Wow, that was some week. In case you didn’t know, it was Book Blogger Awareness Week. In which I added lots of books to my TBR list and lots of new-to-me bloggers to my blog reader. It was a blast!
The boy was pleased to get cheeseburger sliders at Black Angus. I had a bit of a hankering for prime rib and they have lunch specials on Saturdays so that’s where we went.
Currently…
Reading:
An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs #5) -Jacqueline Winspear
For an upcoming blog tour
The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries – Jessa Crispin
Children of the Jacaranda Tree – Sahar Delijani
Hunger makes me a modern girl – Carrie Brownstein (an audiobook! read by the author!)
Scribd’s announcment (that they’re doing away with unlimited ebooks! GGAAAHHH!) was the push I needed to start reading all these books (except the Winspear) that I had put in my ‘library’ but hadn’t begun reading yet.
The Vegetarian – Han Kang
Update: so while I had originally read somewhere that this book was written in English, turns out it wasn’t and it is indeed a translated book
Ok so I thought this was a translated book but turns out she wrote it in English. So I am slightly disappointed. But that sounds silly because I’m just glad this book by a Korean author has been making waves.
Watching:
Inside Out.
I had seen bits and pieces of it on the plane to Singapore last November but sitting with two kids under five for a sixteen hour flight (and that’s just the first leg) means one doesn’t get to watch the whole movie (or keep one’s sanity but that’s another story).
But I was surprised at how adult it seemed. As in I wasn’t sure if this was a Pixar movie a kid would enjoy. Is that why last year they also released The Good Dinosaur? That was the first time Pixar had two releases in one year.
Eating:
This easy one-bowl chocolate loaf
Drinking:
Tea. Always tea.
Cooking:
I’m not a good meal planner as I never actually stick to any plans I do make! I have a bag of spinach in the fridge though so I may throw that into some kind of baked pasta. I also have some tilapia fillets that I may bake in foil packets, with, if I can get them, some nice asparagus.
Browsing:
These Alice in Wonderland shoes (Boing Boing)
8 small press books to read in February (Bookriot)
10 great writers nobody reads anymore (LitHub)
And happy blog birthday, Andi!
Added to the TBR list:
- What She Left by T.R. Richmond (via Dolce Bellezza) – somehow the cover makes me think of Fates and Furies though
- What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera (via Word by Word) – I had already added this to my list after reading Munaweera’s debut, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, but Claire’s review has made me more eager to read this one and bumped it up my list!
- I really like Stefan Zweig’s Post-Office Girl when I read it last year, so I was happy to learn that Pushkin Press is publishing his collected novellas (via His Futile Preoccupations)
Last week:
I read:
A ridiculous number of comics, I hope to talk about them sometime this week!
I posted:
BBAW Day 4 – staying connected
BBAW Day 3 – Bloggers made me read these
Book Blogger Appreciation Week – An Interview with Shanaya Tales
Your chocolate bread looks delicious! I’m trying to decide what dessert to make for a church dinner this week. There are too many choices!
I’ve been meaning to watch Inside Out. Did your kids watch it at all on the plane? I guess I should watch it before deciding if the kiddos will like it.
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All those pictures of such delicious food are making my mouth water, not to mention the good books you included in this post. Thanks for the shout out; What She Left was an interesting novel, and Fates and Furies is still waiting on my shelf to read. 🙂
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I want some chocolate loaf now! 🙂 Now that you’ve mentioned Scribd, I need to check and see what’s in my library. I might need to start reading some of my books too.
Have a good week!
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i have heard this expression ‘sliders’ to describe a food item but have no idea what they are…..
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I loved ‘Inside Out’. 🙂
I am looking forward to reading your thoughts on ‘The Vegetarian’. There is so much talk going on about that. I am more curious now.
I cannot handle the food pictures. They make me hungry, and drool like my Boo. 😉 The chocolate one looks super delicious.
Have a great week ahead!
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I am so disappointed with the changes to Scribd. It has completely changed my reading plans for the month!
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I know!! I was also quite angry. Because going from unlimited to just three?!! That’s why I am reading ALL the comics on Scribd until they restrict it. Just to stick it to them!
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I have a baffled expression on my face because I too thought The Vegetarian was translated. In fact, someone on Twitter liked my review post and their bio said they were the translator. So confused!
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Sorry my bad (or wherever it was that I read that Han Kang had written this in English). Turns out it is translated!
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The Jessa Crispin one looks extremely interesting! I’m going to put in in my TBR pile.
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An Incomplete Revenge looks good and so does that delicious chocolate bread.
Enjoy the rest of this reading week.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My It’s Monday, What Are You Reading
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