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The Sunday Salon: My Bookish Weekend

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The Sunday Salon

The clouds are rolling in and I’ve got Cacciatore cooking for dinner. The house smells wonderful. It’s been a busy morning but I’ve finally got a moment to sit down and catch-up with you all.

Yesterday, I got to meet-up with one of my favorite bloggers for a bit of book shopping and lunch.I can’t tell you how excited I was to finally meet her in person! I’ve been talking to her for so long.

Wallace
Wallace from Unputdownables

Yes!! That’s Wallace from Unputdownables! She’s also the founder of the Indie Lit Awards which is in its second year! We met-up for a little book shopping. Well, she tried to shop but I talked too much.

I spent most of my time in this section.

Fiction Aisle

I swear. To the bookstore staff, we must have looked like life-long friends because we could not stop talking. After I forced myself to stop talking, I found the bookstore cat, who would not let me take a picture AND a white chihuahua who scared the hell out of me in the children’s section. BUT, it was so much fun to be in a bookstore with another blogger.

After browsing, we ate lunch and talked some more. We also saw a celebrity. Yep, Mark Ruffalo. I didn’t drool over him or anything. I played it cool, as did Wallace when she pointed him out to me.

We had a great time. This is what I bought.

Book Stack

Even after consulting Goodreads mobile on my phone, I still managed to purchase a book I already have. The funny thing is that I mentioned how I didn’t want to do that and that’s exactly what I did. I had totally forgotten that I had A Reliable Wife on my Kindle.

I’m so glad Wallace could visit with me for the afternoon. It was so much fun and she’s exactly how I pictured her.

Right now, I am going to remove the Otter Pup from my cozy spot on the couch and try to finish The Gin and Chowder Club. Don’t worry. She prefers my lap anyway.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! It’s about to rain here and I sort of hope it does. Except, my car is clean which sort of stinks but it makes for great reading weather.

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The Sunday Salon: Sunday, really?

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Sunday Salon

It’s one of those long weekends that you just want to savor, but the time is zipping by again (for me anyway). If I could push a pause button, I would.

Yesterday, we celebrated a friend’s 75th birthday at a local Mexican restaurant. We had a private room and it was a lot of fun. The margaritas were flowing and the food was good and everyone had a great time. Afterward, we all headed back to our friend’s house to have coffee and dessert.

Coffee duty was mine, because it was one of those big coffee makers and I had used one before for PTO (that makes me a professional), but I measured something wrong because that coffee could have burned a whole through your stomach. My heart was beating out of my chest for hours afterward. I have to tell you, I worried about some of those older folks as I laid my head down to sleep. They were drinking it like it was going out of style!

Today, I’ve done nothing but errands. I did manage to squeeze a nice lunch in with The Fam, but now we are just sitting around being lazy. I was supposed to write-up two reviews, but my review mojo is nowhere to be found at the moment. In a little while, we may head over to a friend’s house for tacos but it’s windy as heck and cold! What happened to our warm weather?

If we don’t go, I will hunker down with In Stiches by Anthony Youn. It’s pretty funny and Tony is like several of the boys I knew in high school. Oh! I have book club on Thursday and I still haven’t read the book (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet). I started it, but got stuck. I mean, REALLY stuck. Has anyone read it? Does the story move along at some point?

To all who attended BEA and BBC, welcome back and to everyone else, happy Sunday to you!

Note: I am having trouble posting comments on some of your Blogger blogs. It’s not recognizing my Google account or even letting me post anonymously. I mentioned it to some of you but if you’ve been wondering why I haven’t stopped by, this is why. I’ve been reading, but can’t always comment. I know some others are experiencing the same problem. Not sure what to do about it.