If your care giving duties allow you time to read.....................I'm interested in what book you are in the middle of or just finished or have waiting on your bedside table.
I'm reading "Total Control" by David Baldacci
It's a crime/thriller drama. Quite compelling.
If you can't find the time to read, you should try. It helps to escape from it all in a good book.
An excerpt explains why in America free people should not want to be stopped in the streets to show their papers, even vaccine passports.
"But finally, in America, I had choices and could exercise my free will. There were no restrictions. No yellow stars on clothing. No men with guns stopping people to see papers. Only opportunity.
Now, 75 years later, I see something I never imagined: echoes of the Nazis and their regime. What happened in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, was an attempted coup of our government and an unraveling of the democracy that protects all of our rights. I saw a T-shirt with the words "Camp Auschwitz," as well as other anti-Semitic symbols and slogans used by the rioters."
My DH is getting ready to read this book.
I asked him what he was editing on his computer.
He is editing out the punctuation and grammatical errors.
Why?
So they won't distract him when he does read it.
dseag - I watched the news (which I rarely do) when that rescue took place. I found it most interesting - scary for the people involved but interesting. I would like to see the film.
I love reading on Kindle as I can so easily search locations, or whatever, as they come up in the books I am currently reading. Seeing images of the cities or landscapes, even checking out the foods mentioned, enhance my reading experience.
I am reading the series "Dark Yorkshire Crime Thrillers" by JM Dalgliesh who also wrote the "Hidden Norfolk series" which I have already read. I am enjoying them. Kindle unlimited is saving me a lot of money.
I'm not yet reading anything after finishing Sisters in Arms (WWII Black Womens' Corps) but am looking for my James Herriot books. I read the All Creatures Great and Small 4 book series a few times decades ago, but later discovered 2 more books (Every Living Thing and If Only They Could Talk).
In addition the turmoil in the US and actually throughout many parts of the world motivates me to read something positive, amusing, healthy, and well written, and totally apolitical.
Only problem is that I might be tempted to get a cat and/or dog for company, and I'm not really in a position to care for animals at this stage of life.
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I also schedule Friday movie days where I try to watch something fulfilling that takes me away from the everyday worries of having a mother close to the end of her life. I know this is about books, but I saw "The Rescue" last Friday, which is about the 15 Thai boys that were rescued from the caves several years ago. It was inspirational and enlightening and put things into perspective for me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=big+sky&sxsrf=AOaemvLZ_Qv-ywgkksU3drFf1hkhA2PppQ%3A1635560087364&source=hp&ei=l6p8YYq1Et-wqtsPw5CgwAU&iflsig=ALs-wAMAAAAAYXy4p5L-WFZVbTtLXcVdaTlsBxYvmMRM&gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0zDI2Kc9OSqo0YPRiT8pMVyjOrgQAV8kHWg&oq=Big+Sky&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADILCC4QgAQQsQMQkwIyCAgAEIAEELEDMggIABCABBCxAzIICC4QgAQQsQMyBQgAEIAEMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATIICAAQgAQQsQMyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCvATIICAAQsQMQgwE6BAgjECc6BQgAEJECOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoICC4QsQMQgwE6EQguEIAEELEDEMcBEKMCEJMCOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoFCC4QgAQ6CAgAEIAEEMkDOgUIABCSAzoLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6DgguEIAEEMcBEKMCEMkDUL8bWIooYN40aABwAHgAgAFkiAGFBZIBAzYuMZgBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz
Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She’s her own boss and answers to no one, and that’s just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family.
So far an interesting read.
James Michener wrote a lot of books with historical information. Texas, Hawaii, Centennial are examples of his work. I was saddened by his passing.
I always read the foreword of all books and when I see how many people the author thx for research they provided I wonder where I would ever find these people for myself if I wanted to write an accurate book. Plus I find the books that are the most enjoyable to me are the ones where they provide a lot of historical information about the area etc. So I could never justify writing a non accurate depiction of anything.
If an author is going to make the setting of their book a big part of the story line I expect them to at least try to be accurate, I learned a lot of history and geography from well researched fictional books over the years.
Hallah, Baldicci's novel also sounds like a good candidate, especially for the rainy days we're getting now and the soon (or maybe not) winter storms.
I'm reading The Magic, by Rhonda Byrne.
I'm also reading The Honeymooner, by Melanie Summers
”The Moonstone” perfectly.
Easy reading. I’ve got a couple of other entertaining books to read. My concentration isn’t good since my last surgeries. I think I had too much anesthesia too close together.
Hallah - "Read-Alikes" sounds useful. I have not read any of Baldacci's.
Bellerose - Steinbeck!!! Haven't read him for years, I love the film of Zorba and never thought of reading the book. Worth checking out.
MJ - thanks for the info on "West With Giraffes". I found it on Kindle Unlimited and am over half way through and really enjoying it.