WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD

Days 86 - 93:

I want to go back to Florida now!! We went (as always) to Cape San Blas and stayed in the same house that we've been in for a few years now. Although the weather wasn't great because of the tropical storm, we still had a ton of fun. We spent our time...

eating out at our usual restaurant Papa Joe's in Apalachicola






taking family pictures




playing cornhole (bean bag toss) on the beach




swimming at the neighborhood pool




making sand castles


laying out




sleeping...A LOT




walking on shells instead of sand


taking pictures of the beautiful clouds


dealing with the rain


and witnessing a rainbow on out last day


You can see why I would rather be there. :)

Day 94:



Happy 4th of July!! I hope everyone has an awesome and safe holiday!

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Now on to books.

I finished a really good detective novel that was written back in 1930 by Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon. The story follows the legendary Sam Spade as he is recruited by a woman who tends to cover the truth and then contacted by many other characters as they all search for the same thing: a maltese falcon. This book was pretty good even though there were some parts that I struggled to get through. When the scenes were action packed, I found it hard to put the book down, but there were moments that the story was hard to follow and it was quite boring. Overall, I think this is a good book to read; since it's short, it won't take long to get through either!

After finishing The Maltese Falcon, I attempted to read The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo. To be honest, the first chapter of this book was brutal; I couldn't make it through the second one either. I decided to put off reading it because Sara said that it gets better after those two chapters, so I'll try it again soon.

Now, I'm currently reading Bag of Bones by Stephen King. It's really good so far. I read it most of the way home yesterday. I think this book is going to be both a thriller and centered around a custody case. I'm only about 150 pages into it, but it feels like I just started it!

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I also received a couple awards while I was on vacation! I would follow the rules like I normally do, but I think I'll just acknowledge the awards and the givers this time :)

Thanks Island Gal for the first award: You're Going Places! And thanks to Veronica for the other You're Going Places award! Yall are too sweet! :)