Gravel Road Musings

  A treasure hunter's search for a missing Faberge egg.  Nick spent his life treasure hunting, all the while leaving behind his greatest treasures of all, his wife and daughter. Now he is on his death bed with one more treasure to pursue and he wants his estranged daughter to be the feet that he can't be anymore.  The story was an interesting dual timeline, flipping back and forth between early 1900s Russia and the present day search for the Faberge egg. There was some intrigue and suspense, but overall the book was not an over-the-top read for me.  I found some of the story line a little confusing at times, not quite making sense of how the events had played out. Perhaps if I reread it, it would make more sense.  But there was redemption and reconciliation and that is always a plus for me in any book.  "The value of an object comes from the one who sculpts it - the one who crafts it with care and skill and, who breathes creative life into it. The master cr...

  -All the wild ways to die could never compare to how she really lived.-  This is not my normal style of book--something with this title would have been passed over without much consideration, but the plot sounded interesting and so I read it and I'm so glad I did. Meet Clara Kip: an older lady dying of cancer at a hospice center, but she is bummed. She wanted to die in Sao Paulo, Brazil, not in Kansas City. Nevertheless, she is still full of life, even as her body threatens to give out on her.  Meet Aidyn Kelley: a young, aspiring journalist, who is a little full of herself and quite sure she is capable of more than she has been given to do. But she has been taken down a notch and is tasked with writing an obituary for an old lady, something that is below grunt work in her mind.  This book is their story. While the bulk of it comprises only a week, it is a story that will draw you in and keep you turning the pages. Mrs Kip dispenses so much wisdom in this week, wis...