Life:
Let's see. I had the zoo trip with my father Monday. I've been working every day since then until this past Sunday. I had/did my Shawnee language class, a virtual library meditation course (of which I have not practiced since), the first agility class for one of the dogs, a homework assignment that was nearly on time (maybe an hour or two shy of on time), an Elton John cover band concert, a virtual graphic novel book discussion, dealt with a family/pet emergency, tried to deal with my father going into an increased paranoid state (as I can't say that he completely got out of the last paranoid state), and a little weeding of my flower garden (hopefully soon to be fairy garden if I can find any outdoor fairy stuff off-season as it is).
TV-wise, I watched Hallmark's Movies & Mysteries To Catch a Spy, the newest episode of Hot Mess House, and a couple DVRed episodes of PBS's Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Also, my mother has been binging on This Is Us, so I've been watching some of that with her.
This week I finished:
I haven't gotten much reading in at all, and what I have done has pretty much been all audio.
Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters (Issues #1-4) by Robert Kirkman (Writer, Letterer), Cory Walker (Penciler, Inker), and Bill Crabtree (Colorist)- Read the day of for a graphic novel book discussion over Zoom.
Currently reading:
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy; Read by Erin Bennett - I'm at 74% in, so I've made about 5% progress since last week.
Glass Houses (Armand Gamache, Bk 13) by Louise Penny; Read by Robert Bathurst - I'm currently toward the end of disc 9 of 11.
Murder Keeps No Calendar by Cathy Ace - I haven't made any progress this week.
Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology edited by Kendra Boileau and Rich Johnson - No progress was made this week.
Rogue Souls (Soul Charmer, Bk 2) by Chelsea Mueller - I'm only on page 70 of 301, so basically very little progress from last week.
No clue. I still have so many to finish yet I keep starting more. However, I should be starting Watership Down by Richard Adams soon for a book discussion.
What are you reading?
Sounds like you have been really busy. Sometimes I find audio is really the way to go when reading. It comes in waves for me.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy my audio, but I usually only get the chance to listen if I'm driving (Glass Houses) or doing household chores (Code Girls). I used to sit in my car, while parked, to listen to my audio books, but now the dogs always seem to know I'm there and freak out until I get out and greet them.
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Sounds like a busy week for you. I want to watch the Hallmark movies again. I stopped for some reason, but now I especially want to get to their mysteries. I love This Is Us.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great week!
Yes, it felt really nonstop, until I started writing all the TV shows I'd watched. I really enjoy the Hallmark movies as a great pick-me-up. I especially enjoy the mysteries, but it looks like it is going to be ALL Christmas soon. Happy reading!
DeleteSounds like a busy time! Invincible looks like fun, and I've been thinking I might like Code Girls.
ReplyDeleteIf you like superhero type comics, Invincible is worth trying out. It somewhat pokes at some of the other stereotypical stories, is from a teen perspective, and I've been told the prime video season is worth watching - after reading both volumes one and two to avoid spoilers because it does not follow the same timeline.
DeleteCode Girls is actually pretty fascinating. I've been especially enjoying hearing just how large a role women played in the war effort. It seems certain that things would have had a dramatically different ending if they hadn't.
I knew it wouldn't be long before people started writing books about Covid. Hope you enjoy what you're reading :)
ReplyDelete-Megan @ Bookstacks & Golden Moms
There are SEVERAL children's Covid-related books - both fictionalized and non-fiction - to help explain such a large event. But this one is definitely adult, and the writing was done from multiple perspectives and at different stages of Covid from early days to much more recently.
DeleteThanks for stopping by! Happy reading!
Not quite sure I'm ready to read the Covid Chronicles, though it will be interesting to read about it in 10-20 years. What will people remember? Will history show us as stupid lemmings or as stupid rebels?
ReplyDeleteAlmost a year's worth of time is covered by the stories in the book, and some of them already seem distanced. But I can understand needing time to process everything, and maybe to let time heal.
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