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My Favorite Reads: Best of 2021

My Favorite Reads: Best of 2021

This is a list of my faves read in 2021 in no particular order.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People

The Beauty of What Remains by Steve Leder

The Beauty of What Remains

We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker

We Begin At The End

The Push by Ashley Audrain

The Push

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Rules of Civility

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

Count The Ways by Joyce Maynard

Count The Ways

Billy Summers by Stephen King

Billy Summers

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Taste

All links point to my review of each book so check them out if you are looking for something to read.

I don’t want to jinx it but 2022 should be better and hopefully filled with some really good reads. We all need something to look forward to.

Sunday Matters: She’s Here!

Sunday Matters

Hello and good morning! My daughter arrived late Wednesday night. Her flight was very delayed which gave her like 5 minutes to make her connecting flight. It was a real nail biter. Thank GOD she had a classmate on the plane who lives in Atlanta and was familiar with the airport because she needed to hop on the subway to get to next flight. That girl ran with her all the way. She got there with a minute to spare. The nice thing, last one on the plane = first bags off the plane. We got home at 1am after a run through a restaurant drive-thru.

Friday night we saw Hamilton!

Right Now:

Student ministry is breaking until January 9th so I have my Sunday mornings to lounge around and be lazy.

Tonight we have tickets to see The Band’s Visit. Closing night, and Emma really wanted to catch it while in town. Cancellation emails are on the rise with Omicron so I keep checking for updates.

This Week:

Tele-appointment with the urologist over the kidney stone debacle on Monday.

Tuesday, physical therapy for the knee.

Wednesday, shopping for whatever I will be cooking for Christmas dinner. The kids are pushing me to make a reservation somewhere but it’s always so crowded and it would be nice to just be together.

Reading:

Still reading this. Slowly.

Greenwich Park

Watching:

We watched Christmas Vacation and then nothing. My kids saw the new Spider Man and they highly recommend it.

I am on episode #3 of “And Just Like That” and it’s getting better. Slowly but the writing is a little lazy. I wanted more for those characters.

Grateful for:

  • A nice warm house to cozy up in. It’s been so cold here.
  • My time off. I do love this time of the year.

Have a wonderful Sunday and great week!