Sunday, February 12, 2017

It's Monday. Happy (almost) Valentine's Day!

Hello bookish friends! Everyone hanging in there?

It's been the usual amount of crazy around here, but husband and I did manage to get a kids-free dinner thanks to a Parents Night Out at our church. I have been confused about what day it is since Thursday, when D had a snow day.

This week, I read (and really liked) Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood. Then I read Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Museum. It was interesting to me because you can see so much of the groundwork for Life After Life. I also finished reading Faithfully Feminist. I've been reading a couple of essays each day for a few weeks.



Now I'm reading Do Not Say We Have Nothing. Have any of you read it?

What are you reading this week?

11 comments:

  1. Nice to have a night out! I do that often stay with the grandkids so my kids can get away together.

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  2. I've had a week of not knowing what day it was either - really throws you! Sounds like you had a great reading week; I hope that continues into this week.

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  3. Both of these look really good. I've added them to my list. Happy reading!

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  4. Looks like you had a good reading week. Yeah those snow days can throw you all outta wack. Have a nice week!

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  5. I'm not generally a fan of retellings, so didn't jump on Hagseed, but I am a huge Atwood fan, so should possibly reconsider that!

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  6. I just started Hag-Seed yesterday. I'm only about 80 pages in. I'm interested to see how his revenge will play out. And I think I have to brush up on The Tempest.
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  7. I've bee eyeing Faithfully Feminist. I enjoyed Kate Atkinson's books until Life After Life. I didn't like that one, for some reason.

    I feel the same about Atwood's MaddAddam books...so I'm probably not going to read Hag-Seed.

    Thanks for sharing...and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

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  8. Glad you had a dinner alone with your husband! I haven't read any of your books, though The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood was one of my favorites of my teens/20s. Maybe I'll pick that one up.

    I don't know if little kids still make valentines cards for their school friends, or buy store-bought ones (I remember for myself and my kids that the schools allowed card-giving if you gave one to everybody so no one was left out).

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  9. I really enjoyed Hagseed and love Kate Atkinson - Life After Life is one of my favourite books. Have a good week.

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  10. My days are all out of wack too with the snow days. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed Hagseed. I'm going to grab it on audio when my turn comes around.

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  11. I have yet to read anything by Margaret Atwood, but I'll be listening to A Handmaid's Tale later this month. It's been on my TBR for too long! I'll have to add Hag Seed to my list.

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