Rain,Books and Gifts in scarlet_dragon

Sitting here listening to rain. About 10,000 things I could, or should be doing. I have so many just random tasks that I need to sort through on the internet but keep putting off for some reason or another.
I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. I know it’s an older book ( as in came out 5 years ago) but I would agree with BookTok on the assessment that it’s good. I wouldn’t put it in the top 10 of my favorite of all time reads but, possibly somewhere between 15-20. That said I won’t hold onto the copy I have even though it had a lot of good quotes and I also found myself getting a bit weepy towards the end. I just doubt I’ll ever re-read it.
My husband could read the same book 2-3 times a year every year, he doesn’t branch out often where I just blast through many books and only hold onto a few.
I got The Fort Bragg Drug Cartel from the library and I’m about 30 pages in and not so sure I really want to continue reading it. I think the military caused enough trauma for this family that I don’t care to bring up more. I don’t know. It was from the library so no harm in not finishing it. I have trouble getting into Non fiction books more obviously because real life is shitty enough that I don’t need a reminder of it.
Not sure what I’ll read next though. I’m kind of trying to stay away from Romance and high fantasy books. I really do need to quit buying more lol. In an ideal world I’d read at least 10 books I already own before buying one. I’ll do good for a short while but then if something stresses me out or whatever I’ll go buy another 1-4 books lol. I think I started with overbuying books at least 15 years ago. I’d like to get to a point in my life where my TBR stack is maybe 10 books lol.
Anywho book hoarding and spending aside… not much else to report. Son got a paycheck for 1.5 hours which I’m not sure where that is from…but his first check was 17.00 lol. I gotta give it to him for finding the job and getting it himself. He’s done a lot of big stressful adult things this year and seems to be doing ok.
I’m trying to figure out Christmas gifts for the extended family..and honestly I think I have the mental capacity this year to just give cash or gift cards. They are all getting older where toys will just clutter up a space and eventually be donated why go to the trouble of sitting here trying to come up with something when I’m sure $$ is all they usually want. For years I’d stress and sit and spend anywhere from 25-35.00 on one kid but then have to pay to ship stuff too which now a days runs almost 20.00 depending on weight. 50.00 a kid times 6 of them in different areas just gets to be too much when I only have one kid and people be spending 15.00 on him. So yea, just trying to figure that out and try spreading the costs out some now before all this money is going out the window come October.