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I started this book yesterday and it had so much promise. The book, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, is about a woman waking up five years into the future. She spends one hour there with this man that is not who she is currently engaged to and then returns to her life in the present. Interesting right. Now, you’re curious to know how her life changed and when. Then, I get to the part where she meets this man from the future, and it all goes downhill. Downhill fast, like a car with no brakes. And it crashed and burnt.

I stopped listening right at the part where she met the future man. I knew where it was going and I didn’t like it. There are certain plot lines that I cannot read. I cannot read books with infidelity in marriages, shady friends, unnecessary or excessive drama, or sad books. I read books for entertainment and kind of an escape. It doesn’t make sense for me to read books that reminds me of the worst parts about life, and issues people face daily. No, thank you.

I absolutely need to go to Goodreads or Amazon before I pick any other books. In Five Years had a 3.8 star rating on Goodreads and a 4.3 rating on Amazon. If I had seen this beforehand, I know I wouldn’t have thought about reading the book. Since I was so discouraged, I had to read the reviews and see if there was anyone else who felt like me. Of course, there was. Unlike me, a few of these one star reviews actually finished the book. Then, they proceeded to write a review with spoilers. When I tell you, the book got much, much worse based on the reviews. Reading the reviews reinforced my decision to return that book immediately to the library. There happened to be 1 person waiting and I was happy to relinquish the book to them.

I rarely ever write reviews, positive or negative. My rule is, if I write a negative review, I have to write a positive one as well. I like to balance the scales. Also, I feel like, who am I to put down a person who worked hard to write a book. Creating worlds, multiple characters, and using their gift of writing to entertain the masses. Plus, I haven’t written a book. Yet, Rebecca could have kept this book. Or at least wrote a story line that was less depressing and selfish. There were so many different ways she could have went with this story.

I was trying not to drop any spoilers, just in case you didn’t want to take my advice and the advice of the other one star reviews, and read this book. Please don’t! Stay well and whole, and read those reviews. Much love 🧡 💚

This is not the post I planned on sharing tonight. Every time I tried to put a link in to the blog post, I kept getting an error message. I’m sure the app probably needs an update, but it hasn’t figured that out yet. So here I am throwing together a post at the last minute.

I am so close to reaching my book reading goal for this year. I have just finished my 101 book, Take A Moment by Nina Kaye, and oddly enough, the main character had multiple sclerosis (MS). This is the first book that I have read with a character having MS. It was funny because when it got to the part where they were going to reveal the diagnosis, I already knew. I still had to paused the book and give myself credit for figuring it out. Another gold star for Ebony ⭐️.

Her MS experience was very different from mine and it was interesting to hear her side. The author definitely did her research. Then at the end of the book, the author, Nina, talked about her own illness that inspired her to write this book. Nina has functional neurological disorder (FND). Never heard of it. After reading up on the symptoms, it is very similar to MS. FND is really just a term they use to describe an issue with how the brain receives and sends information to the rest of the body. The doctors don’t have a clue what is going on or what causes it, so they came up with a generic name. Functional neurological disorder encompasses anyone who is having symptoms similar to MS, but don’t have MS. My words, not theirs. Well, that is the impression I got when reading up on it. I feel like in some ways, FND is worst than MS because at least with MS, they have some ideas what is going on. They don’t have a clue in regards to FND.

I am happy that someone thought to not just write about a person with MS, but also make them the main character. A bunch of unrealistic shit happened in the book, but it’s fiction, so that is to be expected. My main issue with the book was how things were just falling into place for her from beginning to end. Now we know life is far from that. I felt so bad for her when her fiancé stormed off and said, “I didn’t sign up for this shit.” I guess it is a good thing he didn’t marry her because he would have absolutely signed up for that shit. To me, her fiancé leaving her was the most realistic part of the book.

The book was a romance novel, kinda, so there were parts that were a little too sappy for me. I am kinda over romance novels. In the book, the main character wrote a song and sang it with this band she joined because her new boyfriend had the hookup. See, unrealistic. The author, Nina, actually wrote the song and sang it in real life. It is a single called Take A Moment, just like the title of the book. The song is on Spotify and I have added it to Ebony’s Playlist, if you want to check it out. I won’t say I am a fan of the song, but I respect Nina for having the balls to do it. I will leave the song on the Playlist for a week or so.

I probably gave away a little too much in this review, but if you are interested, it is not a bad book to listen to or read. I have encountered so much worse. There are books out there I started, and I will never finish. Have you ever read a book with your illness featured in it? Or someone you know? If so, did it shock you or did you already realize it before the reveal? Three more books to go and I will have reached my goal, 104. I could combine all the books I did not finish into 3 books and slide across the finish line. Just a thought 😆. Be well and whole. Much Love 🧡 💚.

I really dislike bugs. All of them. Especially, palmetto bugs, mosquitoes, no see ems, and these damn spotted lanternflies. I hate when they touch my skin. I get so itchy, even my nose. I do everything in my power to kill them. I believe that I single-handedly killed all the spotted lanternflies at this office building. I am proud of myself for this. Gold star for Ebony ⭐️.

So, tell me why, I have saved this daddy long legs twice. What the fuck is wrong with me? His little goofy ass gets in the sink, I have no idea how, and he can’t get out. So here I am feeling sorry for him and assisting him out of the sink. The first time, I let him crawl on this bottle and deposited him on the counter close to the sink. What he do? Fall back into the sink. I had already saved him so I couldn’t just kill him now. I take the sponge and allow him to climb on. Now, I put him farther away from the sink. He walked away limping 😆. I don’t know why it is so funny, but I can’t stop laughing as I am remembering it. I just knew he went somewhere and died.

Of course not. I find his little ass stuck in the sink this morning. Ugh! What the hell? I’m just realizing that I have actually saved him three times. I take the sponge and let him climb on it. Again, I sit the sponge on the counter, away from the sink. This time, he just sat on the sponge. His ass was tired! I don’t know how long he had been fighting to get out. When I came back home today, he was gone. He must have gotten his energy back and walked off.

He better figure it out, and stay out of the sink. I feel like I have to keep saving him. It would be so cruel to kill him now. He probably thinks we’re friends and I would be stabbing him in the back 😂. I know one thing, he better be doing his job and  killing all the other bugs in this apartment. If I see any other bugs, I don’t know, it might be the end for him. I’m not too attached. I haven’t named him…yet. And this is going against all my principles letting him live. I guess I have gained another topic of conversation for therapy 😆. Anyways, be well and whole. Much Love 🧡 💚