We enjoyed a really nice weekend and one in which I feel like I actually was able to cross off quite a few things from my to do list. To start off the weekend, I finished The Awakening by Kate Chopin Saturday while I enjoyed my breakfast. I was looking back on my blog and noticed I first mentioned wanting to read it back in 2007! Who knows how much longer it’s been sitting on my TBR shelves.
Anyway I really loved this book. Have you read it? Here’s just one quote that I have to share:
“I don’t mind walking. I always feel so sorry for women who don’t like to walk; they miss so much — so many rare little glimpses of life; and we women learn so little of life on the whole.”
I couldn’t seem to get the book out of my mind all morning but a good distraction of course was going to the bookstore. I had my cafe mocha, a cookie and ended up buying the latest Somerset Studio magazine because it has several articles on different book structures. There’s not a lot of instruction but I mainly wanted it for the visuals.
Today was mainly a day for staying in and doing some chores but I also managed to spend a bit of time crafting and listening to music. So all in all a great weekend. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and maybe even managed a trip to the bookstore. Let me know what you were up to and if you bought any new reading material.
My favorite story by Kate Chopin is The Story of an Hour! My next favorite is The Awakening. What a fascinating woman.
I’m taking advantage of a couple of dry days to work in the garden, but more rain is coming. I enjoy the excuse to stay in during rainy days, but enough already!
I’ve read The Awakening at least twice… once in college and once in my 40s. I appreciated it so much more the second time and wouldn’t mind revisiting it once more!
I really loved The Awakening, too! My favorite quote from it is the one that says: “The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
I read The Awakening in 1996 and thought it was outstanding. I wrote about it here.