The Sunday Salon: End of School Edition!

This past week was busy! It was the last week of school for my kids so there were parties, and awards and a Kindergarten grad ceremony to attend. As you can see from the picture, she is quite excited about being a 1st grader now. Yes! I got to go!

They both start summer day camp on Monday so that means that I have to pack lunches! UGH. They normally buy lunches at school so packing lunches is a chore that I am not used to doing. I will have to tack on a few more minutes to my morning routine to make time for it.

Last night I had trouble sleeping. I could not for the life of me fall asleep so I got up and had a mini read-a-thon! I finished Foreign Tongue (review will be posted tomorrow). I also read a good chunk of Sunnyside Blues (it grabbed me early on) and to top it off, I read a few chapters of The Shadow of the Wind. None of these books put me to sleep though (a good thing I suppose) so I was even more awake in the end. I slept a total of an hour or two tops.

Right now I am sitting here with a cup of Tazo’s Green Ginger tea and a toasted cheese bagel. Yum. The sky has patches of blue this morning so perhaps we’ll get some sun today. The Hub and Boy went to help a friend move so I am home with my daughter just trying to figure out my day. I know laundry is on the list but hopefully not much else. I would really like to just sit and finish Sunnyside Blues.

What’s going on today in your neck of the woods and more importantly, what are you reading?

Friday Finds: The Signal

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading. Here’s my one find:

Here’s the blurb from Barnes & Noble:

A beautifully written and suspenseful tale of love and peril by an award-winning writer.

Backpacking into the Wind River Mountains on their tenth annual trip, Mack and his wife, Vonnie, find the magnificent woods and stunning mountains of Wyoming full of ghosts and danger. Mack comes from a long line of ranchers, and his dedication to keeping the family land has led him into penury and a life of crime. Vonnie is a fiercely intelligent, headstrong girl who came west for love, only to have it stolen from her bit by bit.

They’ve made this trip to say goodbye to each other, but as they navigate the trails they know so well, they come to understand the true nature of their wounds. And Mack has one more secret: he is trying to receive a signal and retrieve something that has fallen from the sky. It is a beacon that will lead them into a wood far darker than they’ve ever imagined. Ron Carlson’s love for the mountains and his mastery of fiction radiate in the pages of this thrilling, fast-paced love story.

I love stories that are set in the wilderness. There’s just something mysterious about the woods. Adding this one to my GoodReads list now. What have you found this week?

Chatting with friends about books and life…