Mark the date...11/17/2022. The day I finished "Michael Vey: The Parasite" by Richard Paul Evans. The latest installment in the series didn't disappoint (entirely). Though a few members of the Electroclan are unaccounted for, the action is still undeniable. The story picks up a few years after the events of "Michael Vey: The Final Spark." Michael, Taylor, Ostin, and the others have grown up and some have attended college. Tara (Taylor's twin sister) & Quentin, two of Dr. Hatch's former pet students, are now loyal members of the Electroclan. Not to give everything away, but Jack has been abducted and Grace is in a coma. I wasn't as impressed by this book as with the others in the series. It wasn't boring, but it did seem to be missing something. While I try to figure out exactly what that something was, I'll begin another "journey" on Tuesday with "A Christmas Memory," also by Richard Paul Evans. It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong--but when he's run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies and invites Richard in for a cup of cocoa. Richard becomes fast friends with the wise, solitary man who inspires Richard's love for book and whose dog, Gollum, becomes his closest companion. As the holidays approach, the joy and light of Christmas seem unlikely to permeate the Evans home as things take a grim turn for the worse. And just when it seems like he has nothing left to lose, Richard is confronted by a startling revelation. But with Mr. Foster's wisdom and kindness, he learns for the first time what truly matters about the spirit of the season: that forgiveness can heal even the deepest wounds, and love endures long after the pain of loss subsides. Just reading this summary makes me think that the "King Of Kleenex" will once again live up to his title as I embark on yet another "Journey Through A Book!"
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