It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done one of these. But as fall weather rolls in, so does my desire to jump back on here and gab about books, movies, and maybe Gage too. I miss it.
Challenge: This week I started a new challenge I’m calling Reading the World. The post is here and I’m looking for recommendations for books from other countries. Here are recommendations I need today…Fiction books written by and set in Pakistan, Poland, Sierra Leone, Vietnam. And nonfiction books by people from and set in the countries of Afghanistan, Canada, Columbia, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Trinidad&Tobago, and Egypt.
I started the challenge with Israel because I had both a nonfiction and fiction book. When I finish I’ll move on to Sweden because I have both books ready to go.
Finished this week: Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas. I love her historical romances, but this first of the Bow Street Runners series was not a favorite. I love her so much that I’ll still pick up the second one.
Currently reading: Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey-1000 Days, 64 Countries, 1 Beautiful Planet by Nuseir Yassin. This is the first book of my challenge and I’m so close to finishing. It is the perfect way to begin my journey around the world. Expect a review tomorrow.
I’m listening to Lethal Prey by John Sandford, the 35th book in the Lucas Davenport series. This one also has Virgil Flowers and I love them together. The murderer in this one is pretty cold. Makes me look around at some normal looking people with suspicion.
Movies: Jason and I watch Sinners this week. What a weird and compelling movie. I both loved the original storytelling and didn’t care for the twist, lol. And for family movie night we watched Escape Room on Netflix. We like escape rooms, just not ones this deadly. We all liked the movie though.
TV: We’re working our way through The Middle. I think we’re on season 5 and we all love it, Gage especially. Jason and I watched the first episode of the Great Bristish Bake Off. We’re in a pool that Jason won last season so he’s under some pressure to do well this time too.
Puzzles: Today I’m hosting a puzzle swap at my house. I’ve been having an informal Little Free Puzzle Library on my porch since January and needed to clean out the 70+ puzzles that have been acquired. This is the 1000piece+ table.
This weekend: So far it’s been fairly quiet. I see lots of laundry in my future today and most likely a family game. What about you?
Linking up with The Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz.
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I’ve been doing an around the world challenge for a while. I made a Google Doc for me to keep up with my challenge and it has ideas for every country in the world (or pretty close) although the books aren’t divided up into fiction and nonfiction (I like the idea of doing that…one of these days).
The puzzle swap sounds fun.
Here is the link to my Google Doc, if you want to take a look or make a copy of it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_0pibb85CnYFZ580L72SS6VjTyiNMeRJjpxeosesMCk/edit?gid=0#gid=0
You are the best! Thank you!!!!
The puzzle swap sounds fun! Welcome back and good luck with your around the world challenge. I have gotten lax about logging where the books are set that I read.
A puzzle swap! What a great idea! As the weather gets colder I listen to a lot of audio while working on puzzles 🙂
I love audiobooks and puzzles! The puzzle swap was a great way to share and get new puzzles at the same time.
Oh what a good idea to do a puzzle swap! I have always wanted to do puzzles and I am always curious what I am supposed to do with them when I am done. This sounds like a great solution!
Puzzles are great, especially when paired with an audio book!
The Middle is one of my favorite shows of all time. I love Brick and Sue. Have you gotten to Summer of Sue or Summer of Dad and Sue? I forget the exact title.
I should probably host a puzzle swap since we seem to have more than we need! Of course, the ones we’ve held onto are those we hope to do again. We’ll see how that goes this winter. We did so many during Covid and the following years, we’re a bit burned out.
I can recommend a nonfiction Canadian book called On Island Time by Hilary Stewart. It’s a lovely book and it makes me long for a return trip to Vancouver Island. My review is here.