Waves. Wind. Sun. Seagulls. Maglit berserking a flock of seagulls (NOT the 80s rock band made famous by their weird hair and referenced by Sam Jackson in Pulp Fiction). It all proved too much for my ADD to overcome. I had dreams and visions of doing damage to my ARC-alanche pile! But, I only managed to read a little over 100 pages of Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle-Man McGinty Told Me.
I put the choice to Maggie, (who, btw, wasn’t at all interested in silly little books, even FB!) “Should I start with Uncle Chestnut? or Uncle Neil?” She said, “The one with the moon on its cover.” So, my book choice was made by a 10-year-old and based on the book cover… lol.
So, for those of you who’ve read it, I’m at the part where Mr. Pizza just got the visit from the man in uniform. The kids were playing kickball and the score was 42-0, but I don’t know if they’ll play on. I’m really enjoying it. It’s a book that reminds a grown-up what it felt like to be a kid, especially if you were the kind of kid like Tamara… a “trouble” kid. (I’m raising both hands, that’s definitely me). Reading this book, I find my mind wandering back to all those friends, especially the ones who were only there during the summer (Nick, Angel, Heather, and so many others… funny how, as a kid, we’re never concerned with last names!). I was seriously hoping they’d solve the McGinty on 3rd AND up to kick by putting in a “ghost man” like we did. Ghost man rules, though, your ghost men can only advance one base, they can’t go from 1st to home. But, alas! they threw in the giant as a pinch runner. Boo! 😀
Well, back to reading and I need a shower. I have sand between my toes, in my hair, and I’ll betcha it’s in my drawers, too! It gets everywhere. I swear, I have no idea how beaches survive if everyone brings home as much sand as we do! lol!
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Oh, I almost forgot! THIS was waiting for me when we got home:
The books are:
- Untamed by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast ~ Book #4 of the House of Night series
- Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
- The Inheritance of Loss byKiran Desai
- God Sleeps in Rwanda by Joseph Sebarenzi with Laura Mullane
- The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
- Love Letters from Cell 92 by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Fruits Basket, volume 5 by Natsuki Takaya
- Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, volume 1 by Cain Kuga
- Fruits Basket, volume 4 by Natsuki Takaya
It looked like the book fairy exploded all over! Gwen had got home before us and dumped the mail on my bed… lol. Adding to the book loot was a check for $100 and 4 coupons for free candy bars from Mars. Dang! I should go to the beach more often!
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I like the way of choosing the next book, I do that very often too 🙂
I love beaches, I’m just not fond of all that sand 🙂 Hope you managed to clean everything out.
And what lovely books. I want to read the House of Night Series, I’ll have to start at the beginning though. Enjoy your books.
It sounds like you had a wonderful day. I love to read at the beach, but can get caught up checking out the scenery or taking a snooze. What a great mail day you had! All we got were bills.
A nice day at the beach and then lots of goodies waiting for you when you got home. What could be better? 🙂 I never manage to read all the books I take either. At least you went armed with options.
I would LOVE to go to the beach!! It sounds like it was wonderful and just as good when you returned home. Books, money and chocolate – what could be better?