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Saturday, May 22, 2021
Editor's Pick
Government response to COVID:
Bhakti Radio:
PJ of the day:
I often wonder about people who live in tropical destinations. What do
their screen savers look like?
EVERYONE
KNOWS ALAN TURING WHO CRACKED ENIGMA CODES.
But nobody knows his sister Kay,
who provided drinks, snacks and sandwiches for him and his colleagues during
that time.
Links to explore:
https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/11/chinese-products-get-pulled-from-amazon/
Thrillers
The Holdout
- Author name: Graham Moore
- Date published: 2020
“The
Holdout” is set 10 years after the close of a murder case that shocked the
world with its lack of a criminal conviction. A true-crime docuseries has
brought together the jurors of that infamous case to discuss their surprising
original verdict, and things get even more twisted when one of their own turns
up dead in the hotel room of another. This legal thriller about how justice is
perceived was written by Graham Moore, a New York Times bestselling novelist
and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
The Guest List
- Author name: Lucy Foley
- Date published: 2020
A
magazine publisher and her television star beau have just welcomed a select
group of guests to a remote island off the coast of Ireland to celebrate their
wedding when a murder occurs. Everyone on the island has a motive and a secret,
and it’s up to the reader to discover who did it before the police do. Lucy
Foley’s “The Guest List” is an exciting new addition to the genre of isolated,
closed-circle mysteries, and is sure to keep you on your toes every step of the
way.
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Editor's Pick (COVID helplines and more...)
COVID help-lines:
PJ of the day:
THIS GIRL
RAN UP TO ME AT THE CEMETERY LAST NIGHT AND SAID, “I NEED TO PASS THROUGH THE
CEMETERY BUT I’M SCARED TO WALK ALONE. CAN YOU WALK THROUGH WITH ME?”
I said, “Oh yeah of course. Don’t
worry, I used to be super scared of cemeteries when I was alive too.”
Links to explore:
Thrillers
The Girl on the Train
- Author name: Paula Hawkins
- Date published: 2015
When
British author Paula Hawkins released her novel “The Girl on the Train” in
2015, many critics hailed it as the next “Gone Girl.” A domestic thriller, the
novel is about a commuter who catches a glimpse of a shocking domestic event
that eventually changes the course of the lives of all those involved.
Extremely popular, the book held the top spot on The New York Times’ fiction
bestsellers list for 13 consecutive weeks.
5 min meditation
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Editor's Pick
Volvo seatbelt:
PJ of the day:
WHAT DOES
JAMES BOND’S DOORBELL SOUND LIKE?
“Dong, Ding Dong”.
Links to explore:
Thrillers
The Family Upstairs
- Author name: Lisa Jewell
- Date published: 2019
In Lisa Jewell’s “The Family Upstairs” 25-year-old
Libby Jones inherits the London mansion that once belonged to her birth
parents. Unbeknownst to Libby, she’s not the only one who’s been waiting on
this inheritance, and as she digs deep into her family’s past, which includes
ties to a cult, things quickly take a darker turn. Jewell’s newest release is
all about the way secrets, even secrets that aren’t our own, have the power to
shape our lives for better or worse.
Advanced yoga flow
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Editor's Pick
Life Past:
PJ of the day:
MY FRIEND
TONY ASKED ME NOT TO SAY HIS NAME BACKWARDS.
I said y not?
Links to explore:
Thrillers
Misery
- Author name: Stephen King
- Date published: 1987
One
of Stephen King’s most suspenseful novels, “Misery” is about Paul Sheldon, a
bestselling novelist and victim of a horrible automobile accident that has left
him an invalid. His biggest fan, Annie Wilkes, volunteers to be Sheldon’s
nurse, but, unbeknownst to him, she’s also psychotic. The book, which King had
originally intended to publish under a pseudonym, won multiple awards in the
year after its release.
10 min morning/pre workout yoga
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Monday, May 17, 2021
10 min evening yoga
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
Editor's Pick
Ancient Indian Architecture:
PJ of the day:
I WAS
READING A GREAT BOOK ABOUT AN IMMORTAL DOG THE OTHER DAY.
It was impossible to put down.
I TOLD MY
SUITCASES JUST NOW THERE WILL BE NO VACATION THIS YEAR.
I’m now dealing with emotional
baggage.
Links to explore:
Thrillers
The Day of the Jackal
- Author name: Frederick Forsyth
- Date published: 1971
In
1972, “The Day of the Jackal” won the Edgar Award for best novel. The story, by
an English author named Frederick Forsyth, is about an assassin hired by the
Organization of American States (OAS) to kill the president of France, Charles
de Gaulle. Complicating matters for those trying to protect de Gaulle, and for
readers of this legendary spy thriller, no one actually knows the identity of
Jackal.
Little Fires Everywhere
- Author name: Celeste Ng
- Date published: 2017
Celeste Ng’s literary thriller “Little Fires Everywhere”
might not be the high-stakes story that many of the other books on this list
are, but it’s still a nail-biting novel. Set in the planned suburb of Shaker
Heights, it follows the members of the rule-following Richardson family and the
free-spirited Mia Warren as their lives become more and more entwined,
eventually changing the fate of their community forever.
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