May/June Update

"I completed training for my new job, '25B Information Technology Specialist' for the Army. I was sent to an accelerated course that condensed 4 months of training into 2 months.

We were taught the fundamentals of user and intermediate devices (computers and devices that connect computers together), the fundamentals of a computer network, covered a large portion of the Cisco Certified Network Assistant (CCNA) certification course, as well as covering information in ComTIA Security+ certification course.

I have also started my 3rd year of my Bachelors degree and hope to obtain it during our time in South Korea."

-Daniel

"I spent these last two months in Berne while Daniel was at training at Camp Robinson. We will be in New York until mid-August, when we will come back to Berne before moving overseas.

I only have two classes left, economics and government, before I complete my Associates degree in Human Services. I hope to start my Bachelors in Social Work this fall/winter.

I will usually have a separate blog post for my monthly book reviews, but since I am a couple months behind, they will be included in this post.

For the month of May, I read:

-All Your Perfects

-Then She was Gone

-The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

-No Exit

-The Lying Game

-Ugly Love

-Layla

-November 9

-The Woman in the Window

-Oliver

-Clap When You Land

-My Name in Selma

My top two books from May were Oliver and My Name is Selma. Oliver is the true story of a dog who was kidnapped from his owner, and the journey of how he was found and they were reunited. My Name is Selma is a true story as well. Selma was a Jew who survived the Holocaust by becoming a spy, and went undercover as a German. It is a fascinating story!

For the month of June, I read:

-The Blossom and the Firefly

-Olive Kitteridge

-Without Merit

-Confess

-Regretting You

-Olive, Again

-The Inheritance Games

-A Matter of Days

-What I Carry

-No Pain No Gaines

-Pretend She's Here

-Under the Tulip Tree

-Are We Together?

-Watch Over Me

-You Have a Match

-You Were Never Here

I really enjoyed The Inheritance Games and Under the Tulip Tree! The Inheritance Games honestly had a twist that I did not see coming, and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, I did not put the book down! Under the Tulip Tree is about a journalist back during the Great Depression who was assigned to interview a former slave. It was a very heartbreaking story but an excellent read!"

-Kait