animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

final appeal

Good thing for books and movies, otherwise I wouldn’t have anything to blog about. It seems like it was a busy summer, but I don’t feel like we really did anything. We did almost zero entertaining this year. And, with the exception of the bathroom remodel at our rental, we’ve …

sail

This wasn’t bad for one of those co-authored James Patterson novels. It was a quick read (as are most Patterson novels) and sure, it had some ridiculous things going on in the plot, but I guess everything can’t be a literary masterpiece.

the queen of bedlam

This was the second book in Robert McCammon’s Matthew Corbett series. And, much like the first book, this one was excellent. Also, like the first book, this one took me a couple of hundred pages before I was committed, but once I got into it, there was no stopping me. …

cross fire

I was in the mood for a quick read and this did the trick. I always enjoy James Patterson novels whenever I haven’t read one in a while, as was the case with this book. It seems like his older books had a little more substance to them, but maybe …

world war z

I heard of this book and was intrigued, given my interest in zombies. When I heard that Brad Pitt was starring in the film (to be released in 2013), my interest was piqued further. I figured it would tide me over until the next season of The Walking Dead. Unfortunately, …