You will not think about parfaits in the same way again

I like pony mysteries the club in the clue in the clubhouse because I like when they make their clubhouse and I also like when they solve the mystery they had four clues and pepper, their horse found the mystery. The mystery was that Mrs. Granger lost her key to her truck and lucky their cat was playing with the keys, cause it had a mouse cat keychain, and pepper brought it to the clubhouse and for their appreciation Mrs. Granger gave them some cookies

Super quick read and really funny and sweet

I also wanted to love this book. It was an ambitious project, to weave an allegory based on the entire Bible, climate crisis, and End Times. I ended up feeling a little terrified (is that possible?), not so much by the apocalyptic events, but by the dynamic between the "wise" adolescents and the drugged/drunk/sex-crazed parents. The smug adolescents seemed just as unanchored morally, as they also dallied in drugs, sex, and drinking, although they were the "remnant" responsible for carrying on society post-storm. The book ended up with Eve (!) the main character, telling her brother he was right, Jesus is science and the Holy Ghost is the "things people make" or "art." The allegory and this conclusion felt altogether forced. I couldn't identity the Jesus character in this or understand how you can make an allegory of Christianity without the centrality of the cross or something cross-like? I'm not sure where I would have been located in this novel (which was a National Book Award Finalist). Maybe just swept out to sea with the other miscellaneous adult bodies. I accept that my generation added to the climate crisis and don't want to minimize this overarching idea. I also accept that the Bible gives believers responsibility for care of God''s world with His help. Maybe this is what allegory is meant to do, irritate us to action. After all, Jonathan Swift didn't really want people to eat babies.

A memoir about the author’s Mother’s life which begins in Laos. War between the US and Communism forces the Hmong people into the jungle, eventually they escape to Thailand where she lives for several years with her husband and a second daughter born in the primitive refugee camp. Eight years later, they immigrate to the US in Minnesota. Although, they work hard they have limited employment skills and endure racial and cultural discrimination. Their children succeed academically and help their parents when they age. A life of struggle, love and survival.

O. Henry was a great writer with each story having a surprising ending but his use of the English language made him difficult to follow.

7/27-8/6

Audio book a story about a wealthy woman in her sixties who awakens in a nursing home memory unit with no memory of why she is there. She escapes and with the support of her young teen granddaughter and gradual recovery from over medication, Rose untangles a complicated web of evil - it’s all about the greed for money from relatives who will inherit and the greed of the nursing home owners to shorten the lives of selected residents. I did not enjoy this book- foul language though

A great historical fiction adventure based on a local author's family history.

Good Book. IT gave a lot of information about Green Lantern, LEx Luthors sister and Aquaman.