It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.
What’s Been Occurring
I am putting myself on a book buying ban in March and April.
I have so many books that I need to read right now. All of the books I chose for my spring hopefuls list are paperback books so that will help me work through that pile.
Also, I think my cats are traumatized by how it was 52 degrees yesterday and today we have snow on the ground. One climbed onto me in bed this morning for cuddles (or her laying on me even though I need to move and then hissing at me to lay back down) and the other reached up to be picked up while I was trying to used the bathroom. I did pick her up and looked down to see the other cat now at my feet. I’m guessing the teenager cat was out in the snow playing with it.
It makes me think of this poster I want to get for our bathroom:
I mentioned on the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot that Little Miss was sick last week. We aren’t sure what she had but she had stomach issues to start then two days of a runny nose and done. So far, no one else in the family has had it.
It was super hard to see her so down and quiet and miserable.
We didn’t go to see my parents all week to make sure we didn’t give them anything but hopefully we can resume seeing them this upcoming week.
What I/We’ve Been Reading
In Progress
Last week I continued reading Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery.
I added one of The Hardy Boys books — The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon and a Mildred Wirt Penny Parker book, Whispering Walls. Mildred was the original first author of the Nancy Drew books, if you don’t know that.
They are both quick and light reads, which I need right now.
Up Soon
I’ll be writing a separate post about my hopeful spring reads later this week, but for now I do know I plan to read A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, and Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie after I finish these books (or while I’m reading Return of the King since it is my slow read).
What The Family is Reading
Little Miss and I are still reading The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy and listening to The Green Ember by S.D. Smith (though we aren’t fond of the narrator – he is very dramatic and makes the female rabbit sound like a drama queen.)
The Husband is reading Welcome to Pawnee by Jim O’Heir.
What I/We’ve Been Watching
This past week I watched more of The Puzzle Lady and All Creatures Great and Small. I also watched The Bride Came C.O.D. with James Cagney and Bette Davis.
Today I am watching the sermon online and if my YouTube farmer has a video today I’ll watch that.
What I’ve Been Writing
Last week on the blog I shared:
- The Blue Castle Chapters 11 to 23 discussion. Spoilers galore!
- Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot February 27
- Winter of Cagney: The Bride Came C.O.D.
- Book recommendation: The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
- Top Ten Tuesday: Five quotes from books and five quotes about books
- How to read more classics and enjoy them while you’re doing it (if you don’t enjoy them already)
- Sunday Bookends: Kurt Browning
Recent Blog Posts I Enjoyed
|| Murder, She Wrote: Unraveling The Enduring Charm of Jessica Fletcher by Between the Bookends ||
|| Tuesday Tour: Newer Than Yesterday by Mama’s Empty Nest ||
|| The Personal Reading Experience by Cat’s Wire ||
Some Housekeeping
Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs) and I host a monthly bookish link party called A Good Book and A Cup of Tea. This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. You can find that link up for this month here.
Each week, I host the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot with some great hosts. It goes live Thursday night but you can share any kind of blog posts (family-friendly) there until Tuesday of each week. You can check my recent posts on the sidebar to the right for the most recent link-party.
Now It’s Your Turn
What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to, or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link of your weekly wrap up below!
This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date. Sunday Bookends with Boondock Ramblings and Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.
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LOL, the cats aren’t the only ones getting trauma from the weather! It’s enough to give on emotional whiplash. Good luck with the book buying ban…I have no plans to buy anything soon (I did just order a book today, insert face palm), but I do have preorders that will be coming in over the next few months. I am also REALLY trying hard to read my own books…and books in series, LOL, so I am using the library a lot too. Have a great week and I hope you all stay well.
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YOu’ve read a lot this month! And lovely sharing the books with Little Miss. I miss that. I used to love James Cagney. I might try to rewatch some of his movies….
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