So, I've been feeling frugal and rereading a lot of books, or should I call them texts? They are mostly on Kindle. Not my point. I get new items each month via audio and this is my only guaranteed source of new material. It's weird how books aren't books. And if they're audio are they texts? Hmmmm. Stories (only my husband doesn't like that word because it makes him think of old ladies watching soap operas...)
Seriously? So she was 10 and engaged to a soldier. What kind of parenting did she have? Even assuming that she is closer to 50 than 40 she might have been 15 in 1975. And, according to the story her biological clock is still ticking, so I would assume that she's closer to 40.
So then I thought, hmmmmm, maybe this book was written 10 years ago. I didn't really think so because our intrepid herione (who manages to get into a number of secured offices and copy files) uses a thumb drive. I'm sure that they were around 10 years ago, but I don't think they were in common use. None the less, I look up the publication date: 2010. Yep. She's my age. Maybe a little older. Now, I had friends whose dads were in Vietnam. But to have a boyfriend who died there, I'm wondering how precocious this child was?!
Well, I haven't finished the book yet. So far it's not bad. But I really had to get the bad taste of this age issue out of my head and share it.
No great pastries lately...I wish.
Good eating and good reading.
So, anyway. I have been reading/listening to a new story called, A Pointed Death. The author is Kath Russell. It's not bad. It's about a biotech consultant in San Francisco. Her plot is OK, while not compelling it is basically keeping my interest. But here's the kicker: The heroine is is 40-something (which actually works for me considering how successful she is--I get a little tired of the 28 year old who has done it all and worked in the field for 10 years and has 50 published papers and a Nobel Prize) and her 2nd serious boyfriend was shot down and died in Vietnam. They had planned on marrying.
Seriously? So she was 10 and engaged to a soldier. What kind of parenting did she have? Even assuming that she is closer to 50 than 40 she might have been 15 in 1975. And, according to the story her biological clock is still ticking, so I would assume that she's closer to 40.
So then I thought, hmmmmm, maybe this book was written 10 years ago. I didn't really think so because our intrepid herione (who manages to get into a number of secured offices and copy files) uses a thumb drive. I'm sure that they were around 10 years ago, but I don't think they were in common use. None the less, I look up the publication date: 2010. Yep. She's my age. Maybe a little older. Now, I had friends whose dads were in Vietnam. But to have a boyfriend who died there, I'm wondering how precocious this child was?!
Well, I haven't finished the book yet. So far it's not bad. But I really had to get the bad taste of this age issue out of my head and share it.
No great pastries lately...I wish.
Good eating and good reading.
