Happy Valentine's Day!
It's Valentine's Day and (-8 degrees) with the wind chill factor this morning. Needless to say, we won't be venturing outdoors this Sunday. The good news is this is the last cold day and it might be 50 on Wednesday. Talk about crazy weather. This week flew by and I am pleased to report my cold is pretty much gone (passed it on to my husband).
This week we went to the movies to see The Finest Hours which was very enjoyable. It's based on a true story, a Coast Guard rescue movie, set on Cape Cod during a hurricane in 1951.
I stayed indoors most of the week and that resulted in a busy reading, reviewing and blogging week. Here is a recap of books read and/or reviewed.
- Love in Lowercase; Francesc Miralles
- River Road; Carol Goodman
- French Leave; Anna Gavalda
- The Madwoman Upstairs; Catherine Lowell
- American Housewife: Stories; Helen Ellis
I'm in the process of rereading, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath for my book group meeting at the end of the month. It's a great read and I am enjoying it since it's been over 15 years since I last read it. I'm also reading, Eleanor by Jason Gurley and, I also finished reading a quick debut novel called, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad (no review yet).
New Book Arrivals by Mail
- Why We Came to the City; Kristopher Jansma (sent by Viking)
- Version Control; Dexter Palmer (sent by Pantheon)
- Fool Me Once; Harlen Coben - (sent by Dutton)
- Small Mercies; Eddie Joyce (sent by Penguin)
- The Life of Elves; Muriel Barbery (Europa purchase)
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven; Chris Cleave (sent by Simon & Schuster)
- Britt-Marie Was Here; Fredrik Backman (Atria - sent by Simon & Schuster)
Nothing special for today except planning a shrimp dish for dinner and making some warm soup as well. I also think I'll reorganize a closet that was bugging me a bit yesterday:)
Hope Your Day is Special!
Nice mailbox - Everyone Brave is Forgiven and Why We Came to the City stand out to me.
ReplyDeleteNothing special here today either - I'm making a pot of soup for dinner.
Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day Kathy. Have a great week.
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteIt is really cold here too.
I really want to see The Finest Hours. Thanks for the recommendation.
Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day as well Brian. I'm ready for Spring. It's 68 inside and I'm freezing today.
DeleteI haven't read The Bell Jar since college (in the sixties!), so it is resting on Pippa, and I hope to get to it at some point.
ReplyDeleteRiver Road sounds good...and The Madwoman Upstairs. I am curious about Britt-Marie Was Here, since I enjoyed Ove.
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The Bell Jar is very enjoyable - even more so this time around.
DeleteOooh - great book mail! I have my eye on Why We Came to the City and Version Control! And I'm with you on the weather. Our kitchen faucet froze last night (we were stupid and forgot to let it drip) and 2 hours of hair drying it still haven't helped....
ReplyDeleteOh no frozen pipes:( Hope your week gets of to a better start.
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you and stay warm! Hope your husband feels better soon. I want that Harlan Coben book - Fool Me Once. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay! Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day as well.
DeleteThe Finest Hours looks like an epic, rescue-survival movie -- with Eric Bana too, nice! Chris Cleave's new novel and Jansma's book are ones I want to get to too. Enjoy your week.
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable movie that went by so fast.
DeleteBrrrrr! It is a good thing you received a load of books to curl up with. I've picked out a few for my list. Stay warm!
ReplyDeleteIt is so so cold even in the house at 68 degrees:)
DeleteHappy Valentine's Day! It's been cold here too. It looks like you had a great reading week. I've enjoyed Coben's novels and look forward to your thoughts on Fool Me Once.
ReplyDeleteI do like Coben as well Pat. Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day as well.
DeleteLooks like another interesting batch of goodies! Happy Valentines Day from all of us!
ReplyDeleteThanks u; Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day as well.
DeleteI wish I could shave off a few degrees to share with you! It's 87F here. I am glad you enjoyed The Finest Hours, Diane. It's one I would like to see someday. I have Bell Jar to read, but haven't managed to get to it yet. I hope you have a great week, Diane!
ReplyDeleteI wish it were that easy to send warmer temps our way LOL Have a great week Wendy.
DeleteSo glad that your cold is gone but sorry for your husband. :) We are having freezing temperatures too but it's going to be warmer from Wednesday - weird!
ReplyDeleteFool Me Once is an anticipated read! What a great reading week. We are going from bitter cold to unseasonably warm this week. Crazy weather.
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