Been a bit since I’ve made one of these.
Still Alice A book about a woman who gets early onset dementia. Very depressing, 10/10 would not recommend reading it. The whole time I was worried I was getting divorced from Brian and my kids hated me. This was for book club. It did bring up some interesting questions, like would you get tested to know if you’re predisposed. I am unsure.
When Breath Becomes Air I have a list of books I’ve saved to Amazon I’ve been meaning to read. Audio books in the car is my new thing, and I also finally figured out connecting to the military library via an app, so I perused my list to find one that was available via the library. This was one… except that it is another depressing story of getting sick too young. Mind you, I’m reading these while my husband is away, which makes it that much more difficult to not think WE HAVE NO TIME LEFT TOGETHER. Anyway, this is about a doctor who gets lung cancer and his balance with leading the rest of his life not knowing how much time he has left. Keep pursuing doctor career? Spend all time with family? I thought it would delve more into what makes a life a life, it did a little but it was mostly about the balance part. Anyway, another 10/10 would not recommend.
Brittney vs. Spears Documentary As Brian would say, there’s two sides to every story and we’re only hearing one. But man, is this a compelling story against a money hungry father. And conservatorship is nasty, something that one wouldn’t even think could exist in America. If everything that was said was true, she was essentially a slave.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark How long is it before you stop finding stuff out about your significant other that you didn’t know? Apparently Brian is a big fan of the Indiana Jones’ movies. So while he was gone I thought I’d start them (Can’t remember if I posted this, but I was looking for pop culture series to catch up on while he was away. My family wasn’t big on watching movies. I started with Lord of the Rings. We also did Star Wars back in quarantine). This is such a boy movie. Not a fan.
Maid: Based on a book, this woman who was impregnated young and by an abusive boyfriend tries to leave him and make it on her own. I did not like it, because while I guess the choices she makes could be believable, some of them are outright really dumb (like going back to him while this very smart, handsome, funny guy is trying to date her). She seems too smart and emotionally intelligent to do that. I feel like in real life it’s definitely plausible women make that choice, but her character is very much built to make you believe she wouldn’t. As a series it hooked me, so I guess it did what it was supposed to.
Love Hard A Movie about a woman who flies to some guy she’s been talking to online dating for Christmas and it turns out she’s been catfished (his pictures and profile were actually of his best friend). I’ve never actually shown up to a date that’s done this, but I have found out that people were not who they said they were. So of course the story line intrigued me, and you can predict how it ends, but it’s really cute and funny.
Alec Baldwin’s interview with George Stephanopolous via YouTubeTV- It was very interesting to hear his angle and his claims of innocence. I told Brian that I’d never feel comfortable pointing a gun at anyone, regardless of how many times I checked it wasn’t loaded and I’d never get myself to do it. Brian thinks that Alec was irresponsible for not checking the gun status out himself. Either way, a very difficult tragedy that will haunt Alec for a long long time.