Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • _12th of Never_ by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro Continuing the Women’s Murder Club series, Patterson and Paetro did another decent, but not fantastic job of creating both suspense and progression of the characters’ lives. While the suspenseful parts were good, I felt as if most of the storylines were disjointed, which I know I have mentioned before in this series. In some of the books, certain characters are the main focus while…

  • It has been almost a week now that I have been in Thailand. R and I are back in Phuket, where I have been mostly sleeping, reading and watching movies. 😀 We are staying at a pretty nice place, despite the ongoing construction. It is called Kata Ocean View Residences, which is up on the hill from the main road in Kata/Karon area. Where we are staying is a seaview condo with two…

  • _Public Apology:  In Which a Man Grapples With A Lifetime of Regret, One Incident At A Time_ by Dave Bry Due to my friend and college-mate being a very successful editor, I keep track of new novels that come out from her publishing company. This was one of her latest successful novels. Dave Bry has a very entertaining style with a personal touch in his stories that allows readers to feel as if…

  • _Alex Cross, Run_ by James Patterson What is a vacation without some James Patterson novels? I have been waiting to read some of his latest releases until the summer break because I knew that I would enjoy them more. This is another of the Alex Cross stories, continuing from previous storylines. There’s a bad guy, there’s death and sadness with victory in the end. Did I give too much away? 😉 There’s not…

  • _The Pillars of the Earth_ by Ken Follett This is a book I have heard a lot about and an author who has gotten a lot of attention, yet I have never really paid any attention to either one. However, when a friend at work read another book by him (don’t remember the title), I thought I would try this one since I had heard it mentioned many times. Usually I try to…

  • In my family, we used to always celebrate the 4th by having a large family picnic or BBQ. I am not always here during this time of year, but since I was home, it was nice to bring some tradition back. We had a potluck and shared some tasty beverages whilst briefly catching up. Although we do not see each other as much as we used to, with age it seems to get…

  • There has been a lot of talk about paraben-free products for a while and generally I have not paid a lot of attention to it as I have sensitive skin and most of the time avoid overly chemically products. However, I did not realize that parabens are everywhere and that sulphates are just as bad. For me, I have always avoided high alcohol products or those free of fragrance and dyes. Little did…

  • It is nice to be ‘home’ with my family. It is strange for us all to be more or less living under the same roof again after so many years, but somehow it seems to be working out okay. The weather has been amazingly beautiful after a first couple of clouds and drizzle. I’m sitting outside feeling a cool breeze and the warm 85 degree (higher?) sun on me as I attempt to…

  • Earlier this year, I had some allergy tests done via blood in Abu Dhabi. The results showed I am allergic to most of the things I had expected and a few surprises. However, I was not totally satisfied with just the blood tests. So, my mom made an appointment for me at a local allergist and I got a lot more information from him. Basically, I am highly sensitive to a number of…

  • Well, a new month brings me back to trying to write more consistently. I am not sure what happened to June, but in any case, I am going to try to keep to a writing schedule since I am on summer break. 😉 I have been home with my family for about a week now. It has been pretty good and relaxing so far. I have not really done too much other than…

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