Everyone has posted in the last few days - wow - Bellamarie you keep us grounded by your love of your family and home - the fun of making simple things to make your home more cozy, warm and welcoming is better than flipping through a current home centered magazine - love it... by the way where is your wreath hanging - it appears to be indoors.
Tomereader looked up on Amazon the book you are recommending - I saw that come across my email in one of the daily messages from Amazon of a few books they either have on sale or they thing would interest me... Had to go back and read the review again - first time I was confused and so just skipped on but this time I think they are suggesting the octopus has a name and is about to become a detective to learn about the son the women lost. Since the octopus is in a tank not in the ocean not sure how this will happen but it sure is a new novel idea - but more it sounds like the relationship the now widow makes with the octopus helps her through the grief.
Yes, Pat I too would love to get a comment from Tomereader that helps summarizes the story since Amazon really doesn't do that in their reviews.
frybabe did not know Where the Crawdads Sing was being made into a movie - appears the movie industry is getting back - took such a hit with covid and the writers strike with few wholesome stories being filmed plus, I am not seeing young actors and actresses with the talent of most of the now older actors like Sally Fields - we are spoiled with so many who were good at their craft playing parts in all the movie we took for granted during our lifetime.
Had an interesting experience with a Kindle book I 'borrowed' and 'returned' back, well over a year ago - I had not read it but wanted another and so let this one go... Well I hit on the image and it said I had borrowed it but nothing about returning it. And so I went into the online 'content' page provided by Amazon where it showed the book - I checked and nothing was indicated that it was or was not returned - then went to the Amazon website where the book is available and it said I could read it so I hit the proper buttons and after I few I can no longer even remember what and in what sequence the book comes up that I bought it for FREE - normally 2.99 - cannot deduce if the money came from my points accumulated or what happened but there it is and I started it, like I really need to start one more book however, I'm finding the story fascinating...
One of these stories where horrible things happened to this young man from a mother disappearing when he is 5 and a neighbor looking after him and then his father who left a week before the mother dies 7 months later - even as a child he had few feelings about how this affected him only questions about why this or that but mostly that it just happened and he had a place to sleep.
Now age 62, not functioning well enough to hold onto a job however, he had married twice and each women left him within a short time after the marriage - His second marriage the partner did not just disappear but did remarry - she had/has a teenage daughter that comes to him still for advise and just to visit. The now aging neighbor is still his mother figure calling her his Aunt - Aunt Iris is now elderly. She arranged when he was a child for all his ID etc etc. - Her frame house is in its original shape with no remodeling although, in fairly good repair thanks to him and his carefully planted garden including stepping stone paths and appropriate flower cover between each paver - their house is located in a favorite area for young couples remodeling so it is worth a fortune but they lives on as they have always lived much to the other neighbors chagrin. Flocking Real Estate folks and unrepresented buyers daily send all sorts of offers for their home - some by mail and some knocking on their door.
The thing about reading this book that to me is so fascinating, most everything is said in his head and he sees everything or turns everything into humor - his come-back at comments, usually shouted at him in anger by neighbors who would all like to see both of them gone, is with simple sentences that he realizes they really do not hear him and his logical explanations since they are so wrapped up in their complaint, shouting at him what they want or showing disdain for him.
Already comes to mind - we can, in our heads decide how we assimilate what we hear and see regardless of how others would prefer we hear, look, even think and feel - we don't even have to let on that it is all bouncing off us as a comedy, sometimes granted a black comedy but, for sure not a cesspool of sadness or woe is me or you're scaring me... Book is by Yiyun Li If You Are Lonely and You Know It
Looked again and still can't tell if I purchased it with points or it was a freebee because of some glitch that I had occurred because I originally borrowed it... whatever, timing is perfect.
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