Yep, that’s it! This book has been occupying all of my time; my free time, my wish-it-was-free-time, and my should-be-sleeping-time.
I could probably put it down if I was not determined to get a B or better in this class (paying for it if I get a B- or lower is the best motivator!). I have to say, the more I read it, the more it makes sense.
But I will be glad to move beyond null hypothesis, random samples, z-scores, and confidence intervals. 4 more weeks to go, and then on to hopefully a less grueling human resources class. I will never again forget what the mean, mode, and median are 😀
I apologize for my lack of posts, my blogs are my relaxation time! I do plan on starting a new story tonight; a light, fun read, likely a mystery. So as I try to get smarter, I will make sure I still make time for “me”.
Are you reading anything right now because you have to?
Words are [powerful] seeds. Once planted… words will bring forth flowers or weeds, health or disease, healing or poison. You carry a great responsibility for their use.
Dennis and Barbara Rainey, in Building Your Mate’s Self Esteem
I am going to start reading “To Catch a Bad Guy”, by Marie Astor. This is titled as Book 1 in the Janet Maple series. I have never heard of this author, so I am really excited to dig into this book and see how it is. It appears to be another mystery/suspense style that I really enjoy.
Have you heard of Marie or read any of her books? I have to say I am a bit concerned seeing as how the 2nd books title is “Catching the Bad Guy.” Really. Hmmm, seems a bit less than ambitious on finding a title that doesn’t sound exactly like the 1st book. I’ll let you know what I think a I get going!
This story didn’t end how I thought it would, but I guess I really didn’t know how it would end. I really had no clue or guesses throughout the story as to who the murderer(s) could be. Jane had a tough go of it, staying in the Crawford’s house, dealing with Jake, Marjory being a bully, Phoebe just being a bitch, and Isaac making her question what she really wanted to do with her life.
So how did it end? The Pastor at Harvest College ended up expelling Jane from school, it was that or fire Isaac. The school called her parents, unbeknownst to Jane, who found out when her parents came for the funerals. She did spill the beans from the get-go when she saw them about her crazy roommate, being evicted, and staying at the Crawfords. They let her know later they knew she had been expelled.
As everything kept piling up, the story was coming to a close. As Jane is running things at the house for the dinner after the funeral, everything comes to a head. Phoebe disappears, and Jane tracks her down to the master bedroom, being held down by the maintenance manager. It was him all along, as well as Pamela, who certainly didn’t plan on dying along with her husband.
So the murderer gets hauled away, Jane calls the pastor of the school to get re-enrolled, promising to not see Isaac. And her parents pay the rest of her tuition, books, and room and board. They are going to also buy her a car, but she has to come back home after she finished college.
Will she accept their deal? If she does, will Isaac wait for her?
This was a good story, and a fun read. It’s not the type of story you want to pick apart and make sure everything adds up 110% (such as not much throughout the story to give you hints about who it could be). Finding out who the killer was wasn’t an “AHA” moment, where I thought “How could I have missed that?”
Up next in this series, book #2, Dirty Little Murder. I may be picking up a different story before this one though. Tune in to see what’s next!
You know, “What-the-Dickens”? That guy. Yep. I’m still reading it. Except I haven’t picked it up in a week. Since about the time my 1st college class started for my MBA. So, I don’t know about you, but I find this completely unacceptable. So I will find a way to manage my time to include my recreational reading and blogging, and tell you how this story ends. Patience is a virtue, right?
and that right there is the truth!
More to come, sooner rather than later (fingers crossed)!
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