Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
books

the end of the world running club

I can’t pass up a post apocalyptic story. I believe I heard of this one through Stephen King’s Twitter account. For what should be obvious reasons, I always look into his entertainment recommendations. In this story, a large number of meteors struck the earth, which created the post apocalyptic scenario. The main character was separated from his family and ran across Britain in order to find them.

The author, Adrian Walker, was quite a good writer. Some of the prose was impressive. That said while I did enjoy the story, I liked the first half, which was more of an apocalyptic story, than the 2nd half, which involved a lot of running. Also, the ending was ambiguous and I could have done with a little more closure.

My rating: 3.5/5

celebrations, out and about

the best of friends

I got to see all of my favorites this weekend.

Yesterday, Brian and I went out to dinner with Carol and Bob. We were supposed to check out the new restaurant TAP 814, but they had a 90 minute wait, so we headed over to another new restaurant, Tulune’s Steak and Alehouse, which only had a 30 minute wait. Overall, the impression was disappointing. The menu was kind of boring as was the decor. I ended up getting chicken, which turned out to be really good, but everyone else was a bit disappointed with their entrees. I’d give it another chance (preferably after they tweak the menu). The service was great, though, especially considering it’s a new place and was packed. But, the best part of the evening was getting to hang out with Carol and Bob.

Today, Brian and I went to Canonsburg for Miss Avery’s baptism. After the service, Judy had brunch for everyone at her new house. It was great catching up and getting to see Avery (who was so much bigger than the last time!). It’s nice that we’ve been able to get together a few times since Judy moved. We’ll definitely need to keep up the momentum.

celebrations

since i last wrote

We’ve celebrated Brian’s birthday twice–once at my parents’ and once at his. The events occurred the past two Sundays. Other than that, not a whole lot going on–mostly puppy sitting. Though we do have a pretty hectic (for us) social schedule this month. Stay tuned for all of the exciting details.

books

sleeping beauties

This book was written by Stephen King and his son, Owen. How two authors can write a book is beyond my comprehension, but that is not the point of this post.

I really enjoyed the book. It has a kind of complicated premise (rife with feministic overtones) and a ton of characters (they were nice enough to provide a character guide at the beginning of the book).

I don’t think I’ve read any of Owen’s stuff, but I’m sure his style came through in this book as it wasn’t completely like reading a Stephen King novel. Nevertheless, good stuff.

My rating: 4/5

pets

pupdate 2

Esme continues to do well. She went on her first hike on Saturday and loved it! She also (mostly) stays in the yard, so we were able to get her outside a few times so she could burn off some of her puppy energy (because walking is not cutting it). She’s still having accidents here and there (but not too many)–she even had a accident-free day, which I was pretty happy about. But, seeing that we’ve only had her for 18 days now, it’s hard to complain about her progress. Her only negative is that she is a total bane to productivity. But, it’s January so it’s not like there’s that much going on.