Review: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a beautiful story between a grandfather and grandson and also a dad and son. The way this story was written was like poetry, it really touches you in more ways then one. It's hard to tell a child about Alzheimer's, especially when that person doesn't know how to tell them themselves.

Noah Noah as his grandfather calls him, and the grandfather have shared a love with each for so many reasons, both love mathematics, grandpa's jokes, both love grandma/wife, and the love between them. Grandpa wants to tell Noah Noah what is happening to him before he forgets who they both are, but there fear for grandpa, fear losing all his wonderful memories of the life with grandma and her dislike for coriander, forgetting his favorite number game, him forgetting his son, Ted, who didn't like math but loved words, and forgetting who Noah Noah is. It's also hard for Noah Noah to see grandpa forgetting things, and not understanding or knowing what's wrong with grandpa as he see's his beloved grandfather decline.

This story will make you smile, laugh, and cry, you can feel the emotions come out of the story, it will leave you breathless and speechless, it will help you see things from a child's eye, and the fear of the adult, this is a wonderful story everyone should read

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Review: Mardi Gras Murder

Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

You can’t go wrong reading about Mardi Gras, with it’s fun, colorful, entertaining, excitement, and that’s exactly what I found reading this book. The descriptions of the characters, the place, the atmosphere, made me feel like I was involved in the whole aspect of the book.

Maggie is the main character and the amateur sleuths. Gran’ is a judge in the Miss Pelican contest, but when she takes ill, she convinces Maggie to be her replacement. After a confrontation with another judge, Maggie latter discovers him in his car….dead. Of course, Maggie can’t help herself, she’s going to jump in and investigate his death. There’s also a another small mystery in the background, which helps break up the book so it’s not all about the dead judge, you get to know the character’s more and more in each book.

Maggie herself smart, edge, she takes risks but nothing that will put her in harms away. The characters can be a little quirky, but that’s what brings the life to these characters. The book itself is the fourth in a series, and I found it to be easily read as a standalone, without feeling lost and wondering who was who. The plot was interesting and kept me entertained and wanting to keep reading it. When I did stop I couldn’t wait to get back to it to see what was happening, I keep second guessing as to who dun it, but when I finally settled on the one, I was very surprised I got it right, as sometimes I don’t. The descriptions of the characters, the town, the history was very well written and not so over the top as some are. The humor of the book was well written and in all the right spots.

Overall, this book is well worth the read.


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