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The Sunday Salon – November 8, 2009
I had a pretty good week last week, overall. It was my birthday on Thursday and, since I don’t work on Thursdays, my husband took the day off and we took Daniel to the Brookfield Zoo. We were not able to get the pass from our library for free admission as we had hoped – when I called the week before they told me that the pass would be available November 5th, but when we got there they said it wouldn’t be available until the 6th. However, we decided to head to the zoo anyway and it turns out that from October 1 – December 31 admission is free on Tuesdays and Thursdays anyway. Daniel didn’t pay much attention to the animals, but he had a great time anyway, going on a VERY long walk with mommy AND daddy.
Daniel also went with me on Wednesday night to see Justine Larbalestier, author of “Liar,” sign books at Andersons in Downers Grove. I did a write up of the event (along with a giveaway!) this week too.
This was also a pretty decent reading week, I managed to polish off four books:
“Where Men Win Glory” was an audio book, and “Liar” was definitely my favorite, although I really enjoyed “The Seance” too, not so much “The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel.”
I’m already nearly done with a book today, so I’m hoping for 5 books this week, or at least four print books, if I don’t get through my audio.
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Happy Birthday! Everyone seems to be having b-days lately. Sheri of A Novel Menagerie just had one and mine is next week and I think someone else has had one too recently, although I can’t recall who it was off hand. *tsk, tsk* Glad you had fun at the zoo! I was just talking to my bf yesterday about taking his 3-year-old to the zoo.
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Daniel is adorable! I have had a really slow week this week. Glad you had a better week than I did!
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What a cute picture of Daniel! Sounds like you had a great week.
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Happy Birthday! Looks like Daniel had fun at the zoo, animals or not. It’s great that you’re starting him off young going to author events!
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Every single pic of that baby is just the cutest thing ever! He really is such a happy boy. It’s wonderful!
The cover of The Seance looks quite intriguing to me for some reason. I’ll be interested to hear what you have to say on it. I might have to add it to my TBR
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it sounds like you had a great day–did you get any books as gifts?!?!?
your son is such a cutie…enjoy him!
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devourerofbooks Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
No, no books. I asked for Wolf Hall, but nobody could find a copy!
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I’m glad you had a nice birthday with your cutie pie son!
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You have the cutest kid! It sounds like you had a great reading week. Mine was very very bad; tv really got in the way.
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Sounds like a great way to spend your birthday. What a terrific pic of your son. I want to read the Krakauer book!
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I hope you had a wonderful birthday. That baby is growing so fast. I want to hear your thoughts on The Seance. I read it for RIP and like it well enough I guess.
.-= Sandy´s last blog ..Sunday Salon: A Little Less Chaos Please! =-.
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You had a super week — and Daniel is just sooooooo adorable. Looks like you had perfect weather for a family outing.
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I’m a big Jon Krakauer fan but his latest seems kind of different for him. I’m curious to see what you thought of it. I’m sure I’ll get it eventually though … his stuff is always good.
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Daniel keeps getting cuter each and every day. I’m glad you were able to enjoy the zoo and your day. I’m going to have to come back and check out the news about his first book signing tonight.
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I was going to say almost exactly what Jenners already said! I love Jon Krakauer, but this book doesn’t look as appealing to me for some reason. I’ll read it eventually though — I read all his stuff. I’m curious to read what you thought of it, I haven’t seen any blogger reviews yet.
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That is such a cute picture of Daniel! He is so cute! Aww….
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Daniel looks soooo CUTE!
adorable!
Great reading week for you!
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