Glad Game 2019 - April 26-28, 2019

April 26:

* water goal achieved

* sushi dinner with chosen family

April 27

* cut out a test pattern for a bycocket hat. (fingers crossed)

* got new to me wooden chairs for the kitchen so I can finally throw out the vinyl ones that Ozy has shredded.

* made messy art.

* woke in the middle of the night to find Lily Rose sleeping on my hip.

April 28:

* ENDGAME again. Just as good the second time around.

* got calligraphy and 2/3 of illumination inked on scroll before my tremor got bad! This is the most I've been able to do in one go in quite a while.

* finally sat and watched Bird Box on Netflix. I liked the book better. But thought some of the casting was really good.

* bruschetta and goat cheese on crackers for dinner. It was really hard not to make up more after eating what I made.

* went to bed early and Lily Rose again came up and snuggled against my arm. She seems to like snuggles where I am more or less prone. I'm ok with that.

2019 reading challenge: a book about a hobby

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


actually 2.5. It was just eh. Not enough to round up to a 3.

This book focuses on a group of women who become involved in, as the title suggests, a Friday Night Knitting Club in New York City.

There's Georgia and her 12 year old daughter, Dakota - owners of Walker and Daughter - a yarn store where the club meets. Georgia has raised her daughter on her own since her boyfriend skipped town before she found out she was pregnant, saying he needed to sow his oats.

Anita, Georgia's mentor and surrogate grandmother for Dakota, who is a widow and works in the store as something to do.

Lucie, a 40 something woman who works in video publishing who wants to be a mom, even though she is single with no plans for marriage.

Darwin, a post grad at NYU who is observing the club for her thesis on the oppression of the patriarchy and how knitting clubs and the like are just ways to oppress women.

Peri, a part time clerk in the store who is trying to become a name in specialized and high end knitted handbags.

And Cat, Georgia's former BFF from high school who is now a pampered and spoiled socialite with no idea how to function in the real world.

The only other big character is James, Dakota's father who comes back after 12+ years in an attempt to get to know his daughter and make amends with Georgia.

Like I said, the story was OK. I did like the way that the characters interacted and it seemed to do a decent job of portraying the friendships that mature adult women form over a common interest. I did have sympathy for Georgia when James first returns. But then it is revealed that the thing she hates most about him is of her own making not his. That's when I was "you brought this on yourself" and had a less than sympathetic emotion towards her. And I really hated the character of Cat. Even with "redemption" I just could not stand her.

I felt that the big tragedy at the end could have be done without and the story still work out and conclude well.

All in all, just ok, with no intention of finding and reading any of the other books in the series - as I cannot possibly picture where more stories could take the characters that would make me actually care.



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