Wrong Place, Wrong Time; Without Remorse

 

"Wrong Place, Wrong Time" was an interesting thriller. Jen and her husband, Kelly, watch their son commit a murder from inside their house at the end of October of 2022. When Jen wakes up the next day, it's actually the day before the murder. Naturally she's confused and no one believes her. When she wakes up again the next morning, it's two days before the murder.

Jen quickly realizes that she's going backwards in time, presumably to stop her son from killing this man. She's just not prepared for how far back she has to go to set things right. 

It was interesting and I actually guessed quite a few things right, so yay me! The scene that really got me was when she landed on the day in May of 2021 where her father passed away. When she lived that day the first time around, she hadn't visited him that day. She knows she shouldn't, because she doesn't want to mess up the future, but she can't help herself and she goes to see him and is there to call for an ambulance and ends up saving his life. I had so many dreams about doing just that after my dad passed away in 2019. 

I started watching the Jack Ryan series on Amazon, and of course since it's a book series I had to start reading it. This is technically the first book where Jack Ryan makes an appearance (page 500 something, as the son of one of the minor characters), but that's okay, I enjoyed the book anyway. 

Former Navy SEAL John Kelly lost his pregnant wife in a car accident six months earlier. He sees a young woman hitchhiking and picks her up. Turns out she's fleeing from a bad drug situation where the dealers are pimping her and several other girls out. 

Meanwhile, the American government has learned of hostages being held in a North Vietnam prison (the book takes place in 1970) that they were unaware of prior to this. One of the prisoners is a pilot named Robin Zacharias that the Vietnamese reported as dead, but a spy craft manages to go over the prison and catches an image of him. The military starts planning a mission to get him and the others out, and they turn to John for help.

This was a big book, full of numerous plots and characters, that all tied together very nicely. Even though there were dozens of people to keep track of, they were so well written I didn't have a problem doing so. It was really, really good. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, given that military thrillers aren't really my genre. 

Waypoints

 

I enjoyed Sam's book about taking a spontaneous journey along the West Highland Way, a 96 mile route he decided to walk during a week off from work. 

He started out determined to camp outside each night and walk a certain number of miles in a day, but after a rough two first days, he makes the decision to take it a bit easier. Stop and smell the roses (or mushrooms), as it were. After all, the whole point was to get back to nature, to recharge, not to push himself to the point of exhaustion. Once he made that decision, he enjoyed the rest of his walk. In between recounting his walk, he talked about his upbringing and acting career. He seems to have a very upbeat attitude and his grateful for all he has, which was nice to read.