Tag Archives: Sunday Salon

The Sunday Salon: Summer is Almost Here!

Sunday Salon Button

I have been dealing with a ton of health issues lately. Some of it is lupus related, some not. All in all, it’s meant spending the entire weekend in bed. BUT, since I was in bed all that time I managed to finish The Passage and Wuthering Heights so I am a very happy camper. I haven’t written up my review of The Passage yet, but I must tell you that it was FANTASTIC. You must pick it up this summer.

My next book will be The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. You may have heard me say this before, but the publisher was kind enough to send me the book ages ago, but I’ve been waiting to read it with a friend so I put it off until now. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it. Finally!

As for my TBR (to-be-read) list, I’ve put a huge dent in it. I am practically all caught-up with my reading commitments. I can comfortably say, “Hello Summer!” and finally sit down and create my summer reading list. I can’t wait.

This is the last week of school for my kids and also promotion week for my son who is promoting from 6th to 7th. There are lots of end-of-the-year parties to attend and last-minute details to deal with since summer camp begins right after. Sorting through which swimsuits still fit, which ones to toss, you get the idea.

Tonight we are ordering pizza and watching the Laker game. What do you have planned?

The Sunday Salon: Long Weekend Bliss

The Sunday Salon Button

Is it really Sunday? With furloughs and the holiday weekend, I’ve been blessed with a glorious 5-day weekend. It’s the kind of bliss that allows you to forget what day it is. Gosh, I love my time off.

One of the reasons that I am really lovin’ the time off is this…

The Passage Book Cover

I picked this up on Saturday and I have been reading it ever since. The Passage by Justin Cronin has got to be THE book of the summer. It comes out on June 8th but it’s everything that you’d expect from a great summer read and then some. I had to force myself to hit the sack last night and I only gave in, because my over-forty physique was screaming from my cramped reading position. As soon as I got up this morning I went right back to it. I even skipped food! A first! I am about halfway through and at 766 pages that’s pretty good.

The other thing that I have been enjoying is pure family fun and lots of cook-outs. We’ve been hanging around the house, lounging out in the backyard in this 95 degree weather and cooking up a storm.  Tonight we are grilling burgers and roasting some corn and then after the kids hit the sack, we plan to watch Less Than Zero. You may recall it from the 80’s. Robert Downey Jr and Andrew McCarthy along with Jami Gertz. I’ve seen it a dozen times but haven’t seen it in a while so that’s the plan for tonight. Oh, and a bit of trivia for you, it was based on Bret Easton Ellis’ book of the same name and the sequel to the book comes out late June.

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend as much as I am.