the kind that's flawed

I'm meeting with a buncha girl strangers to discuss books tonight.
yep! always excited to talk with people that've "lived a thousand lives".

I was gonna wear my book boyfriends tshirt, but figured that this is a "first date" (heh!) some bookish gals are skittish and I'm (admittedly) a little much to handle in my excitement sometimes. So I'ma tone it down a little ....or try to anyway

Also I'm saving Jamie the add to his "nerd wife tales" for a later time.

watched the golden globes - Meryl Streep's perceived insult about football and mixed martial arts "not being an art" bothered Jamie last night. He thought it was elitist to say it "like how she did".

I guess I kind of get it ...and especially reading the twitter responses he wasn't the only one.

What baffles me is, that pissed people off but

• someone mocking the disabled 
• Trump U fraud settlement
• Russian hacking
• saying a woman should be punished for making choices regarding her body, 
• calling most Mexicans that come into the U.S, rapists and murderers, 
• bullying the Scottish out of their land to build a golf course...
• your president-elect being proud of not paying taxes and not showing his tax records

etc. - doesn't really get the same outrage?
Well...hmmm.

Finished
Elder Races #1 - Thea Harrison - I learned long ago that I'm not much of a "dragon story" person but this one wasn't bad. I think I'll take a look at the second one in the series.
Re-read - Wallflowers #1- Lisa Kleypas - all i remembered was the shoe part. Down on her luck girl tries to lock down titled husband but then comes Simon *sigh*. I forget how much I like Kleypas stories.
Matchmaker #1 - Candace Camp - I skipped some but there's potential here I think as it moves forward.
Catch a Falling Heiress - Laura Lee Guhrke - nope. I think this was my second time trying this one. My kindle read 3%. I just couldn't get into it. 
Magnate - Joanna Shupe - not bad just not all that great either - she reads kinda fringe for me.

Old 97's! - Tell me that you like the songs that tell the story of real love, the kind that's flawed

sweet Memphis Belle!

Memphis was fun! No it's not very pretty but the food is wonderful - that moves it way up in my book.
PLUS the people were very friendly.
I forget that about the South...Dallas has just really lost it's Southern-ness with the influx of people moving here.
There's hardly even any pretending to be nice anymore...ugh.

And so...back to Memphis....not sure why people are so obsessed with the ducks at the Peabody hotel?
Rendevous too was just kind of "eh". But Paynes BBQ (yummm!) , Gus's fried chicken, Bryant's breakfast and Restaurant Iris were all really good. And worth the wait. We sat at Blues Hall Juke Joint on Beale Street too for a bit - I think for sure we'd do that again if we ever go back! Fun.

I say the best way to see Memphis is sit at a bar somewhere and talk to people (that are highly likely to be cool talking with you)...I love those kindsa towns.

Read Joanna Schupe - mostly good, I'll read more.
Reading the second of  Laura Lee Guhrke's American Heiress series. It's kinda slow....

so I'm also reading a YA that my sister has told me is very popular right now called The Ascenders. Yet another YA being made into a movie (or tv show?).
I'm about half way through and though it's a good story concept there are dumb one-liners in there that throw me off. It's starting to drag a little in the middle AND there are contradictions too. Enough for even me to notice.

Back to household chores. And work tomorrow...