Hello Friends! For those of you in the U.S. I hope you are enjoying the three day weekend! I really needed it. I meant to write more last week but I was a bit under the weather after having gotten my second dose of the shingles vaccine so needless to say doing a monthly recap was not high on my priority list.
August was a great reading month. I finished seven books and a couple of those may be on my end of year favorites list. I also read one book for Women In Translation month and that was Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. By now I’m so behind on book reviews that I may have to do several at once before I completely forget if I even liked the books. Well, at least in some cases that could happen.
Of course September marks the kick off to Readers Imbibing Peril reading challenge. You know I’m all over it. I’ll do a post on that soon. Another thing I’m looking forward to is hopefully the end of our heatwave although I just heard that we can expect higher than normal temperatures through the second week in September. Ugh, I’m really tired of 100s.
Finally, I’ve been going back to card making. I used to make cards a long time ago but my card making was quickly taken over by pursuits in mixed media but I have so much paper and I thought why not make some cards. So here is a little card I made for a friend. I used the Jen Hadfield Heart of Home paper pad collection. Mine is a 6 x 6 paper pad which is really perfect for card making. I forgot I had these cute flowers and of course I also have a huge stash of ribbons. So easy and so much fun to make.
So that’s what’s been going on over here at Casa Bookgirl. What was your weekend like and did you get a lot of reading done?
I am totally with you on the hot temps, Iliana. So ready to be in what constitutes fall for us. Or at least could we have low 90’s, right? Your card is lovely and I’m always happy to see what you’ve been creating. I’m looking forward to fall spooky reading with RIP too. Stephen King’s new book is high on my list – got it preordered. Hope you week goes well. Take care!
I love checking in to see what people are reading for the RIP challenge and getting ideas for spooky reading. This year the idea of fall is a distant memory of some previous time. Our temps are supposed to reach 102 this week, and then we can add the heat index to that. What a disappointing beginning for September. Your card is gorgeous!
Can’t wait to see what you pick for your RIP reads. And that’s a beautiful card! 🙂
I hope you have cooled off and I hope you feel better after the vaccination. We are short on the shingles vaccine here. I’m not quite in the recommended age group yet, but my husband has been trying to get it all year. He can get the first dose but there is no guarantee the second dose will be available when he needs it. Super frustrating. You had a great reading month in August. I hope September is off to a good start! I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend too!
I hope you are feeling much better Iliana. I am glad you had a good August! I am behind in review writing too and really need to make time for it soon. I was kind of hoping for an extra slow morning at work, but I think we’re past those witih school having started up again. Have fun with RIP! I am not participating, but I do hope to read a few books that would qualify in the next month or so. I am glad you are getting back into card making. If you decide to put any up for sell, let me know! I hope you have a great rest of the week.
The weather has been hot and humid where I am, too. I don’t know about everyone but I’d prefer a cold weather than a hot weather. :p Looking forward to seeing your R.I.P. Challenge book list.