So far this year I have read over 110 books and checked out books from the library worth over $3100. Last year I had only read 92 books by this time. Guess I am chugging right along.
The weather cooled off and humidity is gone for now too. Would be nice to be outside but the recent wet weather had increased the mosquito population to horrendous. Even with using repellent I had them around my head when I was trying to mow. Kept moving as fast as I could to get finished quickly. I lost count on the bites, I had at least six on my right elbow, some behind my ear and a few on my cheek. Not looking forward to mowing again this week.
We had a great night at trivia on Monday. We ended up in second place out of six teams. We also had our best score ever of 69, out of 84 possible points. Winning team had 75 points. While we had our usual gaps in music and Hollywood stuff the other categories we did good! It also got us a $25 gift certificate to use the next time. Only problem was that there were two men who kept wanting to talk to us while we were listening to the question. I wasn't the closet to them, otherwise I probably would have told them to STFU.
The Story of A Heart, true story of two families linked by illness and tragedy. Max is a nine year old with cardiomyopathy. Kiera is also a nine year old who suffers catastrophic injuries in a car accident. Book covers the story of these two as well as pediatric transplant issues and the history of transplants in general. Very interesting and moving book.
Cher: The Memoir, Part One another celebrity book in search of an editor! Books covers her early life, which was very chaotic, up through the late 1970s. Includes the time period up through marriage to Greg Allman. I don't remember that Sonny Bono was as controlling and manipulative as he was.
Lovely One a memoir by current Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her journey from Florida, to Harvard, Harvard law and various judicial positions until she was name to the Supreme Court. The title of the book comes from the translation of her African name, Kentanji Onyika.
Happy Reading
"Drop the book and get things done"....love that meme. Too funny (and a bit true in my case though not nearly as your impressive reads. Then again I suspect it's easier to read with a cat on one's lap as opposed to me who has a house pony with a gigantic head (an Old English Sheepdog who has no spatial awareness). LOL
ReplyDeleteTotally unsatisfied with the real world, but is it really real?!?
ReplyDeletewhitefizh wavez two ewe N mum dood and congrats two her trivia teem…thatz a good score anda nice gift card they winned ‼️😸 we cracked UP at mum wantin ta tell thoz doodz ta STFU….her shulda went a head N did sew….😸😸😸💙🐟 book one wood be hard ta read….😥😥😥
ReplyDeleteMosquito season is annoying, and here, it's most of the year.
ReplyDeleteReading is my happy place. When reading autobiographies or memoirs, I do try to keep in mind the portrayal of others is from the author's perspective and might not be completely accurate.