I’ve been thinking most of today about what I wanted to write about in today’s Sunday Salon post. I’m in the middle of reading a fun paranormal mystery called Death Perception by Victoria Laurie. I wasn’t so sure at the start that I would like it, but as I got further in the story, I [...]
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The Sunday Salon: Reading when you’re on deadline
It’s been a very busy week here because of work deadlines. Because I always run the risk of feeling like I’m drowning in work when I have these deadline crunches, this time around, I made sure to commit to other things which help relieve the tedium of focusing too much on work – with some [...]
The Sunday Salon: Another Book-Buying Binge
Yesterday, as part of my major procrastination plan, I got my husband to drop Dylan and I off at Chapters while he went and did the groceries. Having Dylan with me is supposed to stop me from plunging into another major book-buying binge, but what can I say? I’m very resourceful.
Plus the Thomas the [...]
The Sunday Salon: A Crime Thriller Week
I’ve really gotten back into reading fiction lately – I’ve recently discovered that fiction for me is really the equivalent of “filling my well” when it comes to my writing. That, and watching movies. Both of which for the longest time I tried to avoid because they take up so much time.
Reading novels can [...]
The Sunday Salon: On My Bedside Table
It’s not been a great week for reading – when this happens, it really astonishes me because there are times I can’t think of anything but reading. This week, though, I’ve been spending time getting through the 1001 magazines that we’re subscribed to (at least, that’s what it felt like!).
Magazine reading doesn’t actually count [...]
The Sunday Salon: The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls
Earlier this week I read The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera, a book which I added to my to-be-read pile last month.
This is one of those books that brought me right back to childhood, which was filled with the magic and fantasy of Roald Dahl, E. Nesbitt, Edward Eager, [...]
