Sunday Confessions #108

 


Hello Sunday. I feel like I've spent the last 5 hours watching youtube gamers with my youngest and I have to say that I am entertained yet extremely board. Like I'm wasting my life...

Took one day away from my reading to relax. Felt great, but I miss my books, lol. Back to the reading.

Lets recap the week.


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Weekly Menu #416 And The Book Of The Week
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Book Review: The Scavenger Door by Suzanne Palmer
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Book Review: Reclaimed by Madeleine Roux
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Sunday Confessions #109


A Peculiar Combination

Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, Ellie's cousins Colm and Toby are off fighting against Hitler, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more.

So when Uncle Mick receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can't resist. All goes as planned--until the pair are caught redhanded. Ellie expects them to be taken straight to prison, but instead they are delivered to a large townhouse, where government official Major Ramsey is waiting with an offer: either Ellie agrees to help him break into a safe and retrieve blueprints that will be critical to the British war effort, before they can be delivered to a German spy, or he turns her over to the police.

Ellie doesn't care for the Major's imperious manner, but she has no choice, and besides, she's eager to do her bit for king and country. She may be a thief, but she's no coward. When she and the Major break into the house in question, they find instead the purported German spy dead on the floor, the safe already open and empty. Soon, Ellie and Major Ramsey are forced to put aside their differences to unmask the double-agent, as they try to stop allied plans falling into German hands. 




Going a little old school with Redemption by Switchfoot.



Still watching the Olympics. I was watching the women's hammer throw and I thought to myself, I could fit in here. I've never been a skinny athlete, although I did take ballet for 14 years. My shoulders are broad and I'm 5'11". Just right to throw hammers, lol.

Also watched men's trampoline with my 8 year old. He was really into it since we just got a trampoline ourselves. Definitely not the same thing, but cool just the same. We learned about Dong Dong, the Chinese Trampoliner, or whatever you call them. I Will never forget his name, or his epic routine. 


Moving right along.

70/100 2021 Reading Challenge
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34/196 in my Star Wars Legends challenge
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52/341 Gilmore Girls challenge
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49/100 in my 100 books before you die challenge


Hope you had a wonderful week. Leave me a comment below.


4 comments:

  1. Sometimes I get caught down the rabbit hole of watching cat reels on Instagram for way too long, lol so I can understand the YouTube thing. Love the cover of A Peculiar Combination. Hope the story is good, too!

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  2. "I am entertained yet extremely board. Like I'm wasting my life..."

    Me, every time I realize how long I've just been scrolling through my FB Groups posts.

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