My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

My Mac and cheese with fake bacon was sooo tasty, DD is really excited now because we can make carbonara again 😀
My new work shoes arrived and they are lovely and comfortable so I will definitely be keeping them,I wore them round the house this afternoon and they feel like slippers, they also have a well covered toe in a suede material, my last ones were more mesh and got a hole in them, these have mesh panels but a covered toe and are exactly what I have been looking for for months 
It's been a dark wet day all day and I'm beginning to wonder if summer will ever arrive. My poor 🐓🐓are so fed up with getting wet, I went up earlier and their run was just a squelchy mess so I gave it an unscheduled clean out, it has a roof but it leaks a bit so gets wet, mind you the ran has mostly been sideways anyway so the roof is a waste of time, at least their house is lovely and dry 😊
Im back at work tomorrow doing a  nice 9-5 so will be home in the evening nice and early, I've then got Saturday off and a long day on Sunday. I think I'm working day on day off for the next two weeks so will be tired but after that I'm on holiday and I can't wait 😀

WinterWarrior

Onebrokelady said:

I have only given up on a couple of books that I can remember, one was called Waiting and I can't remember the authors name and the other was The Handmaids Tale, i just found it too disturbing. I tend to be determined to finish most books in the hope that they redeem themselves at the end 😀

Were you waiting for the end? 😬 I’ve not tried the hand maids tale. I usually soldier on unless they are very badly written, but it really slows me down if I’m not enjoying them. One that was really slow going at the beginning and then turned out to be really excellent was The Host by Stephenie Meyer ... it took ages to get going, but then really redeemed itself. 

Sun_Addict

I’ve only given up on one book, I can’t remember it’s name but it was about a man turning into a wolf and back to a man. It was absolutely dire ☹️ Another one I struggled with was We need to talk about Kevin, found it too harrowing and wordy but worth sticking with for the shocking end.

Onebrokelady

WinterWarrior said:

Onebrokelady said:

I have only given up on a couple of books that I can remember, one was called Waiting and I can't remember the authors name and the other was The Handmaids Tale, i just found it too disturbing. I tend to be determined to finish most books in the hope that they redeem themselves at the end 😀

Were you waiting for the end? 😬 I’ve not tried the hand maids tale. I usually soldier on unless they are very badly written, but it really slows me down if I’m not enjoying them. One that was really slow going at the beginning and then turned out to be really excellent was The Host by Stephenie Meyer ... it took ages to get going, but then really redeemed itself. 

😂😂  that's what keeps me hooked you sometimes don't know until the end if it's going to be good or not 

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

I’ve only given up on one book, I can’t remember it’s name but it was about a man turning into a wolf and back to a man. It was absolutely dire ☹️ Another one I struggled with was We need to talk about Kevin, found it too harrowing and wordy but worth sticking with for the shocking end.

I keep meaning to read this but I'm not sure if I would enjoy it, might have to give it a try 

milann

I couldn’t put We Need to Talk About Kevin down. I didn’t know anything about the book .....harrowing and compelling all at the same time. I gave up on one How to Stop Time.....a man had some syndrome and lived hundreds of years and kept jumping between time zones.....in fact I haven’t really got into any books since and that was months ago. I usually make myself stick with a book till the end, just doesn’t seem right not to finish - but I just couldn’t stomach this one.
Your shoes sound perfect 👍

Sun_Addict

I mix between genres and particularly enjoy CL Taylor, Harlan Coben and Claire Mackintosh for thrillers. On the other hand I also love Carole Matthews, Fern Britton and Santa Montefiore for lighter reading. I follow Carole on FB and she is lovely, so down to earth, always responds if you comment. One of my favourite reads from last year was Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine which was a lovely book.

Seasidegal58

I remember giving up on 'Moby !!!!!!' when I was a teenager!🐳
I'm getting really lazy with my choice of books as I age. At one time I would read most things that were given critical acclaim. Some I liked and some I didn't, but I felt at least they pushed me out of my comfort zone. These days I find I stick with historical, mysteries and psychological thrillers. And I still re-read all my old favourites.  I've got quite a few new novels stacked up on kindle that I haven't read yet - plus I get a free kindle download every so often from my Times subscription  - Richard Osman's is one I'm looking forward to as it's a murder mystery!  Oh and I still love non-fiction history. 

Onebrokelady

milann said:

I couldn’t put We Need to Talk About Kevin down. I didn’t know anything about the book .....harrowing and compelling all at the same time. I gave up on one How to Stop Time.....a man had some syndrome and lived hundreds of years and kept jumping between time zones.....in fact I haven’t really got into any books since and that was months ago. I usually make myself stick with a book till the end, just doesn’t seem right not to finish - but I just couldn’t stomach this one.
Your shoes sound perfect 👍

I have How To Stop Time in my pile to be read,Mat Haig is one of my most favourite authors, I've just read his newest book called The Midnight Library and it was brilliant 😊
His books can be a little odd though,I also love his non fiction, the first one I read was How To Stay Alive which was about his battle within depression and anxiety,my favourite non  fiction of his is Notes On A Nervous Planet which is about how the world we are living is making us sick,it's really interesting   

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

I mix between genres and particularly enjoy CL Taylor, Harlan Coben and Claire Mackintosh for thrillers. On the other hand I also love Carole Matthews, Fern Britton and Santa Montefiore for lighter reading. I follow Carole on FB and she is lovely, so down to earth, always responds if you comment. One of my favourite reads from last year was Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine which was a lovely book.

I go through phases of reading different genres, at the moment I'm into supernatural crime books or ghost stories ,when I need cheering up I always turn to some one like Fern Britton or Carol Mathews, I call them my happy ever after books 😊