Friday Night

Today during my soul sucking day at work, I made a plan. My plan for the week-end. I decided to stop by Walmart on my way home. Buy groceries. This is something I rarely do. I usually hurry home and go without groceries. Today I had a plan. I came home, put the groceries away, put on comfy clothes, and started cooking pizza. After dinner, I did just enough clean-up in the kitchen to make it presentable. This is the good part. My plan is READING. When I finish reading one book, I will READ another. The is the big plan. I just finished my first book. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. I started reading it a couple of nights ago.

The Old Lady is first on the waiting list for it. I know what you are thinking. Why would you lend the Old Lady a book again? Well, everyone deserves a second chance, even the Old Lady. She is basically good at heart. Sure there is her pill problem. Winter is approaching so there is also her cough syrup addiction. Besides those two things, she is good at heart. I know this time she will read the book quickly and give it back. I know it, because I expect her to say that in the comments of this blog. There is a waiting list behind her. I am going to trust she will get it back to be in a timely manner.

This is not the same level of writing we have come to expect from Mr. Sparks. Normally, his stories surprise me with a unique twist. Not so in this story. A mysterious woman appears in a small North Caroline town. She is determined to keep to herself. We meets Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two children. The story is how Kate and Alex slowly get to know each. Katie begins to let Alex into her life. Eventually, Katie's past catches up to the both of them.

It was nice to just read a story. I think I am going to rate it a 2. It is really more than a 2 but less than a 3. Unfortunately, there are not half ratings in this blog. Sorry Bride To Be.

Now I need to get back to the plan. Book two sitting next to me on the table ready to go.