Two things about The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. 1. Read it until the VERY LAST SENTENCE. Don’t skim the last chapter. In fact, before you read the last chapter, take a break, pour a drink-of-choice, light up something, make sure the distractions are quiet or gone for at least 5 minutes, and …
Posts from: June 2018
This was such a good book!! I read this while on vacation to Colorado and right before picking up our new puppy. I particularly enjoyed the depth of the mountain climbing scenes even though they were difficult, they were REAL. Add in the descriptive puppy details and this book hit my shelf at the perfect …
We have a new member of the family. Atlas joined us yesterday as an 8-week old puppy and he’s just wonderful! I got to meet his momma and dad and I know great things are in store for all of us. Atlas is a brittany spaniel. These babies are great for hunting and retrieving. They …
The next installment in the Sons of Broad series by Tara Thomas is an instant read. I got some answers to questions from previous books, I got to know a character I had almost forgotten about, I got my slow burn even with instant attraction, and I got my hopes up for an upcoming book …
Slowly We Die is the third book in a series by Swedish author, Emily Schepp. I highly recommend reading the first 2 books before settling into Slowly We Die. Someone is killing people and using medical scalpels to end their lives. Special Prosecutor Jana Berzelius is assigned to the case and she finds an old …
Sam and Merry, along with their small son Conner, leave New York and settle down in the quaint countryside of Sweden. Sam works as beginning film director that requires him to go into the city each day while Merry stays home and takes care of their son, tends the garden, cooks gourmet meals, and bakes …
What My Sister Knew by Nina Laurin was a dark yet satisfying book that held my attention until I finished the last sentence. While I did figure out a few plot details and the ending, the characters were so vivid that reading their story kept my Kindle pages turning. Late one night, Andrea’s car slides …
We still have clear air at our campground. We got up this morning and decided to drive over to Silverton. We knew the main tourist attraction, the Narrow-Gauge Railroad, was out of operation due to the National Forest closure. The train travels daily from Durango to Silverton and it is breathtaking. We took that train …
This morning, we loaded up the truck and traveled south to Telluride! For the next week, depending on the 416 Fire in Durango, we will be camping up above Telluride at the Matterhorn campground. This morning, we ate some granola bars and left the wide open spaces of Crested Butte behind. We stopped in Montrose …
Yesterday was market day in Crested Butte. Their Sunday market is perfect for an afternoon of walking the town streets and supporting local farmers and businesses. This is one of our favorite pickle vendors. If we could have hauled back all these jars, we would have. I picked up a gluten free cream cheese brownie …
Breakfast scramble for the win. I shall take this idea back to Tuscaloosa. Bacon is a must. Breakfast view from our condo. After breakfast, we went exploring. I think the views from the Crested Butte area are fantastic. Wildflowers are definitely blooming here. After checking out the scenes, we had lunch in town at Teocalli …
Leaving the Rocky Mountain National Park is always bittersweet. I have a ton of new memories but I know it might be a couple of years before we come back. Since we still tent camp, the odds are good we will be back next year because this campground has flushing toilets. I have no shame …
“In every story, there’s a hero and a villain. Sometimes one person can be both.” In this story of obsession, friendship, and murder, Jennifer Hillier has created a masterpiece that I could not put down. Angela, Geo, and Kaiser were best friends throughout high school. Angela was the popular one and Geo was happy to …
Yesterday was a slow and easy fishing day. That means I got to see some great water/mountain views and read some books while Stephen fished for trout. There is nothing as relaxing as reading by a stream in Colorado. We saw more elk and another moose playing in the ponds. We ate dinner at my …
Every once in a while, a book will come along and grab my attention until the very end. Relentless is just that book. This is the second book in the Somerton Security series by Elizabeth Dyer and it can be read as a stand-alone. Ethan Somerton is searching for his presumed-dead friend and he’s going …
We started off the morning by making a plan to find pillows. Yes…pillows. We did something we have NEVER done in all our years of traveling (and we travel a LOT). We both left our pillows with bright blue pillowcases on the hotel bed in Denver. Last night, we rolled towels, took an Ambien each, …
FINALLY!! We are back in Colorado. This is year 9 for us. Beginning in 2009, we started spending each June out west in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. Our favorite place is by far Colorado. Last summer, we had to skip the trip. We were finishing up the house construction and just could not leave …
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris. Finn and Layla are on a romantic holiday and stop at a secluded area so Finn can use the restroom. When he returns, Layla is gone. Literally vanished into thin air. Or so we are led to believe. 12 years later, Finn has moved on and in a relationship …
10 years ago, Jess and Derek planned to sneak away for a private afternoon together in a secluded cabin. What they actually experienced was a 3-day captivity with a sadistic madman who said and did horrific things to Jess while Derek had to watch. With most of the town and her own family against her …