I didn’t even think I was in the mood for an Ed McBain book, but it turns out I’m always in the mood for an Ed McBain book. This one was from his Carella series, which is my favorite. Nothing special going on just some good crime fiction.
My rating: 3.5/5
Today is Buster’s 10th birthday! That’s a lot of barking. The old guy isn’t slowing down, though (ok, so he might sleep a little more than he used to). So, I guess this means we have two really old dogs (Lizzy turns 16 next month).
I have a nice stretch off over Thanksgiving (Wednesday-Sunday), so I’ve been getting my store ramped up for the the Christmas shopping season–making some new items, remaking some old ones.
This was my year to host Thanksgiving, so I scheduled Wednesday off, but my mom wanted to swap Christmas Eve (which she usually hosts) for Thanksgiving. So, I got a free day to do whatever because I didn’t have to do any cooking (besides the rolls I took to dinner yesterday).
I have been getting a lot done Christmas-wise–my Christmas cards will be ready to mail as of today, I have most of my holiday shopping figured out (and plan to complete it this weekend), and a dog cookie baking frenzy is scheduled for Sunday. Ahh, time off. If I was retired, I still wouldn’t have enough time to accomplish everything.
This was Joe Hill’s latest. It was comprised of four short stories. Three of the four had supernatural undertones. My favorite was the first story, Snapshot. It was suitably creepy. I only wish he was a more prolific writer.
My rating: 4/5
This smart and funny rom-com certainly exceeded my expectations. Brian’s as well. I wasn’t sure what to expect but the movie got really good ratings so I figured it was probably worth a watch. If I had one criticism of the movie it is that the heavy moments of the film seemed to outweigh the light ones. This didn’t make it bad, just kind of heavy for a comedy. But everything worked out in the end (it was a rom-com, after all).
My rating: 3.5/5