Wow that’s great Judy! Like Dar’s songs. Glad you saw her in concert. I’m curious about the Charles Yu novel. I have not read him before. I definitely need to see more movies before the Oscars such as Bombshell. We saw Joker recently and didn’t like it too much …. pretty bleak stuff!

Hi Ti, sounds like you are back in the full swing of things post holidays & are off to a good reading start for 2020. I think Just Mercy would be a wonderful book club pick — I’d like to combine the book & movie soon too. Perhaps I’ll let you vet the novel Dear Edward for me …. I have heard it is good. I’ll stop by your site soon to find out which shows your daughter will be involved. Sounds good.

Just Mercy. I chose the book for my book club to read. At the time, there was no buzz for it and no mention of the movie. Now, I wonder if we can combine the the book and the movie in the meeting.

My reading is on fire. I will probably only say this once because for whatever reason, I get side tracked by life and then begin to fall behind but I will be on book 4 this weekend, and I think it will be The Other Mrs. Miller. I just want to read and read and not think about work.

Of course, my daughter’s shows have arrived so three weeks of production week will be a challenge to work around. Getting food into her body is even a challenge when you only come off stage for a few minutes at a time.

Yeah JoAnn … the movie of Just Mercy I look forward to hearing what you think if you see it. A Post reviewer liked it but who knows if it can come close to the memoir. I can’t believe you’re starting with an 800 pager, wow! Still it’s quality over quantity that counts. Last year, the long Goldfinch novel took me a month but in the end it was worth it. Best wishes with your reading.

Yeah Deb you are right. I think if we want to stop mass immigration from happening then maybe we should try to help stabilize the homelands these people are fleeing from. Can’t we do more on that front? Thx for stopping by.

Hey Susie, you are off to a great start in 2020. I still need to get my hands on these books but I’m on the library list. We are supposed to get our first bad cold Arctic air blast this coming weekend. It should be grueling. I’m sure a movie would be perfect for such conditions. Perhaps 1917. I enjoyed seeing Little Women over Xmas.

Excellent Dorothy. I hope you are having a good start to 2020. I will pop over to your site soon to see what you’re reading.

American Dirt is getting so much hype and I’m eager to read it. Long Bright River sounds really good, too, and I heard someone mention that it would make an excellent pairing with Dopesick (nonfiction)

Just Mercy is one of the best books I’ve ever read, so am slightly apprehensive about the film adaptation. Still looking forward to it though…