Sunday Salon | Book Chatter

It is cold and windy out and a storm is a brewin’. I love this weather! After a quick trip to the market to get more stuff for the big meal, we are about to head over to see the in-laws and watch some football. I’ve got a roast in the Crock-Pot and I am trying to ~~bribe~~ rally the kids into sitting for a holiday pic. Each year, it gets harder and harder to take pics of them and I’ve got nothing good to put on the Christmas card. Seems like a simple request but I swear, they act like I am killing them or something.

On the reading front, I am still reading 1Q84 and really loving it. It’s the type of story that you digest in small bits because it really makes you ponder your existence (in general). I’ve been enjoying a couple of chapters here and there, but come Wednesday, I will be reading King’s new one so I have to finish 1Q84 before then. Time to pick-up the pace a bit. I am also reading Sunset Park and that is also a book that you ponder after putting it down, so my brain is in overdrive right now. I love it though.

This week I am working Monday and Tuesday and then I am off the rest of the week. We will be enjoying another year of “Thanksgiving in Pajamas” which means that on Thursday, we will be absolute slugs. We will eat, drink and be merry and do nothing but watch movies and maybe The Twilight Zone or I Love Lucy. A long time ago we did away with the pretense and it’s made the holiday super fun for everyone. We still break-out the fine china but it’s casual and easy. It’s become my favorite thing.

Anyway, I am off to get those kids photographed. Wish me luck!

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.

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!

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