A late Monday Salon: Three weeks of madness and excitement

Hello readers and bloggers! It sure has been a long time since I posted something. Anything. I'd been feeling pretty bad about neglecting my blog but it has been a hectic few weeks over here. The husband and I moved a week ago to our new place, following days of packing, sorting, tossing and more packing. While we managed to unpack most of the boxes, there's still the last few left - they usually turn out to be the boxes whose items I don't know what to do with yet or don't want to deal with yet. So much for a structured packing this time. There's still a ton to do around here, but we've mostly settled down and are trying to enjoy the new feeling of having our own digs. I'd been thinking of slowly easing back into blogging, but if I'm lucky, I may just barge right back in. It sure feels wonderful to be able to catch up on my "other" life after such a long time.

Although I haven't made any huge dent in my reading pile, I did manage to get through some good books. I just finished reading Neal Shusterman's Unwholly yesterday (thanks to Helen for bringing it to my notice). I loved the first of this trilogy (Unwind), and although Unwholly didn't pack as much punch, I still loved it. I'm also in between The Ask and the Answer (which is turning out to be far more engaging than its prequel) and am listening to Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer during my now much longer commute to and from work. Audiobooks never quite used to work for me but I wanted to put the long commuting to some good use. Which was when I remembered that of the only two audiobooks I ever truly enjoyed, one was nonfiction and the other was a classic. So it looks like I'll be reading listening to a lot more nonfiction now.

Mark All as Read is probably again going to be a good friend in need, so what have I missed in the blog world?