Ahhhh-- vacation. It was truly wonderful to be barefoot with sandy toes and books for a whole week. Very few distractions -- perhaps a dip in the wonderfully warm aqua water off of Ocracoke--- interrupted my reading. I truly was barefoot with books this week. So what did I read?
THe first on the list was to finish Fake ID by Walter Sorrels-- a YA pick that is a page turner but not realistic at all. Will kids like it-- yeah probably, but I felt the writing was similar to the action movies like Die Hard.... what inplausible dangerous scene can we add for our heroine to deal with now? Gun toting thugs who make her dig her own grave? Mad dashes through rickety houses where the bad guys don't know where to step? A 16 year old girl must find her mother and her own identity before it is too late. I wouldn't buy this one for your shelves.
For an adult read I read Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish. This is chik lit with a capital C. Annie is dead and has arranged before her death of terminal cancer a traveling funeral for her friends. SHe attends via her ashes contained in red high top tennis shoes, but is sprinkled at various stops along the way. There are many tears, laughter, and amazing episodes en route--- with the messages pounded home that life is a gift to be embraced. It is a lovely message and I felt like a part of the traveling entourage, but the "message" got a bit repetitive. Overall it was a good read and now I am on the search for a pair of red high top shoes for myself as a reminder to embrace the goodness and miraculous in the everyday.
Did I read other books--- yes-- but they can wait for another post! Keep reading--
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