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Wednesday Book Love – Waisted by Randy Susan Meyers

I am a huge fan of Randy Susan Meyers. I love her writing and her stories are always great reads or listens for me. This one releases on May 21, 2019. I plan on starting it shortly!

Book Description (from Goodreads)

In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers.

Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work—and everything else of importance in their lives. Scales terrify them.

Daphne, plump in a family of model-thin women, learned only slimness earns admiration at her mother’s knee. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight.

The two women meet at Waisted. Located in a remote Vermont mansion, the program promises fast, dramatic weight loss, and Alice, Daphne, and five other women are desperate enough to leave behind their families for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The catch? They must agree to always be on camera; afterward, the world will see Waisted: The Documentary.

The women soon discover that the filmmakers have trapped them in a cruel experiment. With each pound lost, they edge deeper into obsession and instability…until they decide to take matters into their own hands.

 

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Missing Molly by Natalie Barelli (Audiobook)

Book Thoughts

Rachel Holloway is a woman who has lived with secrets pretty much her whole life. Up until now she’s been very good at keeping these secrets hidden.

Rachel works for a small newspaper that is struggling. They decide that a crime podcast might be what they need to draw in advertisers. Their choice ends up being the case of young 9 year old Molly who went missing years ago when her family was killed. While Rachel loves the idea of a podcast she adamantly would rather they not tackle this case. Just what is Rachel Holloway so scared of?

Audio Thoughts

I enjoyed the audio version of this book. It ran 7 hours and 56 minutes and is narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis. I had not listened to her previously but definitely would again. She has a great voice for narration.

Final Thoughts

Missing Molly was a good listen for me. It’s suspenseful and definitely kept my interest throughout.

Source: Library Copy

The Loss of my Mom and Going Forward…

There are many of you who follow me on Facebook who know that my mom passed away on March 2 of this year.  It was very unexpected and the loss has devastated me.  My mom and I fought all the time – well not all, but we loved each other just as fiercely.  She was my friend and confidant and I’m quite lost without her.   She has left a huge hole in my life and my dads and at this point I don’t feel as though I’ll ever move past this deep loss and hurt.  Anyhow I wanted to acknowledge the loss here on my blog where I’ve shared many things throughout the years.

Through other hard times in my life I turned to blogging so I’m going to try concentrating on it again.  I really want to write short reviews and I’m going to attempt that this week but I will likely share thoughts on my mom and just getting through some days as well.

Reading and listening to books hasn’t been going the best.  Im having a really hard time concentrating so not much is getting finished.  I did finish The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver for my face to face bookclub.  I listened to it and while I loved it years ago when I read it I didn’t enjoy it so much this time.  I think it was just too much of a novel for me at this point.  Now I’m listening to Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen for my other book club and I’m enjoying it.

So that’s all for now.  Hope everyone is doing well.  I’ll leave you all with a pic of Sammy and I hope to see you all over the next while as I make my way through this new reality of life I find myself in.

 

Chatting about Podcasts

So I’m really into podcasts. I like them because they are like little bites. I can fit in an hour here or there when I don’t feel like delving into an audiobook. My favourites are anything to do with crime. So I’m going to list some of the ones I like to listen to but what id really like to know is if you all like to listen to them and what you listen to. I’m always on the lookout for new ones.

I’ll talk about two of my favourites for today:

Casefile – I love this podcast. It’s a different case each week although on some they will spend a few episodes. Some are cases I’m familiar with that I’ve heard about in the news or on a crime show (which I’m also addicted to) but others are new to me. The episodes are about an hour sometimes more. Many are quite graphic but there is a clear warning before you listen as to the content that could be disturbing to some. It’s a really interesting podcast and I love the voice of the narrator. I wanted to know who he was but he wants to be anonymous. Either way he has a voice I could listen to for hours.

Serial – I’ve listened to this one from the beginning. I loved the first season, the second not as much but the third one was awesome. They go inside the courtroom and discuss some cases and how the criminal justice system works and it was very interesting.

How about everyone else?  Any faves to share?

 

 

Merry Christmas to All!

Merry Christmas everyone from me and sweet Sam!  I’m going to take a few days away from the blog for Christmas but will be back later this week. I wish all the best for all of you and plenty of good times with family and friends over the Christmas season! ???

 

 

 

Sunday Ramblings

Happy Sunday to you all. How has your weekend been? Good I hope. I’m hibernating for the weekend. I hit the mall on Thursday to pick up some last minute things and it was a zoo. The roads are too busy and the malls are horrible. I know some people love that whole atmosphere but I sure don’t. Anyhow I’m done for Christmas. Whatever I didn’t get I’m not getting. Lol. Our weather is finally heading towards cold. We’ve been pretty lucky other than the freezing rain so far. Can’t say I’m looking forward to the cold. My old bones don’t like it much anymore. I know a lot of you live in much warmer climates. I’m jealous ❄️.

Last week on the blog was a bit slow. I got a migraine for about three days. I couldn’t read or listen to books so the reviews I had planned for Thursday and Friday were a bust. I did manage to post for the first few days though:

Monday was a review of Elevation by Stephen King

Tuesday was First Chapter First Paragraph featuring Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Wednesday Book Love featured American Princess by Stephanie Thornton

The past week I was hooked on Wentworth. I think I’m on Season 4 and there is 6. I love that show. After that I’ll probably go catch up on Orange is the New Black. I quit watching it on the second season I think. What is everyone else watching? Any good shows to binge on?

Well that is all for me this week. I hope you all have a great week and a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. I’ll leave you with a few pictures of Sam. Anyone who follows my blog knows he isn’t fond of picture taking but I’ll try to get a few every week.


She made me have a bath. Not happy!