The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise | 
pickA fun light read with a friendship between an early 20‘s woman, Tanner, who is disgruntled with life after an injury ends her college soccer career, and Louise, an octogenarian who may be on the run from the law for a jewel theft and from an old enemy.
It‘s a little bit road trip story, a little bit friendship meet cute with two grouchy characters, and there‘s a smidge of romance.
I liked this, and the narration was very good.
Hooked_on_books I really liked this one, too. I‘ve been thinking for a while between your upheaval lately and my not knowing when a move might happen, do you want to scale our gifting back to one book + one item? Or even skip Christmas altogether? I figure the holiday could either be a burden for you or a nice treat so I wasn‘t sure whether to suggest this or not. Let me know what you think. 2d
Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books I‘ve already shopped, which was a nice treat. Please don‘t feel you have to send a large box to me though- I enjoy shopping for others as it‘s own joy. The groundbreaking on my property is happening in the next week or two, house should be done in June, finally 😆. So anyway I‘ll be sending you a package, but no pressure on you. Hope everything is going well for you! 1d
Hooked_on_books Oh that‘s great! I just thought with the mess from the hurricane there it would be really hard on you and didn‘t want you to feel burdened, so I‘m glad that‘s not the case. I don‘t feel pressured at all—I love shopping for you since you love books as much as I do and no one else on my shopping list really fits that bill. I‘m really glad things are in a good place for you. 1d
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Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books Things are going well. My shop has a new building being renovated, and until it‘s ready in a month or so we‘ve been loaned space to work in. I‘ve been able to work almost full time the last couple weeks, and it‘s been busy with the holiday rush. (Our water boiling notice just got lifted after 55 days, so that feels pretty great too!) 22h
Hooked_on_books That‘s so good to hear. I‘ve been picking up news reports from time to time to see how things are going. I know some rebuilding will take years. I have no doubt the community will support one another and that‘s so good. Ultimately, there‘s the potential to make the community even stronger. Plus it‘s good for you to be back into a closer to normal schedule again. I‘m sure that feels good. 20h
Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books I‘m glad you‘re seeing some news about it still. The flooded areas still look really bad, though in some of the commercial areas and the arts district cleanup crews- mostly owners and volunteers- have been working really hard and there is improvement. A lot of the folks who lost homes have been given temporary sheds, RVs, or tiny homes, but many are still in tents, especially if they don‘t want to move from their property. 12h
Soubhiville There are a lot of organizations working very hard to get folks housed, but more help and funds are needed. Also so many people working to feed people for free, make sure their basic needs are met. Of course on the other hand, evictions are starting to happen due to job losses. It‘s a mess, and it will take a long time to clean up. Lots of seeing the good and the not so good in humanity. 12h
Hooked_on_books I‘ve watched some of what‘s gone on in Lahaina and it‘s been so ugly. And basically not at all publicized, even here. Our media has such a short attention span and I feel it does us such a disservice. People need to better understand how long this really takes. But I‘m glad to hear about the work of volunteers. Some of those organizations are pretty amazing. 3h
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