The last time the fam and I went to NY, Isla turned six months old on the trip. One of my ‘things’ has been to push for plan another trip before she goes to ‘big school’ in August. Well. We tried to get the two weeks before school starts, but that didn’t happen. And so. Missing her first week of big school to hang out with her Nana and ‘Mumma’s people’ who don’t actually live on the phone and the…
I didn’t finish reading any books this week. However. I started three new ones from the various stacks that let us share the house with them. Another Day in the Death of America – This is wrenching. But I can’t stop reading it. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – This is also wrenching, but in a different way. And I’m guessing she’s not completely fine. Saga, Volume 2 – Thanks to my book group by mail, I am slightly obsessed…
I am a flippant reader. As soon as I read about a book that intrigues me, I MUST READ IT RIGHT NOW. This leads to lots of piles. Of books in various stages of readedness. If a book grips me enough not to read anything else along with it, that’s a GOOD THING. I usually have several books on the go. A day book, a night book, a car book. Day books happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Audiobooks happen on…
Saw this on Ritu’s blog. Thought I’d play. Do you have a specific place for reading? These days I mostly read in bed, late into the night. Weekend reading is outside with Isla, on her trampoline. She is, I’m not. Bookmarks or random pieces of paper? Train tickets. And no dog-eared pages. Can you just stop anywhere or must it be at the end of the chapter? I’d prefer it was the end of a chapter, but I don’t make…
