The Way Home

So today we didn't really do much. We took a walk down to Pierreponts by the bridge, and enjoyed some salmon and cream-cheese sandwiches, and sat at one of the tables outside the restaurant just chatting and enjoying ourselves, even though the weather around it was changing from sunny and hot, to windy and cloudy and everything in between.

After that, we spent some time in the gardens of our complex looking for any birds on the river that we could feed some old bread to, but they were mostly in hiding, and the few we did see were not really interested in the food we had to offer.

Other than that, we just mostly spent the afternoon and evening listening to music and doing our own things. I set up shop on the couch and finished a book I had started reading. It was a novel by George Pelecanos (American-Greek writer of the tv show 'The Wire") called 'The was Home".

The story revolves around a kid named Chris Flynn, and the bad choices he makes that eventually lead to him going to juvenile detention. He eventually makes it out, and is hired as a carpet installer by his dad. He and his friend then discover a bag of hidden money hidden beneath the floorboards in a old house they are installing new carpets in. This is where things really get pear-shaped...

It's a gripping and exciting read, and the characters are all very flawed and 'real'. The biggest questions it asks is whether people really can reform themselves, and the struggles the people have dealing with their choices. It looks at the bonds of family and friends, especially in challenging circumstances. It also demonstrates how small decisions often have big effects on our life. All in all, it was a really enjoyable book, and it was a bit like reading a television series. Cool stuff!

Hopefully have more good reads coming up!