It got busy this week! Lots going on at home, work, and otherwise as well. Life My daughter's school decided to close on Friday, along with several other schools in the area, with some being closed from Thursday. Not enough staff. The school had been on a mask mandate since the beginning of the pandemic, dropping it only for one week when the pandemic had appeared to have stabilized last year. And yet, they dropped the mandate completely at the beginning of this year, when cases were exponentially rising, only to bring it back again starting next week. I've gone from being very annoyed to angry to feeling fatigue in these first two weeks already. I won't lie - we all mask around here and try to avoid going where we don't have a need to be in, and still, we are not taking anything close to the extreme precaution we all took at the beginning of the pandemic. I cannot and don't want to keep my kids home - I have at least that much faith in the schools' precautions
Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books wants to know what we're reading. I'm only too happy to oblige!
The summer months sure are winding down fast, even if there's no sign of the heat abating yet. It's time to start looking at where the reading this year stands and if any of the lofty goals I made at the start of the year are still making sense to me.
Books finished since the last update
News from over my blog
Reviews up!
Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (No, this isn't a middle-grade or picture book)
Other posts
Books on my nightstand
It feels great to remove books from my nightstand when I haven't been to them in a while, else all that book-peer pressure can be quite debilitating. Of course, for every book I remove from my desk, another five jump in, so maybe that's not such a good thing.
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman: This month, I'm hoping to get to the ARCs that I still have to read. My next "scheduled" (tour or not) ARC is in September, so I'm hoping to thin out my ARC list before then. I'm starting with this book, which has so far been getting mixed reviews, so I'm hoping it works for me.
Naked by David Sedaris: I'm on the last disc of this audiobook. Audio doesn't work for me because I don't have any lengthy commute time in my car. Plus, I try not to turn on the car A/C, so with the roar of the wind, I like some "quiet" in the car. Still, I should hopefully be done with this funny book this week.
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I know what you mean about the TBR pile. I worry sometimes that my nightstand will collapse under the weight...
Have a great week!
My Monday: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/08/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-51.html
Here is mine
I've been so busy having fun with my kids and doing homework, that I've hardly taken any time to read. Come see what I did finish and why I'll be reading even less this week!