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Welcome to my weekly blog update for September 26, 2016 Holy moly. I'm not sure where this summer's gone. My last post was on April 7. April 7! That seems crazy. But it's also about right. That's when work just exploded on me. I haven't had time for much of anything because I've had so much going on at the office. I also decided that I hated Windows 10 right about then. It really killed my computer. I had to restart it every time I turned it on in order to connect to the internet, my connection was always unstable since I was spending more time staring a spinning loading circle than actually accomplishing anything, and I just gave up for a while. I finally sat down a couple of weeks ago and fought with it and I think I've got all the bugs ironed out. Now watch my laptop crash before I even get this posted! I don't even know where to start with anything new in my personal life, so let's just say that we're busily catching up on season 6 of The Walking Dead. We were starting to think that Netflix was never going to get it! This is our first time watching this season, so we're trying to get it knocked out before season 7 starts on October 23. I'm not much of a binge watcher since two episodes of anything is my absolute max but we have managed to watch at least one episode a night for the past week. We're up to episode 8, almost at the halfway mark. Posted: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman--3 Stars Read: I won't even mention anything I've read since my last post since it's been so long. Currently Reading: It by Stephen…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for April 3, 2016! Holy smokes. I didn't mean to take such a long break! The last time I posted was on February 21 but I have read quite a bit since then. I'm so brain-dead by the time I get home from work, I only want to veg out, which means either reading or tv. No staring at the computer and writing my own words. I went to San Francisco for a meeting one weekend in March. Usually I'm so busy at these things that I don't have time to explore. This time I flew across the country and stayed away for 3 days for a 5-hour meeting. Lots of time to play, even factoring in the two days of travel! I've visited the city before but my co-worker hadn't so we took a cruise of the bay and a double-decker bus tour of the downtown area. It was a nice trip! Posted: Nothing. Read Over the Past Six Weeks: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews, read by Kathleen McInerney Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller Stars Above by Marissa Meyer, read by Rebecca Soler Guests on Earth by Lee Smith The Martian by Andy Weir The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint, illustrated by Charles Vess Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy Wax Hot Six by Janet Evanovich The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, read by Jayne Entwistle Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim, read by Jane McDowell Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina Currently Reading: Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman The Bookshop Book…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for February 21, 2016! Well, it's been a rough couple of weeks. Just as I pressed the "Publish" button on my last Sunday/Monday post, my mom called to let me know that one of my grandmothers had passed away. Of course I'm upset and miss her, but when I step back to look at it, we were blessed to have her so long and she was blessed with a gentle passing. She was almost 94, she still lived at home with one of my aunts to help her, she hadn't been sick, and she just laid down for a nap and never woke up. She was a sweet, quiet woman who was full of grace and we'll all miss her terribly. I did have several things scheduled to post, so it hasn't quite been a wasteland around here. Posted: Review: Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler, read by Ari Fliakos, Maggie Hoffman, Scott Shepherd, Scott Sowers, and Gary Wilmes--4.5 Stars Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson--3 Stars Read: River Marked by Patricia Briggs The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Currently Reading: Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint--This is a re-read for the umpteenth time of one of my favorite books. I'm slowly (re)reading all of the books set in this fictional world in order. They aren't necessarily a series but I am interested to see how they flow together. I originally read them as I could get my hands on them at the library and/or bookstore. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim, read by Jane McDowell Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina--This is my read-at-the-gym book, so it will take me a while to get through it.…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for February 7, 2016! We've had a good week here. The weeknights were pretty low-key and yesterday we went to a local RV show and spent tons of our imaginary money. :-) That's the best kind to spend, right? We were just dreaming. Last night we went to see an 80s tribute band with a couple of good friends. They always put on a good show. Tonight we're heading to a neighbor's house for a Super Bowl party. I honestly couldn't care less who wins, even though I'm a North Carolina girl, but I do like watching the commercials and halftime show and I'm sure we'll have some good munchies. Will you be watching? Posted: Review: The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Edith Grossman--3 Stars Review: Winter by Marissa Meyer, read by Rebecca Soler--3 Stars Read: Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz I also officially Did Not Finish The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, read by Clare Corbitt, India Fisher, and Louise Brealey Currently Reading: River Marked by Patricia Briggs In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina--This is my read-at-the-gym book, so it will take me a while to get through it. Up Next: I might get through River Marked since that series is usually a quick read for me. If I do, I'll move on to The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. I had planned to pick this one up last week but a trip to the library derailed me a bit. I also need a new audio book since The Girl on the Train didn't pan out for me. What are you reading this week? It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. Sunday Post is hosted by…