Well, guys, no German bread. We didn’t have one ingredient and so the baking had to be put off. It was a bit of a bummer but other than that our weekend was quite nice and get this, I was at the bookstore every day. We went Friday night, Saturday after yoga class, and Sunday after lunch. Now, that’s my kind of weekend.

I caught up on a lot of reading and I treated myself to Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier. I think the only bad thing about spending a lot of time at the bookstore this weekend is that I added a lot of books to my wish list. I left my notebook in the car though and I’m being lazy right now so you’ll have to wait for that report until tomorrow.

But, I did want to tell you about the books I checked out from the library. Here’s what I got:

• Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson. This series has been one I’ve liked for the setting and the characters although with the past few books I’ve become a bit annoyed with the fact that the main characters’ relationship (there’s a bit of a romance) seems to have stalled. It’s not that I want my mysteries to have a romance element to them but if you’ve already set that up then you have to follow through don’t you think? Anyway, I started and finished the book this weekend hoping to see some progress made and while I liked it better than the previous book I was still a bit disappointed.
• The Last Child by John Hart. This one I’ll wait to read in a couple of weeks as it’s for book group and I don’t want to get too ahead.
• A Thousand Sisters: My Journey Into the Worst Place to be a Woman by Lisa Shannon. I saw this book reviewed in Bitch Magazine and it sounds like it will be a difficult read but I think an important read.

I need to catch up with my blog reading this week and see what you guys have been up to. Now, I’m off to bed with a new book. Not sure which one though so I need to go stand in front of the bookshelves for a while.

This weekend I want to focus on two books, How to be An American Housewife and Manservant and Maidservant because I need to have them read by end of next week. The Housewife book is for a book blog tour and Manservant is for the Slaves discussion.

Hm, how funny that both titles seem to be about household duties and I admit I’m not very good when it comes to being a domestic goddess. I definitely put off household chores in favor of a bit more reading, a trip to the bookstore, daydreaming, anything.

Anyway, I did start the Housewife book and I’m enjoying the story. I would like to add a mystery book to my stack because I haven’t read a good satisfying mystery in a while and I get the feeling I may be dipping into a new book over the weekend as well.

I have a couple of books to pick up at the library. I would really like to clean up my craft table so that I can actually craft! And, of course there is yoga, date night at the bookstore and we may even be baking some bread. I think I’ve mentioned before that this is one of the things my husband misses the most from Germany, the bread. So I think he’s given up finding German bread so now he’s going to make it himself.

So that’s what I’ll be up this weekend. Do you have any big plans? Well, whatever your plans may be I hope your weekend is filled with a lot of laughter and fun.