It’s been busy this past week, and this weekend was also super-busy, as we went to see the musical “Something Rotten” in Stratford yesterday - it was excellent! I would highly recommend it to anyone, so if you get a chance to see it, don’t pass it up!! These past few weeks I’ve been finishing books in the middle of the week, which kind of throws me off-schedule.
Last week I finished reading Liane Moriarty’s latest novel, Here One Moment. If you could know your age of death and cause of death, what would you do? Would you want to know? And if you knew, would it change the way you lived your life? These are just some of the questions that this novel asks readers to ponder as we’re plunged into what appears to be an elderly clairvoyant delivering age of death and cause of death proclamations to passengers on a short flight from Hobart to Sydney, held hostage in their seats as the plane is mid-flight. Some of the passengers who receive this news are middle-aged workaholic Leo, newlywed bride Eve, eighteen-year-old Kayla, and twenty-eight-year-old flight attendant Allegra. Initially these are not taken too seriously (but a little bit seriously), until first one death occurs at the time and in the same manner as predicted, then two more follow. Suddenly everyone is doing their best to avoid death by the causes predicted by the "Death Lady". But as we follow the passengers into their futures, we delve into the deep and detailed past of Cherry Lockwood, the “Death Lady” herself, and discover what has occurred in her life that would lead her to be on this flight. I don’t want to give too much away, but it was an excellent read, and in true Moriarty fashion, the conclusion looks very different from what we are led to assume at the beginning. We get stories from many different points of view, so also in typical Moriarty fashion, it may seem a bit confusing at first, but soon you’ll know who everyone is and also what their prediction is. I would highly recommend this to anyone, whether you’re already a fan or new to this bestselling Australian author’s books. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!
That’s all for tonight. Have a good week and keep reading!
Bye for now... Julie
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