REUNION

Reunion by Hannah Pittard - Reunion is a story that could be a movie, about a screenwriter, Kate, who has problems and attitudes with her dad, step-mothers and half-siblings.  She hasn't had the easiest time of things in her life, but like anyone else, good and bad things have happened to her. Now something big has happened, and with that, the story takes off. She manages to tell her back story against the back drop of what is currently going on, and I think that's what makes this a good book. There is lots going on, it's mostly interesting, and events move forward. I found her to be a little egoistic, and she also comes to conclusions without enough evidence to support, but maybe that's the character and not the writing. The perfect book to read on a plane and for parents' weekend because it's easy to put down, but I also looked forward to picking it back up.

Speaking of Parents' Weekend, Peter is doing great at Cal Poly. He led us on a hike up to the "P" which is a large painted cement letter on the face of the mountain outside his dorm. The weather was beautiful, but the ground was dry and dusty, and parts of the climb were too steep for me, so Steve literally pulled me up. Then at some point, we were almost there, but it looked steeper than ever, and we still had to hike back down, so we turned around a little early. The hike down was as tough as the hike up. My legs were shaking and shivering by the time we got to the bottom. And we were only hiking for 35 minutes!