it very much...it was the story of a boy who saves his school from being blown up by another classmate but it wasn't what I wanted it to be. Well written, clever but not my style. This case of reading out of my comfort zone...failed!



Next up...this...I have a feeling that it's sad...sigh!



Another selfie...Roxie Blue and me!


Lucy under a hot sleep shirt and yoga pants...lol...she seems to be feeling much better!


Happy Reading!

Patty And The Very Very Busy Potentially Boring Day Except For Lunch!

Well...first of all Den forced me to go with him to an appointment that had the potential to be very boring...it didn't involve books, clothes, shoes, booties or bags. It involved lots of excel spreadsheets, lots of colors and numbers and our future...sigh...and me pretending I knew what everyone was talking about. I have been moaning and groaning about this for weeks but I survived. Den was happy...the spreadsheets were pretty and we went to lunch at Legal Seafood. Yum!

I had maple glazed Wild Atlantic Salmon and sautéed spinach! Yum! And a lovely little glass of wine...yum again!

Almost done with this although I have not read one word today!



Yesterday...these books found their way to me...all mysterious mysteries!
I have heard amazing things about Mayhem and Police. These are Amazon Vine books so they are on the 30 day deadline which really works for me.












Happy Reading!