I hate to say I was out of country without access to the internet, but unfortunately that is exactly what happened on my trip. It was truly horrifying to be out of touch. While I was away I did read a book and got further into Les Miserables. Here are the books that I read:
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall. This book was published in 2014 by Penguin Random House Company. This is a non-fiction book about the friendship that developed between Carol Wall and her gardener Mister Owita. He helps her look at life a little differently, she is up against cancer and quite frankly scared, which makes her defensive.
This was a good book but brought me back to my days of fighting cancer, we had a different view of people helping. I eventually accepted help and relied on my friends and family to get me through, and I did have days of doubt, but I prayed through these times. However, her cancer was certainly more pronounced due to her history.
A good book, but I caution you if you have cancer depending on your mindset this may help you, but there is the possibility it may make you sad.
The Game: A Mary Russell Novel by Laurie R. King, published in 2010 by Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks. It has a copyright 2004. If you like Sherlock Holmes you will like this book series. The series starts with The Beekeepers Apprentice, where we first meet Mary Russell. The author starts our book by saying she has found or received a set of letters and notebooks written by Mary Russell that the author is putting to print. The book I just read is the 7th book in the series, which sends us on an adventure in India. What I thought was funny was Holmes and Russell set off on their adventure on a ship heading to India, why funny is that I was on a ship and some of Miss Russell's thoughts were exactly what I was feeling at the moment. Nice adventure, especially if you are on one.
The Uninvited Ghost by EJ Cooperman, published by the Berkley Prime Crime Books, 2011. This is the second in a series based on a woman and daughter by a home to turn into a seaside retreat. Unfortunately the house is haunted by a couple of ghosts who had been murdered in the house. One is a detective who was trying to help the previous owner find out who was threatening her. The other, of course, is the previous owner. We find out the daughter can see them, mom cannot, until an accident gives her the ability to see and speak to them. She solves the murder and this brings us to the second book, in which a ghost at another house has been commissioned to scare and older woman. He is blind and thinks he has killed her, so he goes to see his the ghosts at the seaside retreat to help him find out if he actually killed someone. Interesting book and a very fast read.
