By Britney Spears.2023. This is a sad story of how Britney's family locked her up and spent her money. It's hard to believe this could go on in our society. I'm glad she got free. And everything she did while under the "conservancy" was just so she could see her kids. i only wish her love.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Bury Your Dead
A Chief Inspector Gamache mystery by Louise Penny. 2010
2010 Agatha Award for best novel
2011 Anthony Award for best novel
2011 Macavity Award for best novel
2011 Dilys Award for best book
i gave up Louise Penny when I read The Brutal Telling. But this one was like part 2 of that novel. I'm glad I read this, and at this time of year. We're in the middle of a cold snap, with snow. I always like to read about snow-themed stories in the middle of winter. This story took place in Three Pines and Quebec City. There was a lot of history in this novel, especially Canadian history. This is a good read it you like detailed description in your story. I liked the characters, especially the character of Jean-Guy Beauvoir, the second in command. Gamache sends Beauvoir to Three Pines to investigate a previous crime while Gamache himself is in Quebec City. This past Christmas I gifted a new Louise Penny novel to my daughter's boyfriend. He was set to travel to Toronto for a couple of weeks. I hope he took it along and enjoyed it. Maybe this one would have been better.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
The Many Lives of Mama Love
A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin. An Oprah's Book Club choice. 2023. I didn't want to read this book. It was a book club choice. After I started it, I put it down and re-read " Cereal Murders" by Diane Mott Davidson, only this time I read the Large Print edition after I listened to the audio. Lara Love Hardin narrated the audio of her book. I finished it after our book discussion meeting. We couldn't relate. But sometimes that's why we read books. To understand other points of view and expand our compassion. I don't want to understand heroin addiction. I'm afraid of it. I'm afraid of drug adfiction. I'm afraid of drug addicts, because I'm afraid of the actions of drug addicts. Her story tries to help others have compassion. I understand that people need a second chance. I'm glad that Lara Love Hardin was given a second chance. But that's because I'm a reader, a lover of books, and books are her saving grace. I can relate to that. I can accept her value for her ability to write. I need to accept her for her value as a human being, someone with flaws who has a right to live, a right to being human on this planet. Just as I need to accept all people who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
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