Recently finished reading: Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn
And I'm happy to say that it was just as fun as the first book. Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie are the best characters! I love their banter and snark, as well as their intelligence, toughness, and unorthodox skills.
I also saw this amazing must-see movie: Rule Breakers.
It tells the true story of Roya Mahboob and the robotics team comprised of four young women from Afghanistan that she started. Their struggles and achievements are inspiring. (Though the ongoing plight of women and girls in Afghanistan, and how hard they have to fight for even the most basic of human rights, continues to break my heart!) Everyone should go see this movie.
My glad things for last month:
- Listening to (and loving!) Disturbed's new song: I WILL NOT BREAK. It's awesome!
- Chickadees singing outside my window every morning. (They're my favorite little bird.)
- New recipes that weren't too hard to make and that tasted really yummy: Pear & Broccoli soup, Pesto Whirls, and Orange Creamcheese Cake.
- Getting caught up on AJ Pearce's Emmy Lake Chronicles, and finishing Jennifer Estep's Black Blade series. Both of which I can definitely recommend.
- Watching a murder of crows hopping around the playground like they own it; and watching all the elementary kids' delight at their antics.
- Getting together with friends for a night of playing games (Wingspan) and catching up.
- And my former boss, who's also a good friend, reached out last week to see how I was doing.
I need to catch up with the Emmy Lake books too. I've still only read the first one.
ReplyDeleteThere's a fourth book coming out this August, so I wanted to try and catch up on the others before that one came out. And I did enjoy both of them. :D
DeleteBoth sound really good.
ReplyDeleteThey really are!
DeleteGood to hear your thoughts on Kills Well With Others. Haven't tried it as yet, but I did like the first book. I love your 'glad' things - very nice!
ReplyDeleteIf you liked Killers of a Certain Age, then you'll enjoy the sequel. The four characters are just so great. :D
DeleteI do love your lists of things to be grateful for, Lark. I find they inspire me to think of mine. I would say my Latin tutor, who is amazing, a new sci-fi book series I just found via Tracy and a film: The Sound of Music. Oh, and the spring flowers in my garden.
ReplyDeleteSo many glad things to notice and be grateful for! I'm still working on getting better at it. I tend to see the negative things first.
DeleteI love your list too and the recipes. That's nice when a boss or former boss becomes a friend. There are good bosses out there.
ReplyDeleteI miss my previous boss. She and I could really laugh together, which was nice.
DeleteI'm loving Disturbed's new song too! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed Kills Well With Others. That's a series that I really want to read. It sounds so good! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's the characters that you end up loving in the Raybourn books; and they're pretty tough, too, which was fun.
DeleteLark, I always love these posts :) They always make me smile. Wishing you a lovely week!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I so appreciate your comments. :D
DeleteI need to get the Deanna Raybourn! I enjoyed the first book. Chickadees are my favorite bird and I'm a little jealous you have them singing outside your window!
ReplyDeleteThey're such cute little birds! I love to watch them hop around. :D
DeleteKills Well With Others cracks me up with that title. :) And pear and broccoli soup sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteThe soup was better than I hoped it would be. :D And I think you would enjoy both Killers of a Certain Age and Kills Well With Others.
DeleteI like Billie too and am glad you enjoyed Kills Well with Others.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a fun read. :D
DeleteYay for lots of good things :)
ReplyDeleteI keep looking for the good, because otherwise all I focus on are the negative things, and that's just a sad way to live.
DeleteHow nice your former boss reached out. I started the first book in this series once and didn't get far. It wasn't technically a DNF, just a DNF for now. I will try it again eventually. I'm such a Veronica Speedwell fan though that I think I had problems switching modes.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are very different kinds of reads, both in tone and time. I need to try and catch up on her Veronica Speedwell series. I'm very behind in it.
DeleteI am a chickadee fan as well. They always look so dapper, and I can recognize several of their songs!
ReplyDeleteKills Well With Others looks like it could be fun. Another seniors-focused series, but I am the demographic, so good!
Chickadees always make me smile. I love that they hang around. And I think you would like Raybourn's books about these retired assassins. They're fun no matter your age. :D
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