Staying Up All Night To Finish A Book!

Ok, that is kind of misleading as I didn't stay up all night to finish these books! Only because I had to go to work the next morning, not because I didn't want to finish!! OH MY GOODNESS!!
Loved these books...they were both so well written and kept you in suspense!
Good job, David Baldacci with The Innocent and James Patterson with Guilty Wives.
I have read these authors before and have enjoyed their work immensely.

Marcia Clark's new job!

Don't know if you all remember the OJ Simpson trial? Of course we do...so the Marcia Clark
in that trial is now an author...good new job for her!! I hope she makes lots of money and writes many many books! I have definitely enjoyed the two I have read so far....
Perhaps this week I will get back to the library...Mom in serious condition...in nursing home and not doing well at all..I know this is to be a blog about reading but my heart is hurting and this is a safe place to talk about this..I HATE the fact I have to watch my mother die by inches. I am trying to stay strong especially in front of her but I want to tell her that I can't do without her and that I love her so very much and I want to do more things with her and have more days with her as my friend. I do tell her that I love her but I can not and will not try to make her feel guilty for her decisions. She and my father have both said they do not want heroic measures taken. They feel they have lived long and full lives and when they can not function and take care of themselves, that is not quality of life. They have always said they are not afraid to die as their faith is strong and they know they will live with Jesus for eternity. I am so grateful they do have the faith in God that they do and I love them so very much for living their faith all their lives for their children to see.
Mom is 88 and fell one night. She hurt herself very badly and less than 10 days later she had a stroke. Now she is in a nursing home and is not eating or drinking much at all. Her daily intake of food each day has been a couple bites of fruit and some sprite and some coffee! She is very weak of course.
Today I noticed she has increasing jaundice. She tells me that she feels full all the time. She has chosen to drink unthickened drinks since her stroke. She has some swallowing issues but the thickened liquid is really not very thirst quenching. It has been explained to her that she has increased risk for pneumonia by drinking regular liquids, but she says she wants what tastes good. And I respect her wishes. It really is a matter of choosing quality over quantity at this point and I feel I would rather her drink something that satisfies her thirst rather than offering something that tastes nasty and causes her not to drink at all!!
My Dad is 86 and has dementia. He entered the nursing home last December because he was falling quite frequently. He is a very large man, 6'3" and about 200 lbs (he has lost about 50-60 pounds). Mom is 4' 9" and 119 lbs. So she was having great difficulty in the caregiving of Dad at home. Some times Dad knows that Mom is not doing well and then there are times he doesn't recognize her. (That breaks my heart, they have been married 66 years!).
I have been so blessed and thank God that he gave me the parents He did. They are amazing people and have been such a good influence in so many peoples lives. I know God loves them more than I do.
As my Mother has been praying "God's will be done." Amen.

Another Really Great Author

I finished the book by Bebe Moore Campbell...72 Hour Hold..
I loved and hated this book. I loved it because it was so well written that it felt like you were there
with a good friend. I hated it for the same reason. What people go through with the bipolar mental disease is amazing. What it does to families is horrible. I felt her pain so much through this book.
As a mom, I don't know how you have the strength to deal with a child with this problem. The sad thing is that medicine helps them so very much but after they are on the meds, then they feel there is nothing wrong and they don't need the meds any more....what a vicious cycle!!
I will be reading more of her works...
Enjoy my friends enjoy!

I stayed up to finish this book!

New author for me! Started and finished the book in one evening after work! Needless to say, I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading her others.
Drusilla Campbell is the author of "the edge of the skye" . This is the book I read.
She has also written "Blood Orange" and "Wildwood".

AND the 3rd book in the The Walk series is out!!!!! I am so excited. I really want to check out
all three at the same time so I can re-read the first two and then read the third. Author --Richard Paul Evans.

I have books by 2 other new authors waiting on my reading....I have 2 books by Marcia Clark
"Guilt by Degree" and "Guilt by Association"
and then there is "72 Hour Hold" by Bebe Moore Campbell.....think I will start that one tonight!
Will keep you posted on how I liked them..pun intended!

and I am back....

I have definitely read many, many books since July. My life has been so busy and stressful at times that I read and don't think about recording authors and what I like about them for future reading. Oh well. This is a post for myself mainly so guess it really doesn't matter....
  I am currently reading Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig and I have to say, I am enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. Presents a very different view of Rhett  and makes him much more likeable. It hasn't been a fast read but I will finish the book.

  I have also read A Reliable Wife by Goolrick ....have forgotten his first name already. I enjoyed this book very much. Had another of his checked out of the library and when it came up for renew, I had to return it
as someone else had requested it...So will try to remember to get it again..

Not on Vacation!

I have not posted in such a long time...not because I was on vacation and not because I haven't been reading. I have been very disinterested in posting about my reading....rather spend time reading than talking about my reading. So I probably will quit this....don't know if it will slowing fade away or linger in cyber-purgatory............see ya!

A long time since I posted about any books...have read, just haven't posted.
Have to tell you about the latest book I have read...an amazing book...one picked from the library by my Mother. She said she thought I would like and yes I did. Want to read more by this author..
A side note before I give you the book name...I love the fact that I find out about books from my Mother and my daughter!! They both read different books than I would pick out and I get some really good books that way. So thanks so very much!
Ok Ok!!
Healing Waters by Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn...."for every woman struggling with self-worth"
Had some very good "quote for the day" type statements in the story...
"Am I a Christian the way ....thinks of herself as a Christian? No, I am not. Do I take myself before the Lord Jesus Christ every day and ask Him to show me how to live that day? Yes, I do!!
So read this for yourself and enjoy!