Time marches on

When I last posted I was beginning the chore or wading through our 4000+ pictures from our trip to China and Hong Kong. Well I have not made significant progress on the pictures for several reasons- life, life and life. Doctors' appointments, volunteer work, Election day work (I am the Moderator for Absentee Ballots in our town). It all adds up plus I don't like to sort pictures when I am tired. And I try to include time for my sewing and reading. So, the pictures are slowly coming along. And I finally finished one of my Goodreads giveaway books- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler. First, our book club did meet in October at a local vineyard. It was a lovely setting with a beautiful sunset. Everyone contributed to our little potluck supper. The vineyard supplied the wine naturally. We had a fairly good discussion and it seemed that everyone enjoyed the book. I would not have read it otherwise. Our next book is The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. The Karen Fowler book was interesting. The narrator, Rosemary, started her story in the middle. Then went back to the beginning and finally to the end. It is the story of Fern, a chimp who is brought home to be raised side by side with Rosemary, as her sister, as an experiment by her parents, in particular her father. The story delves into the relationships established both simian and human and what happens when Fern is sent away to "The Farm". There is humor and sadness. I liked Fowler's writing style but confess that I was quite a few pages into the book before it was revealed that Fern was a chimp. A bit confusing for me but after I learned that it certainly cleared up the confusion. The book I just started (another giveaway from Goodreads) is The Garden of Letters which is historical fiction set in Italy in WWII. Historical fiction is my favorite genre.