Because I am living alone at the moment (and for the next five months or so of moments) I have a lot of time for uninterrupted reading. It’s one of the best feelings there is, to have the quiet time to sit down with a good book, and to just let whatever else needs doing wait. Kind of a delicious spaced-out interlude in which the rest of the world ceases to matter.
Just finished Escape by Barbara Delinsky. It’s one of those feel good stories with a happy ending. Of course there’s a lot of stress and trauma and mucking about to get there, but you just know things will work out eventually for ALMOST everybody. And the ones it doesn’t all work out for, well that was their own damned fault. In the crazy world of workaholic lawyers in New York, Emily suddenly decides to walk away from it all and figure out her priorities in life because she’s mega stressed and no longer happy. How many people do you know who are working their butts off doing something they hate to do for all the wrong reasons? Take a good look in the mirror – one of them might be you.
Odd Jobs by Ben Lieberman is turning out to be a real page turner and everybody’s fate is up in the air. Of course I’m referring to the characters who are still alive at this point in the story. I’m about half way through it. If I review it now I’m less likely to give away the ending. Here’s the little blurb from Amazon:
College student Kevin Davenport is working any and every odd job to make it through school. He discovers who killed his father while working at the corrupt, mob-controlled, Kosher World Meat factory. Now he will stop at nothing to prevent the killers from ruining other families and to get his revenge, as well. Conventional techniques, such as going to the police, have not only been ineffective for others, these methods have proven to be virtual suicide.
It’s very well written and hard to put down. Unless you get interrupted by something like this next book.
Shift or Get off the Pot by Linda Edgecombe. My boss gave it to me as a gift. Do you think she’s trying to tell me something?? I started reading it last night at work and finished it when I got home, and decided I already have a life, thank you very much. There are some very insightful things in it of course, not that I needed to hear any of them. Okay, all sarcasm aside, it’s actually an excellent motivational book, which is why I was able to quickly read the whole thing. And also just in case there’s a test later I like to brown nose and appear to be smart. Funnily enough, it’s a lot like the Escape book, advising us to get rid of the negative things in our lives, discover what it is that makes us truly happy and fulfilled, and then get out there and have fun and enjoy life. Instead of being on “The Deferred Life Plan”, working ourselves to death so we can be happy some time in the future, we need to start living right now. Accept who you are, do your best, and learn to laugh again.
Apparently I need to accept the fact that I’m a Relator. (Not to be confused with realtor – I would suck at that job.) The other choices are Socializer, Thinker, and Director. Get the book and find out who you are! Or if, like me, you already know everything, never mind. And now, back to the grizzly murder mystery. I definitely have my priorities straight.
Breathing Space 
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