I've been having quite a few busy weekends and haven't been able to post often on Sundays. Renovating I have dropped a teaser here a few times but here's the scoop finally - We are renovating a big chunk of our main level. We've been planning this for the past 6-7 months. It started as a kitchen renovation project but now includes flooring through the main floor and master bathroom. We will have the renovation crew start tomorrow and depending on when all the materials get in, it could be 1.5-3 months before they are done. I just hope the flooring is done quickly because then we can reclaim some of the main floor back. Not having a kitchen for 2-3 months is going to be very challenging but we've been promised a small work area on the main floor where we can cook early morning and later in the evening. But I'm thinking more about the little things - making coffee while I work, taking care of the day to day activities - the upstairs and the basement can be used b
Sheila @ Book Journey wants to know what we're reading. I'm only too happy to oblige!
Right now, I am going through two books. I started Arcadia a couple of days ago, and since then I have come across the book a few times already in other blogs. They have been mostly raving, so I'm eager to see where this goes for me. Though, I should admit that I started it at the wrong time - when I was going to sleep, and Arcadia isn't a book you should start at such times unless you do want to be put to sleep.
Which pages were turned...
I'm also reading Catherine Ryan Hyde's When I Found You. I've been eager to read this one for a while, because the synopsis about an abandoned baby and the man who found the baby in the woods sounded interesting. Short Story of the week - In the Bed Department (click for my review) by Anne Enright.Since the last update, these are the books I read:
Dance Lessons by Áine Greaney Cross Currents by John Shors I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu Divergent by Veronica Roth My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf...And other news
Short Fiction: A Village After Dark by Kazuo Ishiguro Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Short Fiction: In the South by Salman Rushdie Review: First You Try Everything by Jane McCafferty Review: The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn Post hunger games mania
Indie Lit Awards winners A long month of books and TV
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My favorite read this week was the audio version of Shutter Island. Please come see what else I'm reading.
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Sorry I am a bit late stopping by this week, I've been swamped! I hope you have been enjoying Arcadia
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