The Sunday Salon

My reading week was much the same as it usually is: some small spots of reading after the kiddos' bedtime but nothing too productive. But Saturday made up for it all. I woke extremely early and so I picked up a book and read until I felt tired again. After sleeping in way past my usual Saturday sleep-in time I simply reached for my book again, staying in bed until 2pm. Talk about a lazy weekend. I finished Firefly Lane, then picked up Persuasion later in the evening for a little more reading pleasure.

We spent most of today at a birthday party for a little friend. But I have spent the last couple of hours sitting with my most handsome husband, enjoying his company and reading more of Persuasion when I was able. It was a dark and rainy day. The kind of day I love for snuggling under my heated blanket and filling my mind with stories.

I will finish reading Persuasion this week but I am not sure what I will read next. I still have that small stack from the library that I ought to work on but I'm leaning forwards kiddie lit. for something quick and satisfying. A friend suggested Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and I also would like to get to Love in the Time of Cholera before the movie comes out on DVD in March. But a bit more Shakespeare sounds nice right about now too. As always, we'll see what happens.

I will leave you with this quote from today's reading:

"The only time that I ever really suffered in body or mind, the only time that I ever fancied myself unwell, or had any ideas of danger, was the winter that I passed by myself at Deal, when the Admiral (Captain Croft then) was in the North Seas. I lived in perpetual fright at that time, and had all manner of imaginary complaints from not knowing what to do with myself, or when I should hear from him next; but as long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me, and I never met with the smallest inconvenience."