Beginning With A...
Happiness: The
Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After by Heather Harpham. I don't know
if this counts as my last book of 2017 or my first of 2018, but I'm going to go
with 2018. I'm also going out on a limb and saying it will probably be
one of the best of 2018 for me. So, yes I am recommending it if you are
looking for something to read, as I felt it was a realistic and touching
mother's story. (You should have a box of tissues close at hand
though...if you don't cry or at least tear up at some point while reading you
have no heart.)
Finishing up
Happiness, lead me to the question of what to read next. I have a whole
slew of books on my Nook that I want to tackle, but as I said in a previous
post (https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-abbreviated-alphabet.html)
I had intended to re-read all of Sue Grafton's "alphabet" books once
she had wrapped up with Z. With her passing, I felt like I should go back
to A and go through the whole series again. BUT I have so many books on
my Nook. (And there has also been discussion with friends about starting
a book club. A virtual one might be possible if anyone out there is
reading this; I don't think I'd be able to do a "real" one unless it
was over the summer when I think I have more time...although let's face it,
that's just an illusion on my part.) So how to do both? After all,
there are 25 Kinsey Millhone novels (not counting short stories, which I have
read) and re-reading all of them will take some time. And I don't want to
have a year of where I read nothing Kinsey (no matter how much I may like the
character and Ms. Grafton's writing.)
So here's my
plan...I will read 2 Sue Graftons back to back, starting with A. I will
then take a break and read something else. (So if I DO start or
participate in a book club I will have time to read whatever might be on the
agenda.) Then it's back to 2 Graftons and the cycle repeats. This
was way I stay true to the series (which I what I want to do) but I won't get
burned out. (Too much of a good thing CAN be too much!)
So here's to
jumping back in at the beginning; starting now with A is for Alibi.
(If anyone has
any suggestions as to what I might try after B is for Burglar but before C is
for Corpse, now is the time to chime in!)
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