The Last Page or The Last Word

Some of you may know that I love to read; be it

a book, magazine, or blog.

I came across this saying recently on Pinterest.

'I like to walk down the aisles of the library or bookstore,

and say Hello to the books I've already read.

It is like greeting an old friend.'

(I can so relate!)

When I read a good book, one that I just

can't put down, and it comes down to that

last and final page.

I slowly turn the page and savor each and every word,

because I don't want the story to END.

I have read quite a few books this past year

and some of the endings...

Well, they have been disappointing.

I am noticing if the author of the book is a man (but not always)

when it comes to the end, as many men are not

quite detail oriented; they leave out a lot of detail

that could wrap the story up and finish it quite nicely.

So, instead the book comes to a nice, but abrupt end,

leaving questions or ME wanting to finish the story myself.

And that idea may not always be a good thing.

 My husband and my son's declare say that

I am a bit too much into details and ask too many questions.

Tell me if any of you can relate.

My husband goes to a Christmas Party that I am

 unable to attend, because I am ill.

At the end of the night, when he arrives home,

 I ask him how the party was and he replies, "It was fine". 

 Now, I just can't live with this answer, so I ask who

attended, what food was served, what the decor looked like,

did they do any new landscaping to the yard, and

what was everyone wearing?

To most of these questions my wonderful husband

replies, " I didn't really notice."

I am sure you can already tell that he is the "quiet one"

in our marriage and I am... not.

If the story was the other way around, and I went to the party and

he stayed home.

He would ask me how the party was and I would have replied,

 " It was really good. You should have seen the decor,

and the outside lights they had....

(I could go on & on) or BLAH, BLAH, BLAH."

 He hears only the last three words or so...

and never asks me any questions.(Hmmm)

So, if I was to write to some of the author's,

whose books I have recently read,

and told them that I would

have ended the book, "this way" instead.

A response, I may never get, because the request was absurd,

to think that this "creative & detailed" woman could get-

 the last word.