Category: It’s Monday What Are You Reading

  It’s been another busy week and, as usual, I’ve not had much time for reading. But my mum was here to visit, and we went to the library with my kid and they each found something to read, came home, and instantly curled up on the sofa to start reading. They’ve pretty much kept READ MORE

  Another busy week and I’ve been picking up books and even reading them in dribs and drabs, but have completely failed to actually finish a single one. But I’m hoping this is the beginning of an upward swing in my reading efforts and that it’ll lead to actually finishing a book one of these READ MORE

  Another slow week for me! We had a school project where we had to build a working model, and none of us are skilled, interested in or experienced at that type of project. Needless to say, that ate up the whole weekend, and it was quite the stress-inducing experience for all of us! (Also READ MORE

  It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a Monday post – mostly because I’ve not finished a single book in what feels like a very long time (looking at my book lists, it seems to have been just over a month, but feels much longer). I still haven’t finished any books this week, READ MORE

  It’s one hell of a week this week, and last wasn’t great either. Lots going on and lots of stress. For me, it’s taking on most of the driving as my husband has started a new job, and trying to pass my road test so I can continue to do so when there’s no READ MORE

  You’re not going to believe this (or maybe you will if you’re also a parent/caregiver to children) but my kid has been sick AGAIN this week. Now, to be fair, school just started, and that’s always it’s own hellishly unique petri dish situation mixing all the various viruses each kid managed to come into READ MORE

  Well, it’s been a busy few weeks! School started again, both my family members finally recovered fully from their bout with COVID (and I seem to have managed to quarantine my way around it), we’ve had a lot of appointments and errands to do, and I’ve been spending a lot of my time driving READ MORE

  Well, it has not been much of a reading week for me this week, I have to admit. In fact, I can’t even remember if I read a single page. My kid is better now, but her dad is still feeling very yucky – COVID has been a different type of illness in that READ MORE

  It has been a WEEK. I started off reading a fair bit, but then on the same day I had my first sort of car accident type thing (parking lot ding) and my kid got sick and it turns out it’s COVID – after four years of dodging it. The symptoms have mostly been READ MORE

  This week has been a thoroughly enjoyable reading week! And it’s all thanks to you guys! On Tuesday last week I did a post about various types of relationships in books. In response to this, I got some wonderful recommendations – two of which I have already devoured, and the third I will be READ MORE

   Another busy week! My kid was in summer camp, so we took advantage of the time to go driving as much as possible. I’m learning to drive, again, and want to do as much practice as I can without said child in the car – I’m nervous about distractions, but mostly if I’m going READ MORE

  It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but in a good way. This week I focused on spending time with my family, and it was really nice to have the time and flexibility to let most expectations of getting things done go out the window (except for a couple of medical appointments that couldn’t READ MORE

  This has been a busy week because I was taking a class each evening and fitting in everything else during the day. I started a couple of books, only kept going with one or two, but mostly spent my spare time this week watering the garden, doing housework, or hanging out with my family. READ MORE

  I’ve had a slower reading week because my kid is home from summer camp, and we’ve had a visit from my Dad so spending time together has been the most important. But I still listened to a couple of books while emptying the dishwasher and cleaning up the kitchen and preparing food and watering READ MORE

  I’m feeling much better so far this week, though the cough is still with me. Progress is progress, though! My kid is in summer camp this week, so I’ve had a bit of time feeling lonely, but also getting more done. I’m trying to get a lot of stuff done around the house and READ MORE

  Another week of sickness! As per usual, a simple cold has now turned into a lung infection thanks to the joys of asthma. But I’m up and about, have a little more energy, and can (almost) taste things, so we’ll call that improvement, shall we? Books were slow this week because every time I READ MORE

  The illness my kid had a couple of weeks back that I thought I had dodged has hit me full force this week. But we still managed to get out for some fun activities and a yummy patio lunch on Canada Day, and my garden has still been getting watered. My kid is bored, READ MORE

  I finished a couple of books this week and overall spent a bit more time reading than I’ve had time to do lately! My kid and I set up an outdoor reading area, so we have been enjoying taking our books outside and spending the odd twenty minutes or so reading together while enjoying READ MORE