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The Sunday Salon: 1Q84 (so far), Halloween & Other Updates

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1Q84 Murakami (The Man)

My week was made glorious by the release of 1Q84. I’ve been taking my time with it and so far, it’s wonderful. A little different, but similar enough to know it’s a Murakami. It’s funny how particular I am about reading this one. It has to be just the right time and place before I’ll pull it out. I haven’t read any of it all weekend because I haven’t found that perfect moment just yet.

My kids have already been to four Halloween parties. They are all partied out and with Halloween on a Monday this year, well…I don’t suspect we’ll be doing much besides handing out candy and maybe a tiny bit of trick-or-treating. I’ve been watching scary movies all weekend so I’m all caught-up with watching my “must see” movies (Halloween, House on Haunted Hill, The Shining, etc).

I asked you this question the other day. In case you were wondering, the books in question were tossed into the recycling bin.

The Sunday Salon

Once again it is over 85 degrees here. It’s hard to get into the season when it’s so warm out. I don’t feel like cooking, or baking or doing much of anything. We’ll BBQ later, which is easy enough to do when you hand it over to The Hub and say, here ya go. I’m all for keeping it easy today.

Happy Sunday!

Bookish Talk, Life

The Sunday Salon: The Otter Pup Goes Social

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Otter Pup - Chloe

No, the Otter Pup didn’t get a Facebook or Twitter page, but she did go to the dog park which has been an unknown for us “cat” people. We’ve had her since February so it sure took us long enough to try it, but I was worried. Worried about the other dogs and not sure how she’d react to them. There were about 7 dogs there and she did great. She snapped at two of them, but never made contact. Actually, she NEVER makes contact. They are warning snaps that you can hear from across the park. Snap! Snap! Sassy pup.

In this photo, she is lounging on the stairs and was gracious enough to allow me to snap this photo. She looks happy, no?

The Sunday Salon

Just a little bit ago we finished up the last of the costume shopping, hit the bookstore with the hopes that some employee slipped up and put out a copy of 1Q84 before its Oct. 25th release date. No such luck. I downed a Pumpkin Spice Frapp to make me feel better. Boy, was it tasty.

Right now, I have chili cooking and we’ll have brats as well, but it’s 85 degrees outside. Would be better if it were a tad chilly but you can’t go wrong with chili, brats and football on a Sunday afternoon. As they watch football, I will be finishing up Ready Player One and then I’m not sure what I’ll read next.

On a sad note, a high school friend passed away a couple of weeks ago. I attended the viewing this past Thursday and although at the time, I thought I could handle it okay, I was a complete mess when I left there. There is something special about the friends you make in  high school. Plus, I visited my old stomping grounds and it brought back so many memories. Sigh. My thoughts are with his family.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday and be sure to hug the ones you love. Robert was only 40 years old and died of a heart attack. Unbelievable. Still trying to accept it.