Hello December

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI hope you guys have been doing great. We had a very nice Thanksgiving with some friends and enjoyed some low key days. We finally ventured to the movies and saw Spectre, which aside from the opening scene seemed kind of boring to me.

Unfortunately my reading has been almost non-existent. I didn’t get a chance to catch up on blogging either. I think my mind is just going in all different directions. Unfortunately we’ve heard about family members and close friends being sick – two in the hospital. I think that’s partly where my “quiet-ness” has come from lately.

But let’s get back to book talk. I did not complete either the German Literature Month or Non-Fiction November reading projects. As a matter of fact, guess how many books I’ve read in November? Just two. Oh boy. Well, I did enjoy both The Caretaker and The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend so that is good.

With regards to my reading challenges I’m pretty certain I won’t be finishing most of them but I’ll be sure to give you the rundown of those once we get to year end stats. I can’t believe we are almost at that time of the year again! Speaking of challenges, I’m sure they are starting to pop up so let me know if you are joining some good ones.

December is usually filled with lots of activity so we’ll see how much reading I get to do. I am in the middle of two good books so I’ll tell you more about those soon. What about you, what are you reading?

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Thankful

vintagethanksgivingJust making a quick stop to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

We don’t have a big celebration in our home but we are going to visit some friends today. I’ve received very warm messages from friends and it reminds me of how lucky I am for the wonderful friends I have in my life.

I’m very happy to have some time off from work to enjoy being together with my husband and mom and spending some time on hobbies. My craft table is nice and clean and ready for a wonderful crafty mess.

So this long weekend I plan to do some reading, maybe go to the movies and avoid the malls at all costs! haha..

Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend and more book talk soon!

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Good Times

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMy best friend was in town this weekend and we had such a great time. Got to enjoy dinner with some other friends and we saw lots of art at EAST. One of my favorite places that we visited was Flatbed Press. It had been a while since I’d been there so there were new installations and galleries to see. I also caught a glimpse of the new Austin Book Arts Center. I’m hoping to sign up for some classes next year.

Last but not least, we also visited the East Austin Succulents and I found this cute, mini plant (shark included) for my office. Isn’t it fun?

Of course after a whirlwind of a weekend, it’s hard to get back to work but at least this is a short week. I hope I can finally catch up on my reading. I finally finished one book but I have a feeling my two reading challenges for this month are going to be a bust.

Anyway, on my mind right now is an email I got from Amazon regarding trade-in my old Kindle for a new one. I have one of the Kindle keyboard ones and while I don’t use it that much I am interested in the Kindle Paperwhite, especially because of the built in light. So, for you guys who have Kindles, what do you think of this one? Do you recommend it?

Ok, now to get ready for bed. Hope you guys have a great start of the week!

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