Lately I have been trying new things (I know, its shocking and not like me!) But there are a few things that have been worth sharing with others, so I am going to share them here.
The first few are succulent companies. Just learned that many people don't know you can order succulents online. Not only can you, but there are some great options.
After hearing about another subscription box for succulents with a discount code, I decided to give succulentsbox.com a try. I ordered MANY plants from them and I think I only lost one and that could have been care-giver error. The nice thing about this company is that they have options to customize what kind of box you get each month or you can just order what you want. I think these guys would get three and a half stars. Shipping would be the only thing I would "ding" them on and that's because I've received plants from other companies that were packed a little more effectively and came in better condition.
The other company I ordered from was my most recent order, Mountain Crest Gardens. I was able to get five "hen and chick" varieties for just over $20 shipped. I think I got a pretty good deal and when they arrived they were in perfect shape. They were packed beautifully with a lovely care book on succulents. I plan on ordering from this company again soon. Love their selection and their prices. Four and a half stars!
And the next thing I am going to "tell" you about is a couple books I've been reading lately.
While I didn't enjoy this as much as Backman's previous book, A Man Called Ove, I did enjoy this one very much. This one is from the viewpoint of a seven (almost eight) year old girl. You meet her and her grandmother and go through some time with the both of them. The dynamics of the family are fun. Elsa lives with her pregnant mother and step father in what seems like an apartment building. I find it funny, she calls her sibling-to-be "halfie" because it will be her half sibling. Anyway, Elsa and her family share the top floor with her grandmother.
She visits often with her father who is also remarried with step-children. The only two tenants on that floor. Throughout the book you get to meet all the tenants of the building and learn more about Elsa's wonderful eccentric grandmother.
Don't want to get into details and give it away. But this is a wonderful story and is quite emotional at times. Beckman has a way of bringing out the raw emotion in his books, very real.
When she crashes the wrong funeral, she is found out by the most popular (and cute) guy in school. What follows is her trying to solve a murder mystery while staying out of danger herself. I found this book to be quite enjoyable.
The final chapters ended the book almost too quickly. I would have liked to see more reaction of the "aftermath" at school. Seemed like no one cared what happened to Kait when it would have been a pretty big deal if it happened in my high school!
Anyway, the only other thing that bothered me was the way Kait described her food, constantly describing it with "yum-yum" and other such nonsense. I would rather that just be left out, but maybe that's just my personal preference.
I did purchase book 2, so that tells you a bit about how I liked book 1.
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