Sara Reads Things

  Hello Sunday! What a week. Good news, my husbands biopsy test results came back negative for cancer, so we are in the clear there. Still don't know what is causing all his issues, but the doctors haven't given up and neither have we. Lets recap the week. Sunday Confessions #119 ~ Weekly Menu #427 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Dune ~ Book Review: Young Again by Gretchen Johnson ~ Throwback Thursday: Wither by Lauren DeSteffano ~ Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty Weekly Menu #428 And The Book Of The Week ~ October 2021 Wrap Up ~ Book Review: Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire ~ Book Review: Written in my own Hearts Blood by Diana Gabaldon ~ Sunday Confessions #121 After the stress of last week between my son's issues at school and my husbands health issues and surgery, I surprisingly only read one short book. This means I am still working on this little ditty.  I'm only a few chapters in and the author is still setting up the cha...

  Title: Nine Perfect Strangers By: Liane Moriarty Genre: Fiction Pages: 453 Release Date: November 6th, 2018 Publisher: Flatiron Books Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? These nine perfect strangers are about to find out... Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be. Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues ...

  Its Throwback Thursday time! A recap and review of the oldest book I've read recently. This book comes from 2011, a mere 10 years ago, but I haven't read it until now. Lets take a look. Title: Wither By: Lauren DeSteffano Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 358 Release Date: March 22nd, 2011 Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children. When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with he...

  Title: Young Again By: Gretchen Johnson Genre: Fiction Pages: 290 Release Date: August 16th, 2021 Publisher: Golden Antelope Press Rating: ★★★☆☆   Summary from Goodreads: What would it feel like to find your middle-aged self suddenly living back in a college dorm room? Four faculty members at Prairie State College in Minnesota are about to find out after their administration comes up with a bizarre strategy to improve graduation rates -- The Faculty Dorm Dweller Program. While the idea seems promising to the administration, it doesn't take long for problems to arise--problems which readers will find appallingly funny, situations they'll find stimulate both empathy and snark. As Johnson says, "It's not so much a fish-out-of-water scenario as it is an older fish returning to a pond she'd lived in years ago." So Juanita Jane Ruckler, a fiftyish English professor, proves that she's not old by having an affair with a nineteen-year-old student. Lyla Benson, re...

  Title:  Dune Genre:  Scifi Release Date:   October 2nd, 2021 My Rating: ★★★★★ IMDB Rating:  8.3/10 Cast: Timothée Chalamet , Rebecca Ferguson , Oscar Isaac , Jason Momoa , Josh Brolin   Summary from IMDB:  Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.   IMDB Trailer   Review: Can I just say that I absolutely loved this movie. As a fan of the book Dune, I was super excited to hear this was coming out. The amount of huge name actors is amazing, and some of their parts aren't that big, but still so important. The world building and cinematics are amazing. The acting is full of depth and really brings to life the characters that I love so much. The story was split into pieces and left on a cliff hanger, so we are now going to have to wait for the next installment. That will give me plenty of time to re-re...

  Hello Monday! Last week was a hard week for us. Between work, school issues and my husbands surgery, it was a rough week. I didn't get much reading done. In fact, I think I only read one book, and it was a small book. Since I didn't read last weeks book, I will still be working on that one, but also reading The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer. If you didn't already know, I'm a huge historical fiction buff and can't wait to read this one. What are you reading this week? Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU   Monday Sloppy Joe Sliders   Tuesday Air Fryer Salmon   Wednesday Chicken Meatball Alfredo   Thursday Classic Rueben Sandwich   Friday Instant Pot Roast Beef W/ Baked Potatoes and Corn   Saturday Pesto Eggs and Toast   Sunday Ground Chickens Tacos

  Hello Sunday! Welcome back to another week of reading and reviewing. There were a lot of great books up on the blog this week and I can't wait to share with you what we have coming up next week.  Sunday Confessions #118 ~ Weekly Menu #426 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Free Guy ~ Book Review: Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman ~ Book Shelf Confessions October 2021 ~ Book Review: Anxious People by Fredrick Backman Weekly Menu #427 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Young Again by Gretchen Johnson ~ Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty ~ Sunday Confessions #120 I haven't started this one yet, but I'm really excited to do so. This book has been all over my blog feeds and sounds exciting and a little dark. I can't wait to see what's beyond the cover. Discovery + just added the entire Ghost Hunter series to their streaming service. This show was what got me hooked on the paranormal and the unknown. I love rewatching some of my favorite episode...