This was the 3rd novel in Gregg Hurwitz’s Tim Rackley series. For whatever reason, I did not enjoy this book as much as I’ve enjoyed his other ones. I think it had to do with the fact that the plot centered around a drug-running biker gang. And, since I just finished watching Breaking Bad and am currently watching Sons of Anarchy, it was a bit of a thematic overlap. Or it could be that I’m just too distracted with a million other things to concentrate on reading. I guess I’ll find out if that is the case once I start reading my next book this evening.
b.y.o.p.
One of Brian’s friends invited us to a pumpkin carving party last night. It was quite the event–there were probably 30-40 people there, mostly kids. And, these people cooked up a storm. They will probably have enough leftovers for a week!
They had multiple pumpkin carving stations set up. And, after everyone was done eating, the kids got to work. After the kids got bored, the adults finished the job. There were some nice pumpkins on display. What a fun way to spend a Saturday evening!
world war z (movie)
As much as I disliked the book, I liked this movie. It was quite engrossing. Of course, the movie was nothing like the book, so that explains it. And, it starred Brad Pitt (which is always a plus). It was just your basic zombie apocalypse story. So, if you’re into that sort of thing, you will surely enjoy this movie. And, did I mention Brad Pitt?
My rating: 4/5
true blood
I read all of the “True Blood” books in the not-so-distant past. I thought the book series started off strong, but ended on a rather weak note. But it has nothing on the TV series. I will not be sticking this one out until the end. I found myself reading magazines while watching episodes from season 5 and decided to hang it up. The show has quite a lot of differences from the book, so I was hoping that it would have a stronger plot, but it did not. Dare I say, I think it’s even worse than the books. I did enjoy the first season or two, but season 5 was just awful. I think it’s time for “True Blood” to meet the “true death”.
ki ki ki kia
As you might have gleaned from one of my posts yesterday, our wrecked Hyundai Elantra was designated as “totaled”. We got word of this on Thursday and were required to return the rental car on Friday. Unfortunately, we haven’t received the money for the car yet–we just got the paperwork for that in the mail yesterday, but we can’t really function with one car, so we went to Blue Knob Auto and bought a new car yesterday.
We ended up with a 2013 Kia Optima. I had a bunch of different makes and models on our list (you need to do that when you’re researching their cars because they go FAST!) but the Optima was at the top of the list because it had less than 1000 miles on it and Kia has a 5 year warranty. We took it for a test drive and liked it, so that was all she wrote! So, basically, it was like getting a new car, but at a couple thousand dollar discount. You can’t beat that.