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Bookish Talk

I’ve Stepped Into The City

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The City & The City

See this book? It has intimidated me for a long time. Well, more specifically, this author scares the hell out of me. I don’t know what it is but every time I pick up one of his books I feel as if I just won’t “get it” and then put it down again.

However, Care and a handful of other bloggers got the idea to read it together this summer. Not a formal read-along because I don’t do well with those, but an informal one where we read one half, chat about it and then read the other half and chat some more. If I get through this book, I will consider it an accomplishment because I haven’t been able to get through it before. I think most of the discussion will take place on Twitter and you can find the discussions with the new hashtag #SitCatC.

Anyway, wish me luck. I’ve got a lot going on this summer and it is not at all the breezy summer I had hoped it to be, but I’m game. I’ve already read a few chapters and so far, so good.

Bookish Talk, Life

The Sunday Salon: Stuff

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Sunday Salon

Summer is rarely slow for me, but I didn’t expect it to be busier than what I am used to.  I was so busy, I found myself running around and muttering stuff like “This is crazy!” or “How are we supposed to be in three places at once?” No one in my house responded. They just looked at me, eyes glazed over. Sports camp at the high school started and since The Boy decided late in the game to also go out for cross country (in addition to basketball), we found ourselves in a pickle. Two camps with conflicting times (which were not advertised as such). PLUS, rehearsals for the show. PLUS, The Girl is not out of school yet. Oh, and there’s that little DC trip that sent me all into a tizzy.

The DC trip is in progress right now and he’s having a great time. I felt much better about it once he landed safely. As far as the camps, he’ll have to make-up for lost time but he seems to be enjoying both camps so that’s a plus.

As soon as The Girl realized she would be without brother, she invited a friend over for the night. So… I am half asleep as I type this. Girls can zap the energy right out of you. All that giggling, jumping and running around. The Otter Pup thinks she is the boss of The Girl so imagine all the yapping that takes place every time she hears them crash through the house. Between you and I, I think the Pup gets jealous.

Today, I am in recovery mode. I just want to be a lump. A lump with a book and maybe a glass of iced tea with lemonade. I am reading Jaws by Peter Benchley (really good) and Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty (also good but parts of it disturb me). As usual I have about three other books that I switch between but these are my main reads at the moment.

What are you doing today? Oh, and I apologize for my lack of creativity in naming this post. Nothing else came to mind!