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The Sunday Salon: Checking In

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Sunday Salon

Hello! Stopping by for a quick ‘hello’ before I take a much-needed nap. This time change is wonderful! I feel as if I’ve had a full day, but I am way sleepy and want to kick back with a book and maybe, just maybe, take a cat nap. Think it will happen? It might. The Girl has been totally absorbed with her new Kindle Fire and the novelty has yet to wear off so I am going to take advantage of that.

What am I reading?

I am reading a lot, but haven’t had the energy to write any reviews. I’ve got to write them soon though because the details are already slipping from my mind. Let’s see, what am I reading? I am reading The Shining Girls. Meh. I am not liking it all that much and it’s gotten so much buzz. I just started The Abominable but haven’t read enough to give it a fair shake yet. I’ve also started How To Be a Good Wife. That one is very interesting. Not sure what to make of it yet.

What am I cooking?

Yesterday I made homemade spaghetti sauce so we will probably have that tonight. I am not in the mood to cook. I had some weird reaction to food recently and my mouth is swelling in the same spot I had a problem with last March. Long story short, unless the food is very soft, I don’t really have an appetite for it. Auto-immune issues suck.

What am I watching?

Oh my goodness. I have discovered The Walking Dead. With all that I had going on, I needed a distraction and let me tell you, I could not have picked a better show. I started with the first episode last week and I am already half-way through season three! I love it!

Thank you all for the kind emails and Facebook posts. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. We have started the “fixing” that needs to take place and I feel more like myself, but there are times where I feel very low. The flip side is that through all of this, I’ve turned to walking and I have lost ten pounds just from pounding the pavement. Hard to believe that just a few miles a day could make that much of a difference but it can.

I hope you are all well and that you are enjoying the weekend. Off I go to take that nap.

Bookish Talk

Doctor Sleep Read Along (Chapters 7-13)

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Doctor Sleep Read Along

Spoiler Alert: No huge spoilers, but if you haven’t been reading along with us, save this post for another time.

In Part One we get to know Abra mostly through her parents or other adults. In Part Two, we got to know her much better. What do you think of this extraordinary girl?

I still feel as if Abra’s character is too young for her age. Wither her special talent, I expect her to be more mature and worldly. She is too juvenile to me and it’s bugging me. She borders on the annoying and I hate feeling that way about her.

Do you have any speculations on what the True Knot are? We know how they sustain themselves, and we’ve seen the way they die. They are not, as Abra calls them, “ghostie people,” but they aren’t really human either. 

I often feel as if certain people suck the life out of me and that is what the True Knot does. They are vampire-like, especially with Rose’s snaggly tooth but what they suck is not blood but your life essence. They differ from the Ghostie people because those folks were killed and never found their way to the other side. These guys prey on the life force of others. No different than corporate America (in my opinion).

Considering that Chapter Thirteen is one of the most intense in the book so far, did anyone actually stop reading here? Or could you not wait to race on ahead?

I am reading this on my Kindle and to be honest, I do not recall an especially intense chapter and with all that I have going on, I don’t have the energy to go back and see what it was about! Overall, the book is not intense. It’s quite mild by King’s standards so Chapter Thirteen did not jump out at me.

How is Doctor Sleep treating you so far? Is it keeping you awake at night? Are you excited to finish it and chat about the ending?

I finished the book, but I will save my final, final thoughts for the last read along post and my review (if I ever get it written). It has been a difficult book for me to finish. It lost steam (pun intended) towards the end and I had some trouble believing Rose and her power. I am very anxious to wrap this up though and move on to another book.