Monday, November 30, 2015

Monday Malarkey

Happy Monday! I hope those of you who celebrated America's Thanksgiving last week are well rested and had a great time. We had fun visiting my in-laws in Oklahoma. The weather was dreary but we didn't encounter any of the icy mess that a lot of the state experienced. I came home to these three arrivals, all from HarperCollins:


Top to bottom:


  • The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel
  • The Past by Tessa Hadley
  • Midnight in Broad Daylight  by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto


And, I bought a few books at our favorite bookstore stop on the drive home (but clearly forgot to place them at a poetic angle):


Top to bottom:


  • Frederica in Fashion by M. C. Beaton (have not read this author but the description sounded very Georgette Heyer-ish and I do love Heyer)
  • William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher (a Quirk title I've wanted to read for ages)
  • Cress by Marissa Meyer (also has been on my wish list for quite a while)


Last week's reading:


Feel free to caption this photo. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bèdier is the only book I finished, last week, and that gets me to a grand total of 5 books read in November. Eeks. What a terrible month. But, again, I loved what I read and I'd rather read and love 5 books than finish a dozen bad ones, so I'll try not to focus on the number.

Other books I'm reading (Blogger is being a pain and won't let me center this photo, pffft!):


















  • I Love It When You Talk Retro by Ralph Keyes (this is the book husband tried to murder with a spilled coffee -- you can see the coffee stain on the spine)
  • My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
  • Sherlock Chronicles by Steve Tribe . . . of course. . . still 

And, I want to start about 5,000 other books. I'm strongly considering a private day or two of reading till my head explodes. Seems reasonable, right?


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4 comments:

  1. November wasn't a great reading month for me. I have to laugh at your picture. Isabel is either screaming a long drawn out Noooooo to warn readers away from this depressing book or just yawning at its boringness. Sorry. Not a fan of that book.

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    1. I'm glad I'm not alone in having had a rather pitiful reading month. :) Haha, I really liked Tristan and Iseult but I can see why it might bore someone. I was just in the mood for something very different. And, fortunately, I knew it was a tragedy so the ending didn't bug me!

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  2. I was rested, maybe not well, but rested and then I returned to work, and I feel exhausted. Luckily, I have a rare day off tomorrow, so even though I return to work Friday and Saturday, I at least can be refueled. Glad the weather wasn't icy for you over the holiday.

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    1. Wahoo for days off to recharge! Thanks, we were relieved that the icy weather didn't make it to Tulsa.

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