I love it and I hate it.
As the year draws to a close, it’s “Best Of” season, where everyone publishes their ‘Best Books” of 2016 and I am reminded of how few 2016 publications I have read. See the “Browsing” section for lots of links!
Once again it was a mad eating weekend – Sunday breakfast at our favourite diner. Sushi. Prime rib! Indian food!
A couple of library trips. My 3yo’s preschool is across the road from the library but I only have about 10-15 minutes to grab books in between dropping off my kindergartener at PM K class, then driving to preschool to pick up the 3yo. So I can’t quite manage hitting both the adult and kids section at the same time! Especially because I try to flip through the pages of some of the picture books -just to check if there are torn pages/stains/missing pages and also to have a general idea of the storyline. Of course there are plenty that I know will be good reads especially those in a series or by a beloved author like Ezra Jack Keats and Mo Willems. (Also if you guys have Amazon Prime Video, Keats’ The Snowy Day has been made into an adorable animated holiday special, and with Boyz II Men singing!)
Currently…
Reading:
Swing Time – Zadie Smith
Generation Chef – Karen Stabiner
Watching:
The Grand Tour. Mad Men Season 1. Totoro (with the kids, again and again)
Eating:
I had a turkey and cream cheese bagel this morning for breakfast. I like savoury foods for breakfast usually, and because I get hungry really quickly, the protein really helps fill me up.
Drinking:
Yorkshire Gold with milk
Cooking:
Browsing:
As promised, here are some Best Books lists.
New York Times (and their 100 Notable Books)
NPR’s Top 10 (and their Book Concierge with over 300 books)
Brain Picking’s Top Science Books
Slate’s favourite comics of 2016
Laura Miller’s 10 favourite books
School Library Journal (picture books, chapter books, middle grade, YA, nonfiction)
The Millions’ continues its Year in Reading series like this one by Jacqueline Woodson
Last week:
I read:
Rosalie Lightning – Tom Hart
12 Reasons why I love her – Jamie S. Rich, Joëlle Jones (Illustrator)
Supergirl Vol 1 – Jeph Loeb
Last Man: The Royal Cup (Lastman #2) – Bastien Vivès, Michaël Sanlaville, Balak
I posted:
#amonthoffaves2016 picking favourites
#amonthoffaves2016 – Favorite Book to Movie or TV Shows
#amonthoffaves2016: Most Useful Tools For Getting Sh&! Done
#amonthoffaves2016 – This Is How We Blog
#amonthoffaves2016 – This Is How We Read
Real Life Reading 
So many Best of 2016 lists! And your picture of Swing Time mirrors my reading life pretty well…at swimming lessons, at tennis practice, etc…
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The Snowy Day is such a great book! How I miss browsing through the preschool section… 🙂
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