Even though I had three days off in a row it seems like the weekend just flew by. I’m ran a lot of errands and luckily got all of my supplies for my jewelry class:

I have no idea how any of this will be used but I’m sure it’ll be fun learning. I am so grateful for the salesperson at the shop where I got these because I basically just gave her my supply list and she got everything for me. Friday I also went to OK Paper Center to get some paper for my journals and I found out that my favorite paper for the pages of my beaded journals is now discontinued! Oh no…. I did get the last two reams of paper, and I know there is another brand which is very comparable and I’ve actually used it too but don’t you just hate it when stuff like that happens?

Anyway I did get to do a lot of yoga this weekend which was so nice. Saturday it was raining a lot and in a way that made my yoga class even better, what with the sound of the rain, the gong and bowls it created such a cozy atmosphere in the studio.

We met up with friends for a delicious brunch today and afterwards I also had a chance to peek in at BookPeople to grab the latest issue of BookPage. I found out that author, Lisa See, will be at BookPeople at the end of the month. Must put that on my calendar.

Last but not least I did stop in briefly at Half Price Books and unfortunately didn’t put my coupon to good use. I couldn’t find anything that I had to have. Oh well, sometimes that happens. I keep telling you I’m going to do a post on all of the books that have arrived at Casa Bookgirl in the past couple of weeks and hopefully I’ll have that for you this week. Now off to finish reading BookPage.

Oh boy, has this week been a long one. I guess it’s partly due to the fact that I went to the office last Sunday but I’m very excited because my weekend has started. Yay.

I have a couple of things planned for the weekend, restorative yoga, being at the top of the list. I am ready to rest and feel renewed. I’m also planning to do a bit of shopping this weekend, no not the clothing/shoes/makeup kind of shopping, actually not even book shopping, but paper and metal shopping.

As I’ve been spending a bit more time in my studio lately I need to stock up on some of my paper supplies for my journals and I have my jewelry making class coming up in a couple of weeks so I have to get my supplies. I have my list ready and I have no idea what some of the items on the list are. How fun to learn something new right?

Now that I think about it, maybe there will be some book buying involved as I just remembered I got a coupon from Half Price Books. Can’t let one of those coupons go to waste.

Anyway, those are just a few of the items on my to do list. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Read lots of good books and I look forward to visiting with you guys soon.

Aside from the love stories I’ve also been had a couple of mysteries in my reading mix. I discovered a new Swedish crime fiction detective, Erik Winter, in Ake Edwardson’s Sun and Shadow. I thought the book was a bit slow, the mystery is drawn out but I really like the fact that I felt like I was watching a movie while reading the book. I got a good sense of place from it. I believe there are about four more books in the series so I hope to check another out one of these days.

My other mystery introduced me to an archeologist living in a remote area in England, Ruth Galloway, from The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. I started off really liking Ruth a lot because I thought she was a bit quirky. By the end of the novel though I had one major problem but I won’t go into it because I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. Despite that I really would like to continue with this series. I think there’s a lot of potential in it and given that I read the book in almost a day I think you could say I liked it.

Currently I’m reading Sister by Rosamund Lupton. As I’m reading this one for my mystery book group I sort of went in expecting a more traditional mystery so I’ve kind of had to change my expectations on the book. I am liking it and I plan on finishing it this weekend.

So that’s a bit of what I’ve been reading lately. I still have to tell you about all the new books that have arrived this month. I’ve had a bit of a bounty. Yay.