Book Update

Okay...
Two down...
Prepare for spoilers...

The Castaways...A group of eight friends are met with tragedy when a couple (Greg and Tess) die in a sailing accident leaving behind their two twins. The book deals with the secrets left behind and how the remaining couples deal with the deaths. Ed is stuck being the police chief and dealing with a psychotic Andrea who can barely get herself together to take care of the twins. Phoebe is suddenly awake with possibilities (though torn with having given Tess medications) while her husband Addison retreats into solitude of his secret affair with Tess. Delilah feels the guilt of not having told Tess about what she knew (Greg was with the student that had tried to seduce him the night before he died) and Jeffery reminisces with Andrea, the little bit of normalcy she can feel.

The Sea Captain's Wife...Azuba dreams of going to sea with her sea captain husband but shortly after their marriage she is left behind. His visits are infrequent and while her family surrounds her she feels abandoned with her young daughter. Azuba loses a baby and in her grief meets the young new pastor. They enjoy each others company but in this invite scandal. When Azuba's husband returns, there is no explaining to him. He takes Azuba and her daughter to sea with him. The sea voyage is hard but they make it through. On their return trip (from Chile to Europe), they are faced with dead water and a severe food shortage. Oh and Azuba is with child. There is a small rebellion on board but eventually they reach Europe. Azuba has a healthy son and after some enjoyable times in Europe they return to the sea to go to Hong Kong. They are raided by pirates who kidnap their nurse and kill all but a handful of the men. The captain suffers a debilitating head wound and is forced to give up his command.

Currently, I've started to read Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs. Its pretty classic Temperance Brennan book.

I really liked the The Sea Captain's Wife. It was interesting and exciting.

I signed up for NaNoWriMo which is National Novel Writing Month. (Its the month of November.) I'm hoping to get some serious writing done