Saturday morning was perfect for my first bike ride of the year. My husband and I went to the Veloway and we did three rounds, which is about 3.1 miles a round. There was a light breeze, cardinals chirping and lots of activity on the Veloway. It felt great to be riding outdoors and I felt so accomplished after our ride. You might hear me talking about more bike adventures as I try to get in shape for our vacation this summer.

What else, I went to the library but just to drop off books so no new books to tell you about, at least for now. I did however finish two books this weekend.

The first was Shame In The Blood by Tetsuo Miura. Although this was a novel it almost felt like I was reading a series of short stories. I read somewhere that each chapter was actually published at a different time but it was a bit strange to read. At times you felt like you had already heard part of the story. It was an interesting read and I’ll try to do a bit more of a write up soon.

The other book I finished was Photobooth: A Biography by Meags Fitzgerald. I think photo booth pictures are fun but I had no idea of the history behind the photo booth. Thanks to this graphic novel I learned quite a lot. And, isn’t that postcard cool? I got that from Danielle which was a delight to have as I was reading this book.

So all in all a great weekend. I have a couple of books in progress but lately I’ve really been feeling the pull to visit with a favorite mystery series. I was a bit of a comfort read so maybe I’ll go with a detective or inspector I’m familiar with for my next read. I’ll let you know what I decide to do.

What about you, how was your weekend and did you finish any books?

Today I had to wait for more than an hour to get a tire fixed and you know what, when you have a book with you it’s really not bad. Sure, I would much rather have been at a cafe or home reading but at least I knew I had some uninterrupted time to catch up on my reading. Gotta love those moments especially when I feel like I’m behind on everything.

So this weekend I hope to catch up on my blog reading, organizing around the house and I think it’s time to finally take the bike out to the veloway. It’s been a while so wish me luck!

Anyway so for today I just have some bookish links for you. I hope you enjoy these as much as I have:

You can’t do this with a Kindle but you can with an old book you want to repurpose! Aren’t the paper cups beautiful?

Wouldn’t you like to see Recovering the Classics in your library? They have some great stuff in their shop so take a look.

Speaking of shopping, isn’t this t-shirt phenomenal. Poetry month is coming soon so it would be just the thing to wear to a poetry reading I think.

In case you don’t already have a list of writers to watch for this year, BookPage has the 9 Women to Watch in 2016. Yup, I’m adding more books to my list.

Have a great weekend everyone and more bookish stuff soon!