Book Chat 2/29/2024

Y’all! I have one Elin Hilderbrand book left to read and then she publishes her LAST book later this year. What will I do after I read that one???

Reunion Beach by Elin Hilderbrand and others

This book is a collection of short stories to honor Dorothea Benton Frank by several authors she mentored or inspired. All are good.

Endless Summer by Elin Hilderbrand

This book is a collection of Elin’s short stories; some published before and some not. I have previously read all the published ones, but it was nice to read them again.

MK out.

Book Chat - 2/16/2024

I’ve been trying to savor the last few books by Elin Hilderbrand, that except for the first couple, I’ve been reading them roughly in order of publication. I don’t want it to end!!!

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

Mallory and Jake spend one weekend a year together, as in the movie Same Time, Next Year. For the rest of the year, they live out their respective lives apart. I loved this book so hard. I felt like I needed more…

And then…

The Sixth Wedding by Elin Hilderbrand

We get to hear what happens next with our beloved characters. It was a short story, but much needed, in my opinion. I loved how it ended.

MK out. 

Movie Monday - 2/12/2024

The last week was rather moody. The weather has been inconsistent and not very inspiring. I did watch a few movies, but I read mostly.

In Rustin, Colman Domingo plays the title character, who helped MLK, Jr. organize the 1963 March in Washington. It was good.

Fair Play examines gender roles. Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich play Emily and Luke, a recently engaged couple. They both work for the same hedge fund. It’s a rather cut-throat and toxic environment and only the best man can win. It was intense.

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MK out.

Book Chat 2/8/2024

I’ve read eight books so far this year, although one was that short story of which I talked last week. I am not planning on keeping this pace every month. I’ve got a dash I need to manage.

The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O’Neal

Oh my, what a story. Two longtime friends who’ve been estranged the last few years are thrust into close proximity by a situation. Long kept secrets and misunderstandings stand in their way. Will they be able to overcome the past and become friends again? Read it and see.

The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis

A rare-book dealer has the ability to feel the echoes that a previous owner imprints on a book. She comes across a beautifully bound volume that has no author or publication information. The contents are very personal and she sets out to find out more about it to return the book to its rightful owner. It was good.

MK out.

 

Book Chat 2/2/2024

January was a good month to read books around here…

Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling

A woman travels to China to learn more about her recently deceased mother. I found it a little harder to follow than a previous book I’ve read by this author, but it was good.

Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A woman discovers love letters from her husband’s paramour and shares them with paramour’s husband. Together, the two work to understand their respective marriages. It’s a short story and it’s very good.

The Better Half by Allie Franks

A woman is poised to have the successful and orderly life in which she worked hard to attain, until an unexpected event threatens to topple her. It was good.

Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand

In the last installment of this trilogy, the FBI gets involved as the Steele family learn more about the husband/father they apparently didn’t know as well as they thought. It was a satisfying end to the story.

MK out.