I hope you all had a great weekend. One of the highlights of my weekend was going to my restorative yoga class. It was such a great class because right when we were starting to get settled and do some OMs, thunder was rumbling outside and rain was starting to fall. The room was all softly lit and it was just such a wonderful experience.
Other than yoga, I also did a bit of paper crafting, read and test rode a new bike! More on that soon.
The other thing was to renew my library card. I’ve mentioned that I’ve been on a library ban but well, once I walked through the doors there was no way I was going leave without browsing the shelves.
Here are the books I had to check out:
Claudia Silver to the Rescue by Kathy Ebel. From the dust jacket: Estranged from her bohemian Brooklyn family and fired for an impropriety at work, Claudia Silver is officially in over her head.
The Healer by Antti Tuomainen. This is a dystopian climate thriller which was selected Best Finnish crime novel of 2011. As much as I enjoy Scandinavian fiction I don’t often read books set in Finland so I’m excited about this one.
The Tale of Raw Head & Bloody Bones by Jack Wolff. With a title and cover art like that and the R.I.P. challenge underway how could I resist?
I am Venus by Barbara Mujica. From the dust jacket: A historical novel that reimagines the dramatic life and loves of the Baroque Spanish painter Diego Velazquez.
Don’t these sound good? I have missed going to the library of course but every once in a while I go on bans so I will read more books from my shelves. Anyway, I’m looking forward to these so let me know if you’ve read any of these and what you thought.
Wow, those all sound good! I love my library but it does get me into trouble. I order books and they show up and I have to set everything else aside. I’ve got two books sitting on my bedside now that need attention!
How did you ban work? Did you end up reading more from your shelves? I am sure the library is glad to have you back 🙂
The atmosphere at the yoga studio sounds lovely. I’ve read mixed reviews about the Raw Head and Bloody Bones. I’m curious about your thoughts on it once you’ve read it. Have a good week.
Sounds like a great weekend! We had a lot of rain, too, and yesterday, all I wanted to do was read and nap. I fought the urge, though, and did P90X, went grocery shopping, and did laundry. If I had it to do over, I might just stay in pjs all day. 🙂
Enjoy your library haul.
The yoga class in the rain sounds awesome! I miss it. 🙂
I’m such a sucker for library books. I cannot ever seem to enforce a ban on them for long (too greedy am I!). That said I was planning on returning all but one book (which I am in the middle of) in anticipation for going on vacation and knowing the books will need to be taken care of before I leave….only to discover I have SEVEN waiting for me on the hold shelf. So, I guess I’ll see what is there and then some of those may go back before I leave next week….but some can stay at home waiting for my return! 🙂 The Healer sounds good–that’s one I will be looking for, too.
Happy reading! The Jack Wolff book sounds great and so does the yoga class.
Sandy – Gotta love the library but you are right, it does get one in trouble doesn’t it! 🙂
Stefanie – I did! I was so excited to finally read a couple of shelf sitters 🙂 Of course now that I checked a couple of books out this means that when I take them back I’m sure to check out some more.
Vasilly – It was perfect. Oh and I forgot to mention that my teacher also had bowls and a gong so more music to calm the spirit. Loved it!
jenn aka Picky Girl – Good for you for doing your P90X. I need to get back to exercising! But lounging around always sounds more fun 🙂
Tiffany – It really was. I know you can do yoga wherever and you don’t need anything for it but I like it when it ends up being a session like this one. Makes me appreciate it all the more!
Danielle – Haha.. Isn’t that always what happens. And, you’ve got your vacation coming so what are yo going to do? That was actually what helped me go on my ban as I knew I’d be out for several weeks. Can’t wait to read about what you got.
Bookworm – I just hope I can get to it in time before it’s due – isn’t that always the case 🙂