pickQuick read, slice of life story. About the general manager of a red lobster working the last shift before their restaurant gets shut down. There is a blizzard and business is slow and he time to reflect on his life choices and pick out a Christmas present for his girlfriend. If you like the movie Waiting or Waitress you will like this book. #wintergames #teamevergreen @Clwojick
1520 pts
Another quick read to boot my totals for the year. Looking into the lives of others is fascinating.
Setting up for #audiopainting while listening to the tagged book. I love weekends 😊
(I love this mug too! I use it non-stop the week leading up to Thanksgiving then scarcely at all the rest of the year. 🥧)
pickO‘Nan is quickly becoming a favorite author - I love how authentic his characters are and his attention to detail is not overly written but so precise in the setting, mood and time.This is a short novella about a small crew of characters working the final shift ,just days before Xmas, in a mall located Red Lobster Diner. It‘s so pitch perfect in its simplicity, I just wish it would have been a longer story.
pickI picked this up last minute at a 2NC solely based on the fact that @BarbaraBB liked it. I had it in my head that it was about lobster fisherman. No. It‘s not. It‘s about the last night of a closing forever Red Lobster restaurant. Despite the surprise, I enjoyed these characters. Manny the manager questioning how it all went wrong. Roz the lifer. Ty the chef hoping to have a good last service with a small crew. And Manny‘s ex whom he still loves.
Recent library/Book Outlet/2NC haul! Five short story collections (bottom ones), which I‘m really pleased about. There are also a couple for author a month and then the tagged novella I remember @BarbaraBB enjoying. 👍🏻🤩💜
#BookReport 05/23
Four books, all good. I finished two more for the #ToB23, one of O‘Nans backlist and the surprisingly good horror novel for #Roll100. A very satisfying reading week 👌🏽
This is a total #blameitonbarbara purchase! @BarbaraBB
It‘s a bit scruffy but I only paid Q9.14 for it!
It‘s also travelled rather a long way so it‘s bound to be a bit battered; from Hillsdale Public Library in New Jersey to North Yorkshire in the UK!
pickManny‘s restaurant The Lobster has to shut down. Today is the last day it‘s open. It‘s snowing hard and Manny wonders whether his staff will turn up. Or any customers, for that matter. Yet he still goes about his business like it‘s just another day at The Lobster. Very touching and so well-written.
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I just finished this remarkable novel (novella?) & later this week will def be posting a full review, possibly including a picture of the book @ a Red Lobster by a mall (no joke). This was my first O'Nan & I just added 3 more of his books to my TBR, including one with an Angel Olsen dedication AND epitaph!!!
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