Reading and Eating (and a Pumpkin House!)
Okay seriously, I’m not going to talk about pumpkins in every single post. But after my post yesterday about the imaginary 100 pumpkins in my front yard, Kae sent me this: This is a house IN HER TOWN. She said they decorate it this way every year. Life goals right here! Let’s talk about reading. I almost had a reading emergency this week. I had TWO BOOKS from my hold list come available on the same day: I’ve been on the list for the Liz Moore for weeks and weeks, and I didn’t expect it right now. I also didn’t expect the Liane Moriarty, because I just put the hold on it last week. When these holds came in, I was 300 pages into a 1000 page book (Ken Follett’s Edge of Eternity) and I didn’t see how I was going to finish that and read both of these in two weeks. Then I remembered our library recently extended the loan period of new books to three weeks- PHEW! I can get them all read by October 9th. I was so excited to read The God of the Woods until I read Birchie’s post from Monday- she didn’t like it, WHAT??? I thought everyone has been liking that one! Well, I’ll have to read it and see what the controversy is all about. Eating-wise, I continue to limp along. My plan of doing meal prep on Sunday has not been working out (what a surprise!) Instead I’ve been making something on Sunday that can be eaten for two meals- Sunday and Monday- and then cobble things together for the rest of the week. We always have takeout on Friday, so it’s only three dinners to get through. On Sunday I wanted to make pumpkin pasta but my daughter had a sore throat (everyone has been getting sick around here!) so I decided to make soup instead. I made the Coconut Curry Lentil Soup from Nora Cooks. I chose it because I was pretty sure my daughter would like it, and I was right! It was a good soup- nothing amazing about it, but it was tasty, and like most soups it was better the second day. Next up- I need to make some kind of pumpkin dessert! In the same post where Birchie stomped all over my reading dreams, she linked to a very delicious-looking pumpkin cookie. That may have to happen this weekend. Have you read The God of the Woods? Did you like it? Has anyone read the Liane Moriarty? Do you have a favorite fall soup? Top photo by Frames For Your Heart on Unsplash