Thanks for Thanksgiving.....

Well it is almost Turkey day and I am so happy to have a whole day off on Thursday. I love my second job and working at the bookstore is delightful and I will never give it up but I am tired. So what am I thankful for? I am thankful that my family is healthy. I am thankful that my grandbaby due in April is growing at a normal rate and is having no complications. I am thankful for my friends. I have so much to be thankful for this year and that itself is a reason is to be thankful.So to all my friends and family that read my blog in this a few days before Thanksgiving I wish you time to be thankful for all you have and the hope and wish that you have a properous and wonderful year.

Check it out !!

I am on Goodreads.com. This site is considered a social network site for book worms like myself. I have put a few short reviews on the site and it allows you to track what you read and see what other people have read, along with their reviews. So check it out and friend me!!

Sorry....

Sorry the blog has not been updated daily but life has been kicking my butt. As most everyone knows I am working two jobs and even though I love my job at the book store but it is taxing to work all day going right from one job to another. I know that it will calm down after the holidays but for now I will just deal with it. I do have another 2 books done and as soon as I can focus I will write reviews.




Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I cannot wait for turkey and filling…….



K

My Lobotomy

Dr. Walter Freeman invented and promoted the ice pick lobotomy. He performed this procedure on approximately 10,000 patients who all manner of mental illness.

At the age of 12, Howard Dully was one of Dr. Freeman’s patients. Dully’s neurotic, jealous,stepmother scheduled the lobotomy. Even though other doctors stated that Dully did not demonstrate any behaviors other than that of a typical preteen boy. After being manipulated by the stepmother Dully’s father agreed on the labotomy, and the family paid $200 to Freeman.
The book chronicles Dully’s life before and after his lobotomy. His childhood was cruel, and not just the normal amount of cruel a child of the ‘50s could expect. His stepmother was verbally and physically abusive; his siblings verify the treatment he received as the family’s whipping post.
Dully began to act out even more when he was labeled a problem child - petty crimes and a bad attitude were the norm. It is difficult to determine if he was actually a troubled child or just living up to the expectations of his stepmother.
Dully’s lobotomy went off as expected, and the results were immediately positive. Eventually, though, the positivity faded away when Dully began to have greater issues that further strained his family relationships, found him in and out of the system, and secured an adult life of instability for him.
At the age of 54, with children of his own, Dully set out to discover the circumstances of his young life and the lobotomy that altered it forever.
My Lobotomy is remarkable as a survivor story, but also as a commentary on medicine and abuse. It answers tough questions and poses important new questions as well.

Rathbone

Just watched No Ordinary Family because Jackson Rathbone was in it. Besides being a little disappointed that his part was not very big I think that he did his usual outstanding job !! Bravo !!

So Tired

The time change always screws me up. No matter if we spring ahead or fall back it always seems to screw with my internal clock. I wish they would do away with the whole moving the hour bull.Ugh... Back to work tonight at 7 for a meeting. I finished Little Bee...... So here is the review.

This is  a beautifully written book. I loved Little Bee and her Jamaican friend the best. It was sad to say good-bye to the Jamaican friend so early in the book but it was completely realistic. I wish Bee had established herself with this friend before seeking Sarah though I understand why she was driven to find Sarah immediately.

Friday Friday Friday

Today is my favorite day of the work week. That’s right it is Friday. Though I have been to busy to change my underwear (not really just kidding) Friday’s are probably my easiest days of the week. The kids are off with the grandparents, Dennis bowls and I am going to visit my friend Lindsey. Well I guess I can’t now because she has to go to the doctor but still it will be an easy night.




Maybe I can finish my ARC of the new book by Jodi Piccoult or maybe I can just sleep. Either way hopefully I am home early enough to enjoy it. Keep your fingers crossed for me and for Lindsey. I hope she is going to be OK. I worry.

Rain Rain Go Away

Today it is raining and I am tired of the cold. I woke up confused. I even said “I thought it wasn’t supposed to rain until Thursday”. Well guess what? It is Thursday. I am so happy that tomorrow is Friday. I am working all weekend at the book store and that is very exciting. I really do love that job. Oh the smell of a new book and being surrounded by books that I love. It really makes me so happy. I hope one day to be able to work their full time but we shall see.




Denny had a doctors appointment yesterday and my first grandchild is doing fine. Denny is doing fine too. I am so excited. I can’t wait to find out what she is having.



Wonderful…….. Now I can keep hoping for sun and warmth!!

Tension Headaches

So I went to the doctor and he states that I have tension headaches from stress. Now I can believe that but he put me on a muscle relaxer instead of pain medication (mainly because I can’t take any narcotics). So in lieu of that fact I am now feeling very weird. Sometimes I just wish I could hit the lottery and then move to a warm tropical place in the middle of nowhere (my version of Isle Esme). I would miss my extended visit but they could visit. This two jobs is killing me but it us what I have to do for now. Honestly I love my part time job it’s just fitting everything else around it. I feel like I can never stop. I run home from one job or the other then cook, clean and do laundry. If I hit the lottery I could have a maid or better yet stay home and be a housewife. I would love to be a housewife and only work part time. Oh Well Que Sera Sera…. I guess in order to win the lottery I would have to play it first J

ARC and working at the book store.

I started reading the Advanced readers copy of the new Jodi Piccoult book today. I love working at the book store but sometimes it seems to consume my life. I would love to be a book editor. Reading and correcting all day. Maybe I could be a book publisher and tell people if there books would be good or not. Who knows ? What I do know is I lov to read and talk about books so maybe just maybe I have found my niche.

Undead and Unfinished

In what I am assuming is the last of the Queen Betsy series I was not happy at all. There were over 70 chapters that were short and unsatisfying. The end of the book in where Betsy and Laura turned Sinclair into the book of the dead was by far a completely unexpected and unwelcome ending. In fact from someone who works in a book store having this book of the series listed as romance is so far off the mark that I was tempted to move it (not that I would). The sad part is I would recommend all Mary Janice Davidson’s other books. I am hoping that this is the exception and not the rule for any of her new endeavors.




Now on to another series. That is if I can find one I like.



BTW I am now listing my books on goodreads.com. Take a look to see what I am reading.