pickThis story showing a day in the life of workers in a restaurant about to shut down resonated with me. My parents had a Chinese restaurant and so much was familiar: the worries about staying afloat, the conflicts and camaraderie among staff, the disappointment when no customers show up, and then the chaos when they all come at once!
#gottacatchemall (Rattata: dark cover) @PuddleJumper
#BookCrossing
pickIncredibly good, sad, and real. Just a book about not much that gripped me.
Another quick read to boot my totals for the year. Looking into the lives of others is fascinating.
Setting up for #audiopainting while listening to the tagged book. I love weekends 😊
(I love this mug too! I use it non-stop the week leading up to Thanksgiving then scarcely at all the rest of the year. 🥧)
pickO‘Nan is quickly becoming a favorite author - I love how authentic his characters are and his attention to detail is not overly written but so precise in the setting, mood and time.This is a short novella about a small crew of characters working the final shift ,just days before Xmas, in a mall located Red Lobster Diner. It‘s so pitch perfect in its simplicity, I just wish it would have been a longer story.
pickI picked this up last minute at a 2NC solely based on the fact that @BarbaraBB liked it. I had it in my head that it was about lobster fisherman. No. It‘s not. It‘s about the last night of a closing forever Red Lobster restaurant. Despite the surprise, I enjoyed these characters. Manny the manager questioning how it all went wrong. Roz the lifer. Ty the chef hoping to have a good last service with a small crew. And Manny‘s ex whom he still loves.
Recent library/Book Outlet/2NC haul! Five short story collections (bottom ones), which I‘m really pleased about. There are also a couple for author a month and then the tagged novella I remember @BarbaraBB enjoying. 👍🏻🤩💜
#BookReport 05/23
Four books, all good. I finished two more for the #ToB23, one of O‘Nans backlist and the surprisingly good horror novel for #Roll100. A very satisfying reading week 👌🏽
This is a total #blameitonbarbara purchase! @BarbaraBB
It‘s a bit scruffy but I only paid Q9.14 for it!
It‘s also travelled rather a long way so it‘s bound to be a bit battered; from Hillsdale Public Library in New Jersey to North Yorkshire in the UK!
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