Sunday, November 28, 2010

Sunday Synopsis: November 28, 2010

Wowza, Wowza, Wowza!!  It has been far too long since I have posted, hasn't it?!?!  The last couple of weeks have been so chaotic that I simply have not had the chance to write here on the blog at all.  It all started a couple of weeks ago when I got horribly sick . . . I ended up with a high fever and some sort of crud that put me out of commission for at least three days.  When I started feeling a bit better, family started to arrive for the Thanksgiving holiday and since we don't see family that often, we were just having fun with them!  And, of course, on top of that, all but one of our family members has come down with something while they were visiting as well.  We simply could not catch a break!!

My in-laws left yesterday and my parents are leaving first thing in the morning and Tuesday afternoon.  It has been so good to see everyone and spend time with them for Thanksgiving.  It will also be nice to get back into the swing of things though and not feel like my home is a constant cluster of clutter!  I have always had issues with cluttered space and with four people staying with us the past week in our tiny home, every nook and cranny has been stuffed with something or filled with toys and games from the kids playing.

Considering the chaos around my house, I have been able to get a good chunk of reading in.  I decided to pick up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for a quick re-read.  No matter how many times I have read this book, it still becomes one that is hard to put down!  I should finish that one in the next couple of days and then plan to pick up A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle for my book club next week and then probably Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones thanks to Kristen at We Be Reading!  She has been raving about DWJ and even sent me a copy of this book to get me started!  I can't wait to dig in . . . afterall, her blog is one of my worst for growing my TBR pile!  :)

Since I have been away for so long, I am once again (or shall I say still?) behind on many posts and reviews.  I am really hoping to begin working on catching up during the month of December.  I have also decided to work on a few challenges again for 2011 and will be posting about those in the next couple of weeks as well.  Thanks for sticking with me during yet another short absence and be watching for much more to come in my book-ish world!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday (for all my American friends) or at least a great weekend for those who are international!  And, here's to a great, productive week to come!

Did you have a great (holiday) weekend?  What is on your current reading list this week?

14 comments:

  1. Glad to see your back. I did have a happy holiday traveling to my family. Hopefully, you are all on the mend now and Dec. will be an easier month. I just finished Dark Places by Gillian Flynn-really good.

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  2. I'm just going to say, two paragraphs in and I am sweating over your post. Mercy, you have been through the ringer.

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  3. Peaceful Reader . . . I am so glad to hear that you had a happy holiday!! And, I am sure hoping for an easier month in December! I am behind on blog reading, but I will be watching for your review of Dark Places! I'm looking forward to it!

    J. Kaye . . . I know!!! We really can't seem to catch a break!! I'm hoping my break is coming in the next month!! :)

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  4. I'm sorry to hear you were sick! I hope you're feeling a lot better and really getting into Harry Potter again. :) I just finished HP5 myself, and it was so good!

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  5. Becky . . . Thank you! I am feeling better! And, is it possible for HP to get better and better with every re-read?!? That is really where I'm at with it right now!! :)

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  6. I'm glad you're feeling better and got to enjoy your family over Thanksgiving.

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  7. Tif, sorry you've not been well - glad to hear you're feeling much better now.

    I managed to persuade my daughter to read A Wrinkle in Time last summer, when we were on holiday - she really enjoyed it and it's the quickest I've known her to read a whole book. I'm buying her the first of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins for Christmas, see how she gets on with that.

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  8. carolsnotebook . . . Thank you! I hope you did too!

    Tracy . . . I've heard really great things about A Wrinkle in Time and am excited to read it this weekend! I will be curious to know what your daughter thinks of The Hunger Games. I LOVED them!!

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  9. A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favourite books when I was young - I bought a copy a couple of years ago to see if it was still as good when I re-read it as an adult.

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  10. It was mostly how I remembered it, certainly. Not quite as 'mysterious' as I thought it was as a child, but that's what you'd expect. Be interesting to see how more recent books, such as HP, read in thirty years time.
    The infinite worlds of maybe - I love that concept!

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  11. Tracy . . . I've never read the book, so I'm really excited to! And, it will be interesting to see how the recent books are perceived in the future, especially Harry Potter (since I'm personally such a huge fan!).

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  12. Obviously I'm late getting to this post since I would have known about the L'Engle if I had read this already!

    I really do hope you read Dogsbody because I'm dying to get you hooked on DWJ. If you even mostly love it, I know what to send you next!

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  13. Kristen M. . . . No worries! I'm actually almost done with A Wrinkle in Time now! I should be done by book club tomorrow night for sure! And, I will definitely be reading Dogsbody and will keep you posted! I can't wait!!

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