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Bookish Talk

THE Book is Out!

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Stephen King
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Good storytelling is why I keep coming back, but big releases like this give me the shivers and they have nothing to do with the genre he writes for! Yes! King’s new book, Doctor Sleep was released today and everyone I know seems to be reading it right now and here I am at work!

I had grand plans to take the day off but they just didn’t pan out so I fired up my Kindle and loaded it up. I’ve been glancing at it off and on all morning but I am looking forward to lunch so I can really dig in.

Doctor Sleep

There are still readers out there that do not know that this is the sequel to The Shining. His first sequel!! This is a huge deal. Oh, and to make it even more fun, I am reading it with others for a read along (#sleepalong). Details can be found here.

Doctor Sleep Read Along

Tonight, The Girl will be singing and dancing her heart out for Oliver auditions and I will be going nuts in the car waiting for her, but at least I’ll have this to read! Break a leg, sweetie! Oh, and good luck to The Teen who auditions tomorrow.

Bookish Talk, Life

The Sunday Salon: Homecoming Weekend (Recovery)

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Sunday Salon

Today, I come to you with a crushing headache. It WAS a horrible sore throat after the game on Friday but that seems to have passed quietly away. However, I did manage to work the dance last night without any problems. It was busy and crazy but in a totally fun way. I like to help out when I can.

I got home by 11:45pm but The Teen, who is on tech for ASB had to stay to take down all of the equipment. Dances are not like they were back in the day. They are now these elaborate productions complete with lasers and, movies (yes, movies!) and a host of other technical elements. The set-up took over a day and a half and it took him until 2am to break it all down.

Who can sleep when your kid is out at that hour? Not me and definitely not The Hub so we forced ourselves to stay up until the director brought him home. We slept until nearly 10am today! I still feel tired though.

BTW, have you seen the way teens dance these days? Very interesting.

What’s up this week? Auditions for Oliver and The Girl is actually going for Oliver. Yep. If she gets it, she has to cut her hair (gulp). The Teen is trying out for Fagin and Bill Sikes. Auditions are this Tuesday and Wednesday and callbacks are next week. And of course callbacks conflict with the concert my son is in. Being this busy is a blessing in a lot of ways but it’s also a curse. I know I will miss it but man, it’s hard to wrap my brain around it sometimes.

What am I reading?

Last week I complained that Bellman and Black had no ghosts and now This House is Haunted almost seems to have too many. I am halfway through and it doesn’t quite feel genuine to me, but I am giving it the benefit of the doubt for now.

What am I cooking?

Not a thing. My head hurts so much right now that I am actually forced to put my book down. So, we are about to order Chinese take-out. Perhaps some spice will burn whatever the heck I have, right out of my head.

What am I watching?

Ugh. The Girl is watching Spongebob right now and the noise… ugh, the noise..,please make it stop! I feel like crawling into bed to watch some I Love Lucy. In fact, I may do that right after dinner.