I'm headed to Big Sandy to see the grandkids today. My husband and I will be here all week. Big Sandy, Texas does not always have the best Internet, but I will make every effort to catch up on visiting blogs in the evening when we return to the cabin where we are staying.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
The Sunday Salon: Big Sandy, Here We Come!
I'm headed to Big Sandy to see the grandkids today. My husband and I will be here all week. Big Sandy, Texas does not always have the best Internet, but I will make every effort to catch up on visiting blogs in the evening when we return to the cabin where we are staying.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop
Today's Featured Book:
Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch
Genre: Fiction
Published: August 22, 2023
Page Count: 320 pages
Summary:
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.
Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what—or who—is she willing to leave behind?
The winner of the Booker Prize 2023 and a critically acclaimed national bestseller, Prophet Song presents a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together.
"The night has come and she has not heard the knocking, standing at the window looking out onto the garden."
THE FRIDAY 56 is hosted by Anne of Head Full of Books. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up on Head Full of Books and visit others in the linky.
"I thought you were somebody else, he says, the other day I had some trouble at the door. Trouble, she says, what kind of trouble? It's hard to know exactly, three men called to the door and I did not like the look of them, they said they were from the party, they looked like thugs..."
The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.
October 11-17. Do you have a favorite book to turn to in order to celebrate Halloween each year?
I do love Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. All three volumes.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Comfy Cozy Cinema: Blithe Spirit
I know, I know. I watched the wrong version of Blithe Spirit. Forgive me. I have my reasons.
Short version: The tree guy came to remove the tree limb felled by Hurricane Beryl in July. He bumped the electrical wire. The electrical guy came to fix the electrical wire. He bumped the Internet. The Internet guy came to fix the Internet. He changed the password to a secure one.
It is a secure password. So secure that I don't even know it. So I can't log into the Internet and watch tv.
I thought I was requesting the 1945 version of Blithe Spirit from my library. In any case, it was the 2020 version that arrived for me.
So, okay, 2020 Blithe Spirit it is.
Author Charles (Dan Stevens) has writer's block. He goes to see a spiritualist, Madame Arcati, (Judi Dench) who accidentally brings back Charles' first wife, Elvira. Second wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is not glad to see Elvira. But, it turns out, Charles is delighted as it's actually Elvira who has been writing his books.
My Comfy Cozy Rating: Medium
Comfy Cozy Qualities: Humor, gorgeous settings,
a bit of Noel Coward (though it's highly diluted in this version) and,
best of all, more Judi Dench
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Bookish Brags: Little Free Libraries
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
The Sunday Salon: "...that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse..."