We woke up to a foggy morning. (We also woke up too early, but that’s another story.) I love fog. It’s a sure sign of autumn and we’ll see many foggy mornings in the coming weeks.
I pulled a lot of weeds yesterday and I mowed as well. But it was hot and humid, so I stopped without finishing the back forty. I was tired and my back hurt. There’s been so much rain that the grass is really long back there. I’ll finish it today because it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and the next day.
The living room this morning.
Mowing today, a stop at the grocery store and, I think, reading. Don will be gone most of the day so I’m going to treat myself to some quiet time here in the den. I feel the need to escape into a good book. I’m currently reading The Child Finder By Rene Denfield, a beautifully written mystery about a woman who looks for missing children. It’s written from the both the point of view of the woman and that of the missing child. I’m really enjoying it. And of course, I’m reading Fear by Bob Woodward.
Two questions. I used to show the book I’m currently reading on the sidebar. I took it off when I went through my long, dry stretch of being unmotivated to read. Would you enjoy seeing that again?
And the other question: What are you currently reading? (One of my favorite questions to ask here on the blog.)
Happy Sunday.
Waiting for “Fear” ~ should arrive tomorrow. Finishing up “The Big House” and quiet enjoying it. Waiting for my Brit Edition of “Country Living” to hit the store so I can pick that up this week. I have a feeling I’ll lose the “who gets to read Fear first” so my magazine will keep me occupied while my dh reads the book.
Hope your back feels better soon and you can get the grass done before the rain hits. Snow and rain today, so we’re off to the Dollhouse Show and the Antique Mall. Good use of our time on a cold and wet Sunday!
X Chy
Forgot to check my words …. quite, not quiet!
xo
Have a great day, Chy!
I am currently reading The Secret Garden…almost finished. My 9 year old granddaughter wanted to share it with me since I said I had never read it. She is an avid reader….4th grade and reads at a 6th grade level.
I have Fear sitting on my bedside table, and can’t wait to get started on it. If only it was fiction!
You know, I have The Secret Garden around here and I’ve never read it either! I should get on that!
It is a beautiful book. You will love it!
xo
Non-fiction for me too. I’m about halfway through “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America.” Author Nancy MacClean is a professor at Duke University. I saw her on Bill Maher’s show and decided I needed to read this. I say, Hillary was right, it’s been a vast right wing conspiracy and has been since the 1950s.
Sounds like a very compelling read. Hillary was right about a lot of things, wasn’t she?
I don’t read much non-fiction these days but I do thank you, Claudia, for acquainting me with Louise Penny.
Oh wait, I wrote that backwards, I do mostly read non-fiction.
xo
She is the best!
Love the fog. Reading “Indianapolis” Have you seen The Great American Read on Pbs. Just went on line to watch it. There are a 100 books to choose from. I am having a hard time, which one is my favorite? Pbs talks about the authors and their books. Hope you enjoy your day.
I know about it but I haven’t looked at the list of books yet, Rose.
I just finished the amazing, beautifully written “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar and now I will dive into her book “The Secrets Between Us” which has the same main character. Like another of your readers, I am watching for the September British Country Living magazine. It always gives hours of pleasure looking at gardens, homes, and treasures.
It’s a beautiful magazine, Brenda!
Just finished:
Desert Rage by Betty Webb
Purr felt Murder by Nic Saint ( a cozy book)
Now reading:
Desert Vengeance by Betty Webb
Scene of the Grind by Tonya Kappes (a cozy book)
I have been reading all of Betty Webb’s book.
Sounds like you’ve got a good pile of books there! Enjoy, Charlotte!
I’d love it if your book being read was on the side bar. I used to follow your book blog and chose many of the books I was reading from that. I miss it. I’m currently reading Clock Dance by Anne Tyler and just finished Murder is Forever by James Patterson. I am a voracious reader, but I can’t always remember the last few books I’ve read. Not only that, when I go to the library, I often inadvertently find books to bring home that I’ve already read. You know, you get forgetful when you’re “twenty-six”.
I’ve done that same thing! I understand.
I mostly read fiction. The last book was Upstaged by Murder, featuring Scottish barrister Rex Graves, by CS Challinor. The book before was The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman. It was light reading but I loved it because it featured generations of strong women and the bond of family. The book waiting for me is Magpie Murders by Andrew Horowitz.
Bagheera is home with us and spent a relaxed night. The vet techs were concerned because he looked so scared all the time and would freeze in his enclosure, not eating, not drinking, not using litter box. So he’s home, eating, drinking and using litter box last night. Fingers crossed he continues to do so and things can get back to what passes as normal over here.
So happy to hear your baby is back home! What an ordeal you’ve all been through!
hi, wendy.
glad your baby is home and is doing well! am sure you are all relieved and hopefully snuggling with treats nearby.
kathy in iowa
Hi Kathy, Bagheera has been purring non-stop and every time we stroke his head, he wants to lay his head on one of our hands or he grabs our arm and hugs it to his body. I’m so glad he’s happy at home.
That is so sweet Wendy…It’s wonderful when they show us how much they love us..best of luck to both of you!
Thanks, Nancy Blue Moon. He’s my sweetheart!
oh, so sweet! brings tears to my eyes, remembering similar things with my cats. i cannot understand how some people deny the feelings that animals have … just like ours. anyway, very happy for you and bagheera. stay healthy!
kathy in iowa
I saw this morning that Doris Kearns Goodwin has a new book,, “Leadership in Turbulent Times.” She is my kind of writer, history with an eye to how it repeats itself. Maybe we will learn to change.
She is a superb writer. I’ll have to look for that.
I love when you show the books you are reading sometimes that is what draws me to a book. I just finished reading Good Me Bad Me a very creepy book but totally absorbing. I am currently reading Forgiveness and just snagged nine Nancy Drew books at a used book store and will start on them very soon.
Yay for Nancy Drew!
I always enjoy seeing what you are reading. I just finished reading The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman. I enjoyed it very much. Easy reading while on vacation. I hope you get the lawn mowing finished and enjoy some quiet time today.
I’ll have to take my iPad with me. We’re packing lightly so I’ll download some books I’m interested in reading – light reading on vacation, for sure!
I would love to see the book you are currently reading back in place! I just finished The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen. I am reading How to Walk Away by Catherine Center, and I am (very) ready to begin The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni and When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica. So many books to read. I have 7 checked out from the library right now!!
We are very warm and humid here, also. I have been saddened by how early the sun sets now. I think I heard this morning that we lose another 6 or 7 minutes this week. I still wonder where the summer went. I think being indoors for much of it due to the weather makes me feel like we missed it! I hope you have a nice Sunday after the mowing is completed. Enjoy your day.
I love Robert Dugoni – I think I’ve read most of his books. Yes, I feel the same way. It’s getting dark so much earlier. Sigh.
Your fog is calming. It’s quiet here. We have sunshine…so it’s easier to see the leaves of my birch fall… a little too early. There will be a Packer game to watch…u rah rah. But, it’ll be a quiet day here, overall. Flowers to water…those few that survived being waterlogged. I have mulch to spread….but it’s too humid today. That task will be for later in the week after it cools down.
I always enjoy seeing what you are currently reading….so yes. I just finished the first Alex Cross novel….really enjoyed it. Now, I have plans to continue on with that series. But…have yet to figure out what’s next. I need a diversion. A book to escape into for a few hours….still looking at my stash. Any idea when or if there’s a new Louise Penny coming?
Happy Mowing! ;)
The new Louise Penny is coming at the end of November. This year, for some reason, her newest isn’t coming out in August as normal, but November. I think she explained it in her newsletter but I can’t remember the reason why now. Anyway, there’s one coming in about two months! That’s the good news.
Only on my first Louise Penny but have seven of them lined up and ready, more to be acquired. Lots of good reading to anticipate. As usual for me, my collections are paperbacks.
I’ve read them all, but have seriously considered reading them again.
I think it’s because she reissued one of her old books first. Not sure why she did this except to make more $$$$. If people didn’t look carefully, they thought it was a new one.
Certain books have U.K. editions with different titles. For example, I have two sets of Harry Potters, one U.S. and the other U.K.
No, I don’t think that’s the case. I think it was because of her schedule and some downtime that she really needed.
I too am reading Fear but to retain my mental stability require a English mystery to break up the seriousness of IQ45’s destruction. Enjoying Faith Martin who has a series of books with Hillary Greene as a DI.
The weather has been quite hot and humid in Ontario the past week. 🇨🇦
Exactly. The same here. I can only read bits of Fear then I have to switch to a mystery.
Thanks, Lea!
Same here! I can read 20 pages of Fear, then I get totally disgusted. I am reading Jane Cleland’s auction mystery series. I do want to read Malcolm Nance’s book next.
Fear can only be read in small doses, Tina-Marie!
My book club meets for breakfast at a local bakery in our small town. Yesterday, we decided our next book would be The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It was one of the books recommended by PBS.
A great book. Enjoy!
It feels like this heat and humidity will never end! Of course logically I know it will, we are supposed to cool off by Wednesday.
At a yard sale this morning I picked up “ Anne of Green Gables”. I’ve never read it which is terrible especially for a Canadian girl!
Take it easy Claudia, watch your back.❤️
Oh, you’ll love it!
Yes, please put your current read back in the sidebar. I love finding out what others are reading [especially if they’re recommending it]. Right now I’m reading Katy Tur’s “Unbelievable” which I HIGHLY recommend. Katy writes just like she talks/reports – something I really like. I believe that, in general, people should write the way they talk. Speak with one voice, as it were. It always sound more authentic, genuine. And when they do it clearly and concisely, that’s even better. Second last book I’m also recommending – “Sisters First” by Jenna & Barbara Bush. I have a whole new take on George W because of this book, though I must confess Chunky also contributed mightily to this attitude adjustment. But who knew Jenna & Barbara were so nice, so normal & so fun? I really never paid any attention to them when their Dad was in the WH, but have enjoyed Jenna on the “Today Show” [which I now watch again because Matt Lauer is gone]. She’s a scream – really funny. Many of the promotions the girls did for the book are videos on YouTube too. Worth well watching for the laughs alone. I think the book came out last Fall but I just found out about it recently. It’s a quick & easy read. Like MASH or a Neil Simon play – guaranteed to make you both laugh & cry. Have a great Sunday! Peace.
#Resist
#ProtectMueller
Thanks for your recommendations, Janet!
I thought you may find this of interest with your upcoming trip to Scotland. This place is on the opposite side of Scotland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq882Nc3ipY
http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Right now I am reading a couple of books one about Lusitania (Nonfiction) and a fiction by Charles Todd An Impartial Witness
A tour through Wigtown, Scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kao4wOd4lk
I don’t know if you knew about this place but when I came across it while reading a book called (I think) “How to find love in a bookshop” I had to look it up. This to me seems like a perfect vacation for someone who loves to read. Anyway I looked it up on the map, Wigtown appears to be on the opposite end of Scotland from Edinburgh.
I’ll have to go there next time!
Thank you, Trina!
It sounds lovely. Too bad we only have two days in Scotland!
Hi Claudia
I am spending a few days in Brontë Country in Yorkshire, and swapping between Jane Eyre and The Railway Children
On a steam train today I met a couple from Carmel, Indiana – and they were passionate about their dislike of Trump and disbelief that he is the President- like you they #resist !
The resistance is strong!
I love seeing the selections on the sidebar. Currently I’m reading Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett. It’s a historical novel and excellent from the beginning. Also The sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie but somehow it got buried, literally, under some books and magazines. It takes place near the Clyde river near Glasgow. We traveled there this past March and I can literally see in my mind eye the story.
In March we took a very similar trip to the one you are taking soon. Can’t wait to hear about it. Enjoy!
Thank you so much, Cathy!
hope your back feels better by now!
beautiful photo of the fog!
enjoy the day of reading!
i haven’t read anything in too-long (maybe a couple months). am working on knitting my first pair of socks as well as two projects for my church … unfortunately the sock class came at the same time as deadlines for the mission projects … ugh. i love to knit, but do not like having three projects at the same time!
to answer your question … i don’t see any need for you to go to the trouble of posting an image of the book you are reading unless you want to or doing so brings a benefit to you (free books? more readers?) or you haven’t mentioned somewhere that in a post what you are reading … but i appreciate however you share the books you’ve read and movies you’ve watched. they are great reminders/ suggestions … thank you!
happy sunday.
kathy in iowa
I share the image because a lot of readers wanted to know what I was reading. I like to share that information and it’s doesn’t take any time to do it. Thanks, Kathy!
I just finished reading “True Evil” by Greg ILes. His last name looks like two ii if I don’t use a capitol L. I like mysteries.
I read another blog, Miss Mustard Seed. She is in Paris right now. Her Paris apt. was free in exchange for writing about her experience. She included beautiful pictures of the apt. and Paris.
Yes, she’s a big blogger. That doesn’t happen for little bloggers like me!
I have bought several books based on your recommendations.
Currently reading The Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd. Watched the movie on Netflix as I am a Bill Nighy fan, but the book is better. Karl Marx as a murder suspect?
Went to the local mini show & sale this morning – always fun to say hey to familiar faces and see what everyone has been building over the past year. The degree of craftsmanship is inspiring and humbling.
I love Bill Nighy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him make a wrong move as an actor. So glad you got the the mini show, Barbara!
I’ve been struggling with finding any books/authors to read lately. So I’ve pulled out all of my Jane Austen books and am reading each one again. They bring me comfort which is much needed right now. Blessed Be.
Jane Austen sounds like the perfect antidote to all things horrendous.
I was near finishing “The End of Your Life Book Club” by Will Schwalbe but didn’t want to bring it to my oncologist appointment. Figured not in the best of taste. LOL. (The book is excellent.) They have a book exchange there and I found “Curious Minds” by Janet Ivanovich and Phoef Sutton. So I started it there and liked it. Went home and finished the Book Club and now am reading the other. I have read all the Janet Ivanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels and found them fun reads. It’s a mystery and fast reading.
I’ve read most of her Stephanie Plum novels, they’re a lot of fun!
I would love to see the books you’re reading/read listed again…I just looked up The Child Finder and it sounds very good!…I just finished Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King…one of his that I never got around to reading…I am about to start The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead…there is a big old house about 15 minutes from my house that was part of the underground railroad!
I need to read that book as well. I’ve heard nothing but excellent reviews!
I enjoyed seeing what you were reading on your sidebar. I am currently reading To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear. If you haven’t heard this series of books I highly recommend them. You do need to read them in order. Have a good week!
Is this the series focused on someone named Maisie? Am I recalling that correctly? I started the very first one years ago but couldn’t get into it. It just might have been the wrong time. I’ll look into them again.
Yes, it is the Maisie Dobbs series.
“Meet Me At the Museum: a Novel”
next – the twelve vols. of Poldark!!
Wow! Good for you!
I LOVE foggy days! we have very few of them so they’re always so special to me.
I’m reading Fear on my Kindle. man. that Woodward is so fantastic! I feel safer just having him in the world. my book case is full but til I get new glasses I like the kindle. I can make the print larger. and it’s so handy. (never thought I’d say that!)
I like M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth mystery series set in the highlands of Scotland. she also does the Agatha Raisin series and usually has a new one or the other of those two popular series out in September. and I always try to read Jane Austen in the Fall. I don’t know why. it’s sort of a tradition I guess! and I love the journals of Gladys Taber through the year.
they’re old of course but so wonderful. they’re set in New England and upstate NY. my favorites. I grow nostalgic in the Autumn.
He is brilliant. I agree, thank goodness we have him!
The Gladys Taber books are lovely, though I’ve only read one or two. I’ll have to get more.
Just f I shed Underground Rairoad…amazing book!!!Colson Whitehead-difficult to understand cruelty of mankind!! Read one of Pattrson books but all seem to be alike now! Reviewed a new Maccomber book for Amazon-cozy stories! I read five to six books per week and will read the Woodward-stores sold out and didn’t see it at the library!
Amazon had completely sold out before it was even published! I know that they’re doing more print runs. Hang in there!
I’m currently reading Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, it’s a debut novel, beautifully written and I’m nearing the end. I’ve recently started reading the Louise Penny series and finished The Cruelest Month (#3) a couple of weeks ago…I love these characters and am glad that I have lots of books to look forward to!
I love, love, love her books. And, Debbie, you’re going to find that they just get better and better.