On My Nighstand September 11

Thanks everyone for your commiseration on my dependence on reading glasses last week! Honestly at the beginning of the year my reading pace was down and I thought it was just that I had no attention span. Took me an embarrassingly long time to realize it’s hard to concentrate when you can’t see the words.

I don’t like to preach, but on this day I always like to remind myself to hold your love ones tight. Life can change in the blink of an eye.

Wishing you all a great week!

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - We started reading this a chapter a day on Sep. 1 and I forgot how dark the beginning is.

The Bright Continent by Dayo Olopade - Getting close to finishing this one. Parts are dry, but I’m so glad I read it.

The Final Case by David Guterson - I really loved Snow Falling on Cedars, and am looking forward to this one as well.

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On My Nighstand September 4

I continue to become more and more dependent on my reading glasses. It’s just one more thing they tell you that you will have to deal with in your 40’s that you don’t believe until it happens to you.

I have a light reading week coming up. We have Labor Day travel, and kid’s sports are going to start again. I’m going to keep my expectations low!

The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World by Tom Roston - This is for my work bookclub.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - I’m joining a group on Litsy in reading this a chapter a day.

The Bright Continent by Dayo Olopade - For #ReadingAfrica2022 I’m really looking forward to this!

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Show Us Your Books April 2020

Channeling my inner Pete The Cat

Just another average reading month for me. Nothing exciting happening. How about you?

Most of my March reading took place before social distancing took place. You would think that staying at home most of the time would lead to an increase in reading, but my brain is scribble scrabble. Obviously 2020 isn’t turning out to be the year to care about reading goals or challenges. In the mean time I’m doing puzzles, making bread, and working in the yard.

Here are a few things I did manage to finish:

My favorites

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - This is the one book I did manage to finish in the first few weeks of staying at home. The world of Anne is so comforting, and I can’t wait to read the rest of this series. I feel lucky to just be discovering this series now.

The Day The World Came To Town by Jim Defede - It was inspiring to me to read about how people came together during another time of crisis.

Good Stories To Pass The Time

Finding Mrs. Ford by Deborah Goodrich Royce - Mrs. Ford is living the good life until the FBI shows up. If you like the twists of Ruth Ware books I think you’ll like this one too.

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips - This one is getting a lot of good reviews, and I think they’re deserved. It starts with an abduction of two sisters in Russia, but the book itself is only slightly related to the abductions. Instead we get a story each month about others in the community which of course includes mention of the missing sisters. It’s very interesting how it all comes together. I had to return it to the library, but if I hadn’t I would have read it again right away once I knew how it all fit together.

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett - Good, old-fashioned girl power YA dystopia. Give it a try of you like that kind of thing.

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