Midnight Tequila (Book) - 4/15/2024 8:17:20 AM
Did you ever start a book which is so alien, so bizarre from anything that has occurred in your life, so far, and you think this is not my type of book, but you just keep on reading, thinking, ah...what is the point of this book? But then words "the lure of Funky Music" heads a page and you decide to keep on reading, knowing that you now realize just why, many years ago, you decided that you would never want to take pills or drink something to the extent that you would not want to know what had happened--and this book proved that you had made the right decision! But you figure, by now, there has to be more to this book, so you just keep on reading...
Seriously, if you read the subtitle of a book and it says: The Midlife Crisis of a Quirky Pharmaceutically-Challenged Harp Player, and the only words that caught your attention was "harp player," then beware, because you have no idea exactly what a midlife crisis really is! And you might be grateful that you never learn! Especially since your mid-life is in the past... But, darn, Harp Music!
I think of some songs that I'd like to hear on the Harp: Whispering Hope Or The Lord's Prayer--Ah, beautiful, so you decide to keep on reading about her wild, really wild dreams, and see what she does with her harp... "Scrapple from the Apple"? O...K...It's jazz even though I'd never heard of the song, but it was pretty cool, though short...
So Solange, our main character goes out, trying to get a job as a harpist... In fact, if you continue reading, like I did, you will see that Solange is really somewhat, shall I say, OBSESSED, with music composition, so much so that everything she does turns into a counting of that activity to music--you know, like if the garbage truck is coming down the street, stopping at each home, there'd be a certain rhythm of the truck stopping and starting, together with the bang, bang, bang of the cans against the moving barrel...stop stop...start...start...bang, bang, OMG, she has me doing it! What fun! I hated counting when I was learning hymns, especially... I wanted to play them as I would sing the song, while my teacher wanted me to count the value of each note...Now I have to ask, just who would be singing this song, while I was playing the piano... Most people at my church were old and sang slowly--they weren't counting the note value, I can tell you!
So, anyway, Solange can't get over the death of her husband from cancer, mainly because she thinks the hospital was at fault... And she would wake up crying in loss once again about who was so good at the slow hand... But as years went by, only Mile Davis could help her fall asleep, to dream.... Or sometimes just be curious... So she does Tarot Card readings to bring in needed cash... She uses different names so people calling will never know to whom they are speaking... It's safer that way, don't you think? After all, reading the fortunes for somebody can bring them either sadness or happiness... And, if the latter, they'd want to stick with the "seer" who made them feel great. Or the opposite could also happen. And, no, I've never called for a reading... But I admit I enjoyed reading books about the personalities of different signs and measuring them with potential male friends... LOL
Do you get the idea that I'm writing differently, like, maybe to match what I had just read???
And while waiting for gigs, she continues recording her dreams in a journal, one of which spotlighted Amazing Grace, so she decided to attend her meeting of the spirituality group...which gets too close to issues that Solange was having for her to be spiritually uplifted... Or it could be the pills she took...
And she gets an audition and wows them...
Finally, she gets a gig with others with are also playing the harp....but she doesn't match the timing of the others... only she doesn't realize that it is she who is the problem... Or maybe, it's because the conductor keeps suggesting special practice with him... Practice continues! But I totally understood Solange about how she "felt" how to play the music. Fortunately when I sang, my sister was normally the pianist and she followed me, not the music... See that's why I'm reading further...
Well, after all you have learned about the book, I am positive that you will never think how the book ends! Nor how much you may have found you've enjoyed this quirky harp player when she forgets about anything but her music... with maybe a little tequila nearby...
Suzann Kale is an author that you need to at least read once or you won't know what you've missed! And if you are quirky pharmaceutically-challenged, but NOT a harp player, I think you'll totally want to read this one!
GABixlerReviews - Check out excerpt and harp music selections at https://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2024/04/midnight-tequila-midlife-crisis-of.html
