This book was ok. It was a suspense novel about a former police dog who witnessed a murder and whose owner is suspected of the crime. It was kind of a goofy premise, but it worked out ok. I wasn’t all that fond of the main character, the lawyer representing both the dog and the accused, though. Apparently this book is one of a series. I don’t know that I’d be interested in reading anything else from the series, but you never know.
My rating: 3/5
We took a break from the forest this year and hit the beach at Jake’s request. Much like the last time we were at Wildwood, Jake’s friend Dom joined us.
We had an uneventful trip down on Monday (though we hit a little traffic around Philly), got settled in and ordered some pizza from Sam’s. Serious Eats hails it as the best pizza place in Wildwood. I thought it was pretty good, though the crust was a bit dry. I’ll still take Pizza Man’s pizza over anyone’s. The boys were off on their own after supper. It’s kind of nice that they are old enough to do so, but sad at the same time. Brian and I went for a walk and then just hung out the rest of the evening, which was the recurring theme of the week for us.
I did a lot of reading, knitting, and coloring. And we went on a lot of walks–I logged well over 10,000 steps a day, including the day we got there (after being in the car for 6 hours). The weather was nice, though it was really windy one of the days (and I mean really). It only rained for a couple of minutes, too. The hotel we stayed at was great–it was the cleanest place I have ever seen. All in all, it was a pretty good trip, but it’s back to work on Monday. At least we still have the weekend.
My birthday weekend started off at Polkafest, which it always does. We were there Friday night for supper, but didn’t have time to get there again so we missed Alex Meixner this year. Hopefully he’ll be back again next year. On Sunday, Brian made a delicious birthday brunch and the rest of the day was pretty low-key, just the way I like it.
This was Michael Crichton’s first book, which was originally published under a pseudonym. I got through it quick enough, but I really wasn’t that into it. The writing style did not appeal to me and there were a couple of typos (you think they could have fixed these when they republished it).
My rating: 2.5/5
I started Memorial Day weekend by taking Friday off. I ran a bunch of errands and did some gardening-related activities that day. On Saturday, we went to a cookout at my brother’s and yesterday, we went to one at my in-law’s. We cooked out for supper today, but it was just the three of us. The weather was pretty nice all weekend, except for yesterday, and we got a lot done outside (but never enough). Today, we finally made our first motorcycle run of the year and it was a lot of fun. I’m still getting my sidecar back together after being painted–we’re down to the fender and lighting (which happens to be on the fender). I’m shooting to have this done by Thunder at the latest.