Tomorrow May begins. And that means it's that time again. Time for new plates and a new driver's license. So, yesterday, I took the trip.
It's not a long trip. I was there and back in 90 minutes, and 2/3rds of that was drive time. Half hour up, half hour back. In the remaining thirty minutes, I hit the bank, got the car safety-inspected, did the plates and then did the eye/sign test.
The worst part of the trip is the drive. It's all hills and curves. The kind of hills that have the warning signs for trucks and the kind of curves where you'd better slow down to 20mph or you'll go shooting off into space (cuz, like, you're driving in a small mountain range).
Oh, it's a very pretty drive. Everything here is green. It's like nature is trying to outdo herself with how many shades of green she can create. Plus, the dogwoods are still blooming, so you have occasional bursts of white alongside the road. And the sun was dappling through the trees. Unfortunately, sun through trees at any speed tends to give a strobe-light effect.
Anyway, I did the trip. This year, Missouri decided it would be a good idea to give us all new plates instead of just a new sticker. What a waste of money. Plus, now I have to memorize a new plate #. I liked the old number because part of it made a funny word. The new number? Blah. The old plates had a blue bird on them which I loved. The new plates are to celebrate the state's bicentennial... in two years. 1821-1921. Umm, yah. They're kind of boring. And no bird. =o\
This year, Missouri is also shifting to the Real ID program thingie. It's a federal government thing that's supposed to make it harder for assholes to fake the ID. In order to get a Real ID, I had to present my old driver's license, birth certificate and my Social Security Card to prove I was who I said I was, and a utility bill to prove residency. Kind of a pain, but if the program helps to keep our nation safe, I can deal with it.
While I was there, a gentleman was also trying to get his Real ID. I overheard the gal talking to him and apparently, he tried to hand her a piece of paper with his SSN written on it instead of his SS card. Nope. Need the card. Says so right on the postcard they send you. Oops. He did not seem happy. :shrug: Follow the rules and you'll get along fine. I had all my shit together.
With one exception. When I started handing all my paperwork to the first gal to get my plates, I didn't have proof of insurance in my Big Folder of Information (tm). I mean, it was in my car, so not that big a deal, but it was especially funny because right before I left, Hubs said I should take the thing out of the glove compartment and put it in the BF of I. And I was all like nope, I have this. Which ought to teach me to listen to Hubs.
The license thing went smoother. Handed over all the stuffs and was directed to the nice young gal in charge of the eye test and taking the license photos. Did the eye test - which consisted of reading the top line and then being able to identify six signs by their shapes and markings. Passed it all with flying colors. She said I would be surprised at how many people don't pass. I said something about people needing glasses and she said that wasn't the part they couldn't pass. Dude, if you can tell what signs are by their shape and markings, you need to maybe review that shit before you get behind the wheel. Stop, merge, do not enter, signal ahead, no left turn, and no u-turn... simple stuffs.
Anyway, she gave me an A+ and then shifted me over to get my picture taken. I had thought about doing my hair to make me pretty before I left, but then I thought that these licenses are supposed to look like you on an average day. Getting all dolled up would not have looked like me on an average day. And the picture actually turned out better than my old license. Go figure.
She punched holes (they spell out the word VOID) in my old license and handed it back. Then she gave me a printed temporary license to carry around with me. A paper license. For three weeks. Considering when I fish I usually only take my license with me instead of my whole purse, and I often get rained upon... Guess I'll have to carry that sucker in a baggie for a while. :shrug:
On a side note, watching Live PD in Greene County, MO makes me wonder if we're the only people in the damn state who actually have licenses. So many people on there don't. Derp.
So, that's done for another two years on the plates and another six on the license. Plus, I'm a legitimate person in the eyes of the federal government. Umm, yay.
And that was my adventure yesterday. Gotta take the adventures where you find them.
What big adventures have you been on lately?
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Sunday Update - Week 17
The last week of April. Not sure where the first third of the year went. Bleh.
I got a lot accomplished on this phase of editing. Finished it yesterday morning. And now I have pages and pages of edit notes to input and an ending to rewrite. Once that's done, I hope to get back to writing new words again.
The sale for Accidental Death finished up on Monday. This ended up being the second best April I've had. Which isn't saying much, but hey, it's something.
Not burning up the pages on reading, but I did get two books finished last week. I'm 7 books ahead on my Goodreads goal. Yay.
I started back on my walking routine Friday. We'll see how that goes. With that, I managed 5 out of 7 days being active. The scale's still not being friendly to me. But that's the way life goes sometimes. On the positive thinking side, I haven't put back those 14 pounds I lost last year - only the weight I lost so far this year. I'm trying to get back on the wagon with both my activity and my eating.
Which brings me to... I made another batch of cookies. Oatmeal Walnut Caramel Chip. So good. And oats and walnuts are good for you. I also made a batch of lemon bread. (Recipes at the end of this post.)
Hubs and I went fishing one afternoon. He caught two bass and I caught three panfish. All of them were too small to keep, but it was nice to have some outside together time. And we saw two ospreys circling each other in the sky over the river. One was holding a fish. I assume it was some kind of mating thing. Him: "Hey, baby, look what I got you." And her: "What, you couldn't get me a bigger one?"
Okay, I think that's all I have for you today. What have you got for me?
And here are the recipes I promised:
Lemon Loaf with Lemon Glaze
1 c caramel chips
1 c walnuts
1 ½ c flour
1 t baking soda
¼ t salt
½ c butter (softened)
1 c sugar
1 egg
½ c milk
1 ½ cup quick oats
Preheat oven to 400F. Grease or line baking sheets with tinfoil. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Add egg. Beat until fluffy. Alternately combine flour mixture and milk with wet ingredients until smooth. Stir in oats, walnuts, and caramel chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls on prepared sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Makes approx. 3 dozen.
I got a lot accomplished on this phase of editing. Finished it yesterday morning. And now I have pages and pages of edit notes to input and an ending to rewrite. Once that's done, I hope to get back to writing new words again.
The sale for Accidental Death finished up on Monday. This ended up being the second best April I've had. Which isn't saying much, but hey, it's something.
Not burning up the pages on reading, but I did get two books finished last week. I'm 7 books ahead on my Goodreads goal. Yay.
I started back on my walking routine Friday. We'll see how that goes. With that, I managed 5 out of 7 days being active. The scale's still not being friendly to me. But that's the way life goes sometimes. On the positive thinking side, I haven't put back those 14 pounds I lost last year - only the weight I lost so far this year. I'm trying to get back on the wagon with both my activity and my eating.
Which brings me to... I made another batch of cookies. Oatmeal Walnut Caramel Chip. So good. And oats and walnuts are good for you. I also made a batch of lemon bread. (Recipes at the end of this post.)
Hubs and I went fishing one afternoon. He caught two bass and I caught three panfish. All of them were too small to keep, but it was nice to have some outside together time. And we saw two ospreys circling each other in the sky over the river. One was holding a fish. I assume it was some kind of mating thing. Him: "Hey, baby, look what I got you." And her: "What, you couldn't get me a bigger one?"
Okay, I think that's all I have for you today. What have you got for me?
And here are the recipes I promised:
Lemon Loaf with Lemon Glaze
½ cup butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
Glaze:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup confectioner’s sugar.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease one 8x4” loaf pan. In a large bowl, cream together sugar and
butter. Beat in eggs and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking
soda and salt. Add flour mixture
alternately with milk until all ingredients are combined. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from oven. While loaf is
cooling in pan, combine glaze ingredients – stirring until smooth. Once bread has cooled for approximately 10-15
minutes, turn bread out onto a plate and drizzle with glaze. Allow to cool completely – so glaze
sets. Slice into ¼-½” portions and
serve.
Oatmeal Walnut Caramel Chip Cookies 1 c caramel chips
1 c walnuts
1 ½ c flour
1 t baking soda
¼ t salt
½ c butter (softened)
1 c sugar
1 egg
½ c milk
1 ½ cup quick oats
Preheat oven to 400F. Grease or line baking sheets with tinfoil. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Add egg. Beat until fluffy. Alternately combine flour mixture and milk with wet ingredients until smooth. Stir in oats, walnuts, and caramel chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls on prepared sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Makes approx. 3 dozen.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Saturday Reading Wrap-up - 4/27/19
Not a lot going on in the reading this week. I was busy making progress on the editing.
I had 6 unread new ebooks left on my Kindle - two SF, a suspense, an UF, a chick-lit suspense*, and a romance. One of the SF I paid full price for, the rest were free. Then I picked up 3 more freebies - historical suspense, SF with a F twist, and UF.
Book Read:
34) My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara (4/23/19) - MG Coming of Age - 5 stars. New to me, but not underappreciated. Picked this up in hardcover for $1 at the thrift store to add to my old-book collection.
Review: "Definitely a must-read for just about any kid. And pretty much a must-read for adults, too. Positive story, positive ending - although I was a little afraid Ms. O'Hara was going to let me down at several points along the way. She didn't, though, and whew. I would've hated this book if she had let me down. I only wish I'd read this decades ago."
33) Blues, Butterflies, and Murder by LouLou Harrington (4/20/19) - Cozy Mystery*# - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated as far as reviews go. (Less than 50 on Amazon and Goodreads.) Got this as a freebie off the ENT newsletter.
Review: "Picked this up on a whim not paying attention to the fact that it was a #5 and I hadn't read the first 4. But I read it anyway. There were a few things I probably could've benefited from by reading the other books, but all in all, this stood alone quite well. And it made me want to go back and read the other books when I have the time and money. Loads of fun, but with heart. Good mystery. Great characters."
No DNFs this week.
I'm currently reading a SF I picked up last month. So far, so good. We'll see.
What have you been reading lately?
*Don't ask me about chick-lit suspense. That's how it was marketed.
I had 6 unread new ebooks left on my Kindle - two SF, a suspense, an UF, a chick-lit suspense*, and a romance. One of the SF I paid full price for, the rest were free. Then I picked up 3 more freebies - historical suspense, SF with a F twist, and UF.
Book Read:
34) My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara (4/23/19) - MG Coming of Age - 5 stars. New to me, but not underappreciated. Picked this up in hardcover for $1 at the thrift store to add to my old-book collection.
Review: "Definitely a must-read for just about any kid. And pretty much a must-read for adults, too. Positive story, positive ending - although I was a little afraid Ms. O'Hara was going to let me down at several points along the way. She didn't, though, and whew. I would've hated this book if she had let me down. I only wish I'd read this decades ago."
33) Blues, Butterflies, and Murder by LouLou Harrington (4/20/19) - Cozy Mystery*# - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated as far as reviews go. (Less than 50 on Amazon and Goodreads.) Got this as a freebie off the ENT newsletter.
Review: "Picked this up on a whim not paying attention to the fact that it was a #5 and I hadn't read the first 4. But I read it anyway. There were a few things I probably could've benefited from by reading the other books, but all in all, this stood alone quite well. And it made me want to go back and read the other books when I have the time and money. Loads of fun, but with heart. Good mystery. Great characters."
No DNFs this week.
I'm currently reading a SF I picked up last month. So far, so good. We'll see.
What have you been reading lately?
*Don't ask me about chick-lit suspense. That's how it was marketed.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Thursday This n That
Mother's Day is two weeks from Sunday. Gah. Gotta get cards so I can mail cards so the cards have time to reach their destinations. Gah.
It's also like three weeks to my birthday. No Gah there. It is what it is. There will be no cake, no prezzies, etc. I'll get a card from my mom and one from his mom. Hubs will tell me 'Happy Birthday' and give me a hug/smoochie combo. And it will be good.
Speaking of birthdays, I have to go get my driver's license and tags renewed. What a pain in the butt. This time, because reasons, I'll have to bring several forms of ID to get my O-fficial 'federally recognized' license. Bleh. Like somehow those can't be faked. :shrug: Oh, well, at least it'll be a pretty drive up there.
Today, I have to go get cigarettes. In the rain. Derp. Poor planning on my part. On the upside, the pharmacy near the smoke shop carries greeting cards. Barring that, the dollar store is just up the highway from there. Maybe I can kill two birds with one stone.
I just had an idea for how to keep my peonies from falling over when it rains - stakes and yarn. We have a boatload of both. Yay. And now that I've written the idea down here, I might not forget it. ;o)
Finally installed my new mouse. The roller thingie on the old one was going bad. The new one is slightly bigger - even though it's the same make - and it's weird in my hand, but I'll get used to it. Still haven't painted new letters on my keyboard, though. Umm, yah.
Out at the lake a few days ago, we saw a couple ospreys circling each other and one of them had a fish in its claws. I think he was trying to present her with a prezzie. She wasn't having any of it. Later, he left and she started calling - whether for him or in joy because he was gone, I don't know. It was pretty cool.
Well, I think I've yattered on enough this morning. Got anything to yatter back at me?
It's also like three weeks to my birthday. No Gah there. It is what it is. There will be no cake, no prezzies, etc. I'll get a card from my mom and one from his mom. Hubs will tell me 'Happy Birthday' and give me a hug/smoochie combo. And it will be good.
Speaking of birthdays, I have to go get my driver's license and tags renewed. What a pain in the butt. This time, because reasons, I'll have to bring several forms of ID to get my O-fficial 'federally recognized' license. Bleh. Like somehow those can't be faked. :shrug: Oh, well, at least it'll be a pretty drive up there.
Today, I have to go get cigarettes. In the rain. Derp. Poor planning on my part. On the upside, the pharmacy near the smoke shop carries greeting cards. Barring that, the dollar store is just up the highway from there. Maybe I can kill two birds with one stone.
I just had an idea for how to keep my peonies from falling over when it rains - stakes and yarn. We have a boatload of both. Yay. And now that I've written the idea down here, I might not forget it. ;o)
Finally installed my new mouse. The roller thingie on the old one was going bad. The new one is slightly bigger - even though it's the same make - and it's weird in my hand, but I'll get used to it. Still haven't painted new letters on my keyboard, though. Umm, yah.
Out at the lake a few days ago, we saw a couple ospreys circling each other and one of them had a fish in its claws. I think he was trying to present her with a prezzie. She wasn't having any of it. Later, he left and she started calling - whether for him or in joy because he was gone, I don't know. It was pretty cool.
Well, I think I've yattered on enough this morning. Got anything to yatter back at me?
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Little Things That Make Me Happy
In no particular order...
- Hubs
- A new tube of toothpaste.
- A new mouse.
- When my hair looks good.
- The arrival of the mailman (even better if he's brought a check and no bills)
- Thursday morning trash pickup
- My bird-a-day calendar
- Flowers all around the yard - ones I've planted and wild ones. Even dandelions.
- Seeing a hawk in our woods
- The call of a kingfisher
- Baby bunnies
- Puppies
- Kitties
- Learning one of my favorite animals at the pet refuge got adopted
- Finding really awesome used books at the thrift store
- Finding food I really like on sale
- Peanut butter on chocolate ice cream
- Selling books
- Buying books
- A new review
- Learning one of my reviews made the author's day
- A freshly washed floor (even if I hate washing floors)
- Baked goods
- Homemade pizza
- Finding a really good song on the radio
- Singing along
- When the eagles arrive in the fall
- Spring
- When Hubs and I are making each other laugh
- Good friends
- A nice day at the lake when the fish are biting
- Long walks in the countryside
- Helping and chatting with old people at the Wallyworld.
- A newly-mown lawn
So no matter how crappy things can be every now and again, I have plenty of things that can and do make me happy. Some days are better than others. Today is a good day. Hell, every day you wake up is a good day. =oD
What are some things that make you happy?
- Hubs
- A new tube of toothpaste.
- A new mouse.
- When my hair looks good.
- The arrival of the mailman (even better if he's brought a check and no bills)
- Thursday morning trash pickup
- My bird-a-day calendar
- Flowers all around the yard - ones I've planted and wild ones. Even dandelions.
- Seeing a hawk in our woods
- The call of a kingfisher
- Baby bunnies
- Puppies
- Kitties
- Learning one of my favorite animals at the pet refuge got adopted
- Finding really awesome used books at the thrift store
- Finding food I really like on sale
- Peanut butter on chocolate ice cream
- Selling books
- Buying books
- A new review
- Learning one of my reviews made the author's day
- A freshly washed floor (even if I hate washing floors)
- Baked goods
- Homemade pizza
- Finding a really good song on the radio
- Singing along
- When the eagles arrive in the fall
- Spring
- When Hubs and I are making each other laugh
- Good friends
- A nice day at the lake when the fish are biting
- Long walks in the countryside
- Helping and chatting with old people at the Wallyworld.
- A newly-mown lawn
So no matter how crappy things can be every now and again, I have plenty of things that can and do make me happy. Some days are better than others. Today is a good day. Hell, every day you wake up is a good day. =oD
What are some things that make you happy?
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Sunday Update - Week 16
Here we are again. Tada!
Once again, I did no writing, but I did get some editing done. I really do love this book. However, I've loved all my books. Whether I love a book is not indicative of whether the world will love them, apparently. Derp.
I've been marketing my wide ass off. (Not literally, unfortunately. Would that marketing could reduce ass size... :sigh:) The ad generated 28 sales. Hopefully I'll see page reads from that in the next week or so. I sold 5 books I'm going to attribute to a combination of FB marketing and the increased rank from the ad sales. AD hit #48 in Hard-Boiled Mystery, which is always good. It also reached the top 100 in Noir. Of course, those rankings didn't last the day, but hey, it was nice to see them first thing in the morning. And the sale is still going - today and tomorrow. Woohoo.
I did a bit of reading. Finished two and DNF'd two.
Kind of fell apart on the activity and the eating this week. Only 4 out of 7 days of active stuff and some of that could barely count. I mean, I got up off my dead butt and did something, but whether 3 of those days burned any calories? Meh. I know I burned calories yesterday because I scrubbed the kitchen-stove rug by hand and then I scrubbed the floors and shook all the other rugs. Good upper-body workout, lemme tell ya.
On the other hand, I ate like a cow last week. Which leads me to...
I made a bunch of foods last week. Three straight days of baking - pizza, cake, and cookies - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Finished the pizza Thursday, but we still have cake and cookies. It's not so much eating things that's getting me, though, it's the amounts of things I'm eating. I really need to cut down on the serving sizes. I'm a firm believer in 'it's not what you eat, it's how much of it you eat'. Gotta find some will power to eat less. And exercise more, of course.
We went the entire week with no rat! Peppermint, clove, and cedarwood oils did the trick. I think. I plan on doing an experiment starting tonight where I don't spray for a week and see if the furry bitch comes back. If I don't spray and she comes back, it was the spray that drove her away. If I don't spray and she doesn't come back, it's possible she got tired of rebuilding her nest. Or a predator ate her. I'm hoping it's not the latter. She really was cute as a bug's butt. And as annoying as she was, I don't want her to be dead. Still, she's a prey animal and we do have coyotes, bobcats, foxes, snakes, and owls who would all find her to be a yummy meal.
Other than that, not much going on out here in the back of beyond. What's up in your world?
ETA: Ahem. Totally forgot today would be Easter when I scheduled this post last night. Happy Easter, Everyone!
Once again, I did no writing, but I did get some editing done. I really do love this book. However, I've loved all my books. Whether I love a book is not indicative of whether the world will love them, apparently. Derp.
I've been marketing my wide ass off. (Not literally, unfortunately. Would that marketing could reduce ass size... :sigh:) The ad generated 28 sales. Hopefully I'll see page reads from that in the next week or so. I sold 5 books I'm going to attribute to a combination of FB marketing and the increased rank from the ad sales. AD hit #48 in Hard-Boiled Mystery, which is always good. It also reached the top 100 in Noir. Of course, those rankings didn't last the day, but hey, it was nice to see them first thing in the morning. And the sale is still going - today and tomorrow. Woohoo.
I did a bit of reading. Finished two and DNF'd two.
Kind of fell apart on the activity and the eating this week. Only 4 out of 7 days of active stuff and some of that could barely count. I mean, I got up off my dead butt and did something, but whether 3 of those days burned any calories? Meh. I know I burned calories yesterday because I scrubbed the kitchen-stove rug by hand and then I scrubbed the floors and shook all the other rugs. Good upper-body workout, lemme tell ya.
On the other hand, I ate like a cow last week. Which leads me to...
I made a bunch of foods last week. Three straight days of baking - pizza, cake, and cookies - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Finished the pizza Thursday, but we still have cake and cookies. It's not so much eating things that's getting me, though, it's the amounts of things I'm eating. I really need to cut down on the serving sizes. I'm a firm believer in 'it's not what you eat, it's how much of it you eat'. Gotta find some will power to eat less. And exercise more, of course.
We went the entire week with no rat! Peppermint, clove, and cedarwood oils did the trick. I think. I plan on doing an experiment starting tonight where I don't spray for a week and see if the furry bitch comes back. If I don't spray and she comes back, it was the spray that drove her away. If I don't spray and she doesn't come back, it's possible she got tired of rebuilding her nest. Or a predator ate her. I'm hoping it's not the latter. She really was cute as a bug's butt. And as annoying as she was, I don't want her to be dead. Still, she's a prey animal and we do have coyotes, bobcats, foxes, snakes, and owls who would all find her to be a yummy meal.
Other than that, not much going on out here in the back of beyond. What's up in your world?
ETA: Ahem. Totally forgot today would be Easter when I scheduled this post last night. Happy Easter, Everyone!
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Saturday Reading Wrap-up - 4/20/19
Hello again and welcome to another week of reading.
I was bored, so I went through the newsletters Thursday morning and picked up a bunch of free ebooks. Plus, an acquaintance I trust mentioned a new release SF, so I snagged that, too. Four books leftover from last month and 5 new books. Yay! I also still have most of those Agatha Christie's to read, a couple Phyllis Whitneys and... well, scads of other hardcopy books to read.
Books Read:
31) Ready to Were (Shift Happens #1) by Robyn Peterman (4/13/19) - Paranormal Romance* - 5 stars. New to me, but not underappreciated. Picked up off the Freebooksy newsletter.
Review: "Loads of fun."
30) The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (4/13/19) - Mystery - 5 stars. First time I read it, but Agatha Christie is definitely not new to me or underappreciated. Purchased at St. Vinny's for 50c.
Review: "Agatha Christie's first book... I can't believe I'd never read this one before. Interesting to see how it all began. Definitely shows why she's the Grand Dame of Mystery."
DNFs:
4/19/19 - Paranormal Mystery. It read more like a travelogue or the beginning of a bad romance where the author is trying to show how much research she did on the location without giving a hint of the plot. I gave up waiting for something to happen and moved on. Too much to read to waste time on this one. Luckily, it was a freebie I found on Ereader News Today.
4/18/19 - Romantic Suspense. I wanted to like this, really I did, but I found myself making excuses to not read it rather than being excited to pick it up again. At about a third of the way through, I finally decided to read something that did excite me. I only paid 50c for it at the thrift store and that goes to a good cause, I guess. It'll go to St. Vinny's on my next trip.
I'm currently reading the fifth book in a cozy mystery series I hadn't read yet. :shrug: I didn't notice the book was #5 until after I downloaded it and I thought I'd give it a whirl. So far, so good.
What did you read last week? Any keepers? Anything you couldn't bring yourself to waste time on?
I was bored, so I went through the newsletters Thursday morning and picked up a bunch of free ebooks. Plus, an acquaintance I trust mentioned a new release SF, so I snagged that, too. Four books leftover from last month and 5 new books. Yay! I also still have most of those Agatha Christie's to read, a couple Phyllis Whitneys and... well, scads of other hardcopy books to read.
Books Read:
31) Ready to Were (Shift Happens #1) by Robyn Peterman (4/13/19) - Paranormal Romance* - 5 stars. New to me, but not underappreciated. Picked up off the Freebooksy newsletter.
Review: "Loads of fun."
30) The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (4/13/19) - Mystery - 5 stars. First time I read it, but Agatha Christie is definitely not new to me or underappreciated. Purchased at St. Vinny's for 50c.
Review: "Agatha Christie's first book... I can't believe I'd never read this one before. Interesting to see how it all began. Definitely shows why she's the Grand Dame of Mystery."
DNFs:
4/19/19 - Paranormal Mystery. It read more like a travelogue or the beginning of a bad romance where the author is trying to show how much research she did on the location without giving a hint of the plot. I gave up waiting for something to happen and moved on. Too much to read to waste time on this one. Luckily, it was a freebie I found on Ereader News Today.
4/18/19 - Romantic Suspense. I wanted to like this, really I did, but I found myself making excuses to not read it rather than being excited to pick it up again. At about a third of the way through, I finally decided to read something that did excite me. I only paid 50c for it at the thrift store and that goes to a good cause, I guess. It'll go to St. Vinny's on my next trip.
I'm currently reading the fifth book in a cozy mystery series I hadn't read yet. :shrug: I didn't notice the book was #5 until after I downloaded it and I thought I'd give it a whirl. So far, so good.
What did you read last week? Any keepers? Anything you couldn't bring yourself to waste time on?
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