Friday Reads 11-22-24

[@hikingoutdoorfamily]

Nowhere for Long looks like a book I would enjoy. I'll have to add that one to my list. I finished The Wedding People and now I just started Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. Glad to see your power came back on. Have a great weekend.

[@SueJacksonDE]

Thanks! Very exciting to have heat and wifi back :) I haven't read any Elizabeth Strout since Olive Kitteridge, but I really want to catch up on her books. This one sounds best for those whp have read them all and know the characters. Hope you enjoy it!

[@insearchofwonder]

Wow you've had some great reading! Glad your electricity came back on. That would be so frustrating, but it seems like you were able to make it work.

[@SueJacksonDE]

Me, too! It was starting to get chilly!

[@booklover6963]

I read Nowhere for Long a couple of years ago. I only gave it 3 stars some people at the time thought she stretched the truth a little... but I can't say for sure. Your electric came on while you were making the video.

[@SueJacksonDE]

I know! I talked about that in the video :) Big excitement for me ha ha I'm enjoying Nowhere so far.

[@PinkHawk191]

I'm reading The Pumpkin Spice Cafe which is a small town romance book. I'm reading it on my kindle.

[@BooksInkandPaper]

I just finished that one yesterday. It was a nice palate cleanser for me.

[@SueJacksonDE]

Hope you're enjoying it!

[@melissachapman7027]

I live in CA and the power companies will turn our power off for days at a time when there is high fire danger (usually this time of year). A lot of houses now have whole-house generators. It’s awful! I think the longest we’ve gone was 5 days. I hope your power is back soon!

[@melissachapman7027]

Oh it came back on, I commented too soon! 🎉

[@SueJacksonDE]

ha ha No problem - I comment as I watch, so that happens to me all the time! Wow, that's awful - I didn't realize they did that in CA. Those fires have been just horrific the past few years especially. We've been in this house for 30 years now and used to have very steady, reliable power - underground wires and NEVER went out for more than a minute or two. Then, in 2020, the electric company changed the back of our neighborhood (where we live) to connect it to the neighborhood behind us - which has above-ground wires and lots of trees! Now, it goes out constantly. Worst was 7 days in August 2020 when it was 95+ degrees and high humidity all week.

[@melissachapman7027]

@@SueJacksonDEyes they started doing it out here after the Paradise fire when the power company was liable! I live in the town that had the gender reveal fire and I actually work for the Fire District. It’s nonstop! In the town I used to live in we had underground wires and they’d still turn it off - we were soooo frustrated! I’m not sure of the logic behind it but they continue to do it.

[@SueJacksonDE]

@@melissachapman7027 Sounds rough. Those CA fires on TV always look horrific. Glad you are safe!

[@awebofstories]

I have Dead Wake on one of my e-readers. I think I actually have all of Erik Larson's books, but have only read The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest...and the audio novella he put out a couple of years ago. I totally understand having an itch for fiction. I can't read just nonfiction during November, so I always have a novel going on at the same time (but I'm a book polygamist, so even if I don't only read NF in November, I can read NF all November!)

[@BooksInkandPaper]

I have all of his too and I think I’ve read one…😅

[@SueJacksonDE]

Yeah, if I also had a novel going, I'd probably never finish the NF book! ha ha In the Garden of Beasts was an excellent Larson book.

[@SueJacksonDE]

@@BooksInkandPaper My favorites are Devil in the White City (reads like a thriller) and In the Garden of Beasts. I haven't yet read The Splendid and the Vile (about Churchill during WWII), but my husband said that's his favorite. Interestingly, Larson talks about Churchill in Dead Wake (WWI), too.