I’ve got so many plans for the weekend – how about you?

• Do some bookbinding. My studio is finally ready to be used. I still have a few things boxed up but for the most part it’s ready to go and oh how I’ve missed bookbinding. It’s been at least a month so let the sewing and gluing begin!
• Go to the library. I’ve placed several books on hold and they are all waiting for me. I’ll tell you what I got in my next post.
• Date night at the bookstore. What with our recent move, holidays, etc. we haven’t gone for our regular date night at the bookstore. What new books and magazines am I missing out on? I can’t wait to go spend a couple of hours relaxing at our second home, the bookstore.
• Yoga. I missed a few classes during the holidays and yesterday when I went to class I realized how much I missed it. Looking forward to stretching, breathing and focusing that monkey mind of mine.
• Sunday Salon. It’s been such a long time since I’ve participated and I’m hoping to join this weekend.
• Drink lots of warm drinks. It is cold down here in Central Texas. I’ve got the cabinets stocked up with yummy coffees, teas and hot chocolate. Perfect for when I’m enjoying a good read.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and more bookish stuff in my next post.

I really wasn’t going to join another challenge. I know, you are all smiling and saying “sure” but I was really planning to hold off until the Once Upon a Time challenge came around and then yesterday I saw Sylvia’s, México 2010 Reading Challenge and there goes my resolve.

But, how can I not join this challenge when it’s about a place dear to my heart. I was born in México, most of my family still lives there, I used to spend all of my summers there when I was a little girl and not a day does by without me speaking Spanish, reading news in Spanish or somehow staying connected to my roots. So I’m joining the challenge!

In honor of the tricolor, the flag of México, the challenge is to read three books of Mexican literature, history, or art.

I actually have quite a few to choose from but for now my choices are (and yes, I may switch these out as my reading whims take me):

• The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes. I’ve had some mixed reactions to Fuentes’ novels but I can say that they’ve always made me slow down and pay close attention.
• Women With Big Eyes by Angeles Mastretta. A collection of mystical stories, shot through with sex and laughter, about the lives of extraordinary and eccentric women, and the intuitive powers that all women share.
• La Noche de Tlatelolco by Elena Poniatowska. A chronicle of the massacre of student and civilian protesters that took place on October 2, 1968.

Alright, now I guess it’s time for me to go read some books and maybe make a dent in one of my challenges. Ha.