I’ve been up since 5:15 a.m. and it’s now almost 11:30 at night and I’m tired so I’ll make this short and sweet and maybe you won’t see how crabby I am 🤔😂
Well we’ve had a similar prompt recently and I answered it.
On days I don’t go out I get up around 5:30 and go walking for about 3 miles then come home and drink two bottles of water. I’ll then take care of my cats and guinea pigs and do some housework which varies from day to day, several times a week I’ll mop but I have my daily every day chores as well. Laundry is a constant. I’ll try to fit some time in for reading right about now . I don’t usually cook breakfast or lunch because they are old enough to cook their own and everybody seems to be on their own time schedule as well. I usually, like 5 days a week cook dinner unless I’m too tired those nights hubby will cook it or it’s a make your own dinner. That frozen stuff comes in handy sometimes doesn’t it? There’s a variety of things I can do after dinner including yard/garden work , washing dishes and sometimes it’s nothing. When it cools in the evening I like to take a walk before bedtime . Next is my bedtime shower to cool off and relax then reading time and bed.
Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?
To me a sustainable lifestyle is one where I feel good that day both mentally and physically. I try to get enough sleep, take me time , spending time in nature, strengthening relationships, especially with my husband and children, keeping physically fit, eating properly, showering before bed to cool off and relax , proper skin care.
400 pages St. Martin’s Press Publish date October 23, 2023
Pub Date Sep 28 2023 Bonnier Books UK/Jaffre publisher
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a story of sisterhood and survival, inspired by a true story.
A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris.
In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again.
Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese she joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the Vyner Brooke merchant ship. Only two days later, they are bombarded from the air off the coast of Indonesia, and in a matter of hours, the Vyner Brooke lies broken on the seabed.
After surviving a brutal 24 hours in the sea, Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of a remote island, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in one of their notorious POW camps. The camps are places of starvation and brutality, where disease runs rampant. Sisters in arms, Norah and Nesta fight side by side every day, helping whoever they can, and discovering in themselves and each other extraordinary reserves of courage, resourcefulness and determination.
Sisters under the Rising Sun is a story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka’s Journey and Three Sisters.
MY THOUGHTS
One thing that gets to me when I read a Heather Morris book is how realistic they are. I love the fact that they are based on real people and situations and that I learn so much from them.
Her book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is my absolute favorite historical fiction book of all time. It’s just an incredible book. Sisters Under The rising Sun is an unputdownable book. It’s heartbreaking, yet full of courageous moments and actions.
The women displayed such bravery in the face of adversity time after time. This was a very well researched book, and I enjoyed the author’s notes in the back of the book. We learn more about the characters and their life after the events at the end of the book.
Brave women are struggling to survive in Japanese POW camps in WWII. Their lives were a living hell, faced with starvation, abuse, deprivation of the most basic needs. A novel of sisterhood, bound together by chance and the need to survive the dark circumstances that their life has become. Let us remember these women and the many sacrifices they have given.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
THE AUTHOR
Heather Morris is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Their friendship grew and Lale embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale’s story as a screenplay – which ranked high in international competitions – before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
I hope you’re having a wonderful day. Thank you for stopping in.
Good morning Wednesday 🌻 pleased to see you today. We are at 80 going up to 93. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood 🌅. Dropped the car off at the repair shop and our son drove us home. We are forecast to have strong thunderstorms today, strong winds and possibly hail. You’d never know by looking outside as it’s perfectly sunny ☀️😎 right now. Heading off to the Hagerstown library shortly and I have an overdue book and 4 to pick up. 📚📚📚📚☕
It’s been a busy day so far. Our son had a doctor’s appointment and so did our daughter this morning at 7 a.m. . Another son is out practicing driving and when my husband drops him off for work he’ll pick up a few prescriptions at the pharmacy. After that off to Walmart to try to find an a/c . We’re at 80 with a high going up to 90. I’m not sure where my reading time is but maybe I can sneak some in later. Hope you’re having a great day!
If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?
If I had to wear one outfit over and over again that would be boring. If I did have to though I would make sure it got washed regularly. I would have to choose my around the house clothes, a T-shirt and jeans with my Converse. I enjoy dressing up when I go out though so I would miss that.
Good morning friends. Does the weekend feel like it zipped by to you? It sure does to me. We are now at 68 with a high going up to 84 today. That’s cooler 😎 than it has been and I welcome it. When I was walking this morning 🌅 there was actually a breeze blowing and it felt great. I watched a couple of episodes of Hell’s Kitchen with my adult son. We are on season 11. We always choose who we think will win as we watch the first episode. We’ve actually been right a few times. I’m now reading a book my friend Carla just finished and reviewed. You’ve inspired me to get it off my shelf Carla and it’s so good. 😊 I hope you all have a great day!
389 pages William Morrow publisher April 9, 2024 publish date
ABOUT THE BOOK
Two feuding neighbors unite to resurrect a neglected city garden in this uplifting and quietly joyful novel by Sara Nisha Adams, author of the beloved The Reading List.
In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden. It was a beautiful thing once, a little oasis in a bustling city for neighbors by day and the local foxes at twilight. Now it’s overgrown and neglected, an empty patch of greenery lost to time.
Once a sanctuary, the garden’s gate is now firmly closed. And that’s exactly how Winston at No.79 likes it – anything to avoid Bernice, who has moved in next door with her young son. Their houses may share the garden, but they’re not exactly neighborly.
But then a mysterious parcel drops on Winston’s doormat. It contains no note, only a bundle of photographs of the garden in bloom many years ago—vibrant with flowers, filled with people from every corner of the community. Is someone trying to tell them something? The seed of an idea is planted…
Somewhere out there, a secret gardener made a decades-old promise to keep the community’s spirit alive. Now it’s time for The Twilight Garden to come out of hibernation.
A new family moves into the rowhouses on a busy street in London. It’s a mother and young son. They share a backyard garden that used to be a community garden enjoyed by generations past for its vegetables and many beautiful flowers.
Families would spend evenings visiting in the twilight reminiscing as the foxes played nearby. Living next door to the new family is a man with a broken love relationship, it’s run its course and now they have different dreams, and it doesn’t include each other. A young family next door isn’t what he was looking for and he tries to avoid them.
The dry earth and overgrown weed choked lot is an eyesore and best avoided. When he and the new neighbors start getting mail suggesting a garden and pictures and long-ago garden designs of the former beautiful garden, they both have the same idea to start beautifying it again.
Who is the mysterious person with the thoughts of brightening up the area again. As the work continues it brings the generations together again. The concept of the book is a great idea, and it was a warm feeling I had while reading it.
I was given a complimentary copy of the book. All opinions expressed are my own.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Nisha Adams is a writer and editor. She lives in London and was born in Hertfordshire to Indian and English parents. Her debut novel The Reading List was a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction 2021. Her second novel is The Twilight Garden.
Today will be a day of rest as much as possible. We’ve been going out day after day doing things and as much as I enjoy going out the body needs a day to rest and recharge. I also haven’t gotten much reading done and no reviews because I’m still on the same book after 3 days, very unusual for me. We are at 78 going up to a high of 88 today. I sure hope it actually feels cooler but we shall see. Our humidity is at 80 % and drops as the day gets warmer. It’s either high humidity or high temperatures so you can’t win. Time to get some laundry done today and catch up on some household chores.
Have a great day and I hope you’re able to get some rest today as well.
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