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
What a slow couple of weeks it has been here. I have been reading all kinds of books - home decor, knitting, but not much fiction or nonfiction. Thankfully, I'm in no rut. Plus I'm in the middle of two intriguing books, just that they are moving slow for no fault of theirs.
This week I read...- Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple: Easily going to be one of my favorite books of this year, I'm still astounded by how close I came to not reading this book. Thank goodness for all kinds of must-read lists. If you haven't thought of reading this one yet, you. simply. must. read. it.
- The Fault in our Stars by John Green: I resolved early this year to finally read this book and see why the whole world of readers is raving about it. Having finished it, I can see what the fuss is about. While I didn't love it fully, boy, you have to be an unruffled person to not be affected by it. The subject of this book is sadly too personal in my home and I found it tremendously difficult sometimes to keep reading.
Currently I'm reading...- The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling: Last year, while I was busy with packing and moving, I had read and enjoyed a few chapters of The Casual Vacancy. Written in true J. K. Rowling style, I could see the tons of similarities in her writing both in this book and the Harry Potter series. Unfortunately, the book went back to the library unfinished, with my promises to read it soon. This Valentines Day, the darling husband surprised me with this book and a B&N gift card. So far, I'm still retracing my old steps but I'm almost getting to the unread sections.
- We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee: I don't know what it is with narrators that switch their tones suddenly from the mellow to the loud but the narrator of this audiobook has been switching volumes often. Other than that, We Bought a Zoo is actually quite wonderful to listen to. This is the first memoir I'm reading after a long time, and it doesn't feel as bad as I worried it would be.
Purchased...
Don't you just love looking at collectibles editions? I found a few that I really wanted to buy from Barnes & Noble (The Arabian Nights, Gray's Anatomy, War of the Worlds) but decided to wait a bit before grabbing any. Instead, these are what I grabbed:
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Submission by Amy Waldman
Abandoned...
- Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason: This book started out well, truly well. Until the characters started acting stupid and not worth their professions or abilities. Such as detectives making such horrible guesses.
Comments
Tanya Patrice
Girlxoxo.com
I almost checked Unaccustomed Earth out from the library yesterday but I didn't. I'm sure I'll get to it soon. Enjoy your week!
You're the so-maniest person going on about Bernadette. I almost feel I have to read it. :-)
Have a great week!