Sunday, January 8, 2012

Sunday Salon ~ Getting back to it in this new year!

I’m slowly getting back into the swing of blogging regularly after being largely away from my computer for most of the last month or so. It’s a relief not to feel exhausted from trying to sit and hold my head up. Thinking back on it, it’s a little frightening how tired I felt from the pneumonia. It’s such a relief to feel well again. Now I just have to work the laziness - from forcing myself to continue to rest once I began to feel better - out of my system. It’s kind of amazing how quickly your brain - mine, anyway! - can get used to not thinking or being used!


I have a long list of reviews to finish and a shorter list of reviews that need to be written in full. I worked on several while recuperating but when I read what I thought was my finished review I didn’t like much of what I’d written! Ugh! I hate when that happens. So I figure I will post reviews of books I’ve read recently and intersperse reviews of older reads every few days or something like that. I’m trying to shorten my reviews a bit, too, a least while I have so many to work on.


I finished The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Shine which turned out not to be as light a book I expected. It’s very good and has some wonderfully flawed, dysfunctional characters! I also finished Carry The One by Carol Anshaw, also very good. My neighbor returned Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (yay!) so I am reading it again. I wasn’t that far into it before so I decided to start at the beginning. It’s so worth it, anyway! I’m also reading All the Flowers of Shanghai by Duncan Jepson. I’ve read several reviews of this book and, although I’m not exactly sure what to expect from this book, I know it’ll be an interesting reading experience! I signed up for a group read of The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano  hosted by Richard at his blog, Caravana de recuedos. I didn’t get to start reading the book last month like I wanted to because I was sick so I’m not sure I’ll finish by the end of January (700+ pages!) but I’m enjoying what I’ve so far read.


So that’s about it for now. Life’s been very quiet in my world the last couple of months, of course. I’ll leave you with this fun tidbit...there may be a new small, furry addition to our family! Stay tune as for updates as the situation develops...! lol

Have a wonderful Sunday!
Happy Reading!

12 comments:

  1. I am glad to hear that you are feeling much better! Looking forward to your possiblen new addition!

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  2. Thanks for the update. Hoping for your full recovery soon!

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  3. So happy you are feeling better Amy. Sounds like you really had it bad. Take your time easing back into things.

    Can't wait to meet the new addition).

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  4. I just finished All the Flowers of Shanghai yesterday. My review will go up tomorrow.

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  5. I'm so glad you're feeling well again!

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  6. Thank goodness that you are back up and running. It is so depressing to be sick, especially when our minds are running through everything we aren't getting done.

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  7. You highlighted so many good things in this post:

    That you are feeling better! Yay!
    That you got Norwegian Wood back. Double Yay!
    That you are getting a new furry friend!

    What a great start to the week!

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  8. I'm so glad you're feeling better! I can't wait to see the new addition. I think I'll be starting All the Flowers in Shanghai on Wednesday.

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  9. Glad you are feeling more rested and able to get back into blogging and reading. I'm sure it was a difficult month for you.

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  10. I'm glad you're feeling better! Welcome back to blogging. :-)

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  11. Welcome back, glad you're feeling better.

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  12. I'm so glad that you're all healed up, Amy!

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