Bibliophile By the Sea: May 2023

Saturday, May 27, 2023

It's Been a While - A Bit of Life and Books

Hello Out There, how are all of you doing? Do you have any plans for Memorial Day weekend?

This weekend my son is having a cookout and the weather all weekend is supposed to be beautiful. So looking forward to getting together as 2023 hasn't been a great year for our family. Well to be perfectly honest, the past (14) months have been terrible, so blogging and reading have taken a back seat. Without getting too specific, I'll just say there has been illness, treatments and even a death in our family. I also lost my vision but fortunately (2) surgeries and lots of prayers has resulted in new and unbelievably improved eyesight.. It was really awful, not being able to read the iPad, computer and books. I wasn't even being able to read the license plate on the car in front of me, but now I'm safe on the road as are other drivers. I am fortunate in many ways but, life feels different these days.

I haven't been reading much (just 17 books this year) but, I'm slowly getting back. I haven't been to yoga in months but hope to resume that in June as I wasn't supposed to do a lot of bending up till now. Thank goodness for family, friends, pets and other book lovers.

I've been sticking close to home and am grateful spring has sprung and summer will soon be here. I've been buying lots of plants for the deck as well as indoor houseplants. Of course, I've had to research non toxic plants as one of our two cats is a leaf lover. I've scared him off from the hanging plants by placing a tiny wind chime in each - he hates the sound :)

I feel like I've missed out on keeping up with even the latest book releases and what has been going on in your lives but, I'm slowly trying to remedy that. Not sure how much posting I'll be doing but, I'm trying to get back into comfortable routines. Have you read any good books lately?

I wasn't going to make a summer reading list but, then I decided it might be good for me even if I don't complete it. So here are the books that caught my eye: