Well, I’m nearing the end of Winter of the World. There’s a quote on the cover that says “This book is truly epic… The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages.” Well, yes I do!!! Luckily there’s one more book in the trilogy, Edge of Eternity. I’ll be starting that one next.
Last week I went to Barnes and Noble to look for some of the books Allison mentioned in her guest post on Engie’s blog. Guess how many they had? ZERO. Darn! Barnes and Noble doesn’t have a very big horror section.
I still had fun though. I sat in the cafe and read this magazine…
And I found a planner I love! Well, I love the cover.
The inside might not be quite what I’m looking for, but I love the cat so much (the top of the cat’s head and eyes are peeping up on top of the pages as well) that I might try to make it work. I decided to think it over a little before I buy it. (Should you get a planner just because you love the cover? Probably not.)
Now I’m excited because tomorrow (my day off) I’m going to a used bookstore! I’ve never been there and didn’t even know it existed until recently, but it’s not far from me. I hope I walk out with an armful of books.
Okay, eating. Remember the grand plan of prepping ingredients on Sunday for a week’s worth of bowl dinners? Well, the last two Sundays I worked. Not a lot, but just enough that I didn’t ALSO feel like doing meal prep. Somehow we got through last week anyway. And, since this Sunday was the start of Pumpkin Palooza, I made my favorite Pumpkin Baked Ziti (recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Veganomicon.)
My sister and I were commenting how the orange and brown color combination looks so pretty now- but once Thanksgiving is over, it looks drab. When I take down the fall decorations and put up all the sparkly, colorful Christmas things, I can’t believe how dreary orange and brown look. But for now, I’m loving it!
Lastly- pumpkin oatmeal for breakfast! I just make my regular oatmeal, put in a couple dollops of pumpkin, and all the pumpkin spices (don’t forget cloves- very important!)
I’m not quite sure what we’ll have for dinner the rest of the week (leftover ziti will be making an appearance) but we’ll get through it.
Do you like used bookstores? What are you reading now?
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Whoa–you weren’t joking about going all out for pumpkins :)! The ziti sounds delish…
I’m taking a break before I start _Edge of Eternity_.
The planner you loved reminds me of a notebook my kiddo loves that I found in a bookstore (It’s based on a Miyazaki character–Jiji in Kiki’s Delivery Service.)
https://www.amazon.com/Kikis-Delivery-Service-Plush-Journal/dp/1452171246/ref=asc_df_1452171246/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3029264138741062462&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1019499&hvtargid=pla-2281435178098&psc=1&mcid=c434b10af57d3cc998200999e8829725&hvocijid=3029264138741062462-1452171246-&hvexpln=73
That planner is cute! And- I think my daughter might really like it. Maybe I’ll bookmark it as a Christmas present for her.
I’ll probably read one or two short books before starting Edge- but I’ll start it soon. Right now I don’t want Winter of the World to end!
I haven’t been into a real book store for so long. The pleasure of buying on the spot is long gone. I have so many books to read in my kindle now. Currently for non fiction I’m reading life council about friendship, and for fiction I’m ready Stephen King’s short story, you like it darker. I read the first story and like it so I’ll keep going.
I add pumpkin to my oatmeal often but rarely add any spices because I usually add protein power which comes with flavor. next time i’ll add some pumpkin spice, i’m sure it will be so good.
Yes, try it with some pumpkin spice! My protein powder is chocolate, but I still think pumpkin spices would go with it.
A used bookstore sounds like a fabulous idea! A bit like a library only you get to keep the books as long as you want against a small fee.
Do you have any free mini-libraries near you? You know, the informal ones that pop up on the side of the road? I often look through these, I recently found “The Help” there.
Ooh, I read The Help- it was good! I’ve never seen a free library in my area- maybe I should start one.
I’m currently reading The History of Burning and it’s SO good. It’s very intense and quite fast moving. The author is Canadian, which I love!
I’m intrigued! Looking forward to your review.
Pumpkin baked ziti sounds so good! It’s nice to have some savory pumpkin options so I will have to try that this fall.
I definitely choose planners based on their covers, and the one you found is really cute!
Do you have Veganomicon? If not let me know and I’ll send you the recipe.
Yep I see you and I hear you on the meal prep. It’s great when it happens, but I found that too often it was like “yay it’s the weekend! I get to spend hours grocery shopping. And then hours cooking! Wait, where did my weekend go????” But oh my oh my I want to get in on some of that pumpkin pasta action!
For reading I’ve come to the conclusion that I just need to binge the rest of the Linda Castillo books so that I can move on with my life. I have a few other books on hold on Libby, but it’s going to take a while for them to come in.
I love a good used bookstore – have fun and I hope you find your armful of books!
I think Nora has a pumpkin pasta recipe- if I remember correctly, it’s not baked, but instead a creamy sauce. I”ll make that one too this month.
Oh yes, Linda Castillo- it’s only a matter of time before I continue on with that series. The first one was so good!
Oh, I love a used bookstore! I wish there was one anywhere near me. It’s so fun to wander through and see what catches my eye.
THis one was REALLY fun! Come across the state and visit me, and we’ll go.
That would be fun!
I rarely go to bookstores since I do not buy books for myself but I like to browse bookstores to get ideas of what to read although my TBR list is already so long that I really do not need to browse and add to it! I don’t love how used bookstores smell, though!!
I’m currently reading “Humor Me” by Cat Shook which is sort of a coming of age story. I was a bit annoyed with the character at first but then she made a better decision at about the halfway point and I’m liking the character much more! This is her sophomore novel.
I love browsing in bookstores, but I have no business buying new books- a used store is the perfect solution for me. This one didn’t have a weird smell, at least I didn’t notice it. Maybe other people would though.
I LOVE used bookstores! The smell! The possibilities! The thought of all the other people who have read these books! The sense of reading as a communal activity. I’m more likely to buy books from a used bookstore.
Our library system runs two used bookstores and I always go there before a trip to pick up booka for me and the kids- that way if something sets lost or destroyed I only out $2 or so. (And then when we are done, we take the books back! I think of it as a book rental system 😅)
There is a used bookstore in DC that is in an old house and it has the funniest signs- things like “Poetry is located in the bathroom.”
I can’t wait to see your book haul.
Currently I’m reading Homegoing and You Dreamed of Empires.
Ha, so you’re treating the library used bookstore kind of like a library! It makes sense- paying $2 is better than paying for a lost library book (which, AHEM, does happen with kids.)
Pumpkin baked ziti sounds PERFECT, and I agree completely about the fall decor. I always crave it and then am SO READY to move on because it gets blah.
Yes, luckily right now I’m still excited to see all the orange and brown! It will definitely get old eventually.
I do not care for used bookstores. The smell, the mold, the sad discarded books! I find them to be a real downer and try to avoid them if possible.
I am not willing to put out fall decorations yet. I was actually a bit confused why you were talking up pumpkin so much and then I remembered that it’s September. I’m obviously in denial about the end of summer.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying The Century Trilogy! Now we can go around evangelizing about them until everyone else reads them.
Engie, I’m trying! Everyone I know is getting pretty tired of hearing about them. And, thanks for stomping on my used bookstore love! Just kidding, but now I’m afraid I’ll see them through your eyes from now on. I can see what you’re saying.
When I lived up north, I hated fall!!! Because I hated winter so much! I would be clinging to every last second of summer if I were you- I get it.
I don’t love bookstores of any sort. The horror, right? But I love libraries. I find bookstores overwhelming because I hate spending money so the thought of being surrounded by books I have to pay to access kinda freaks me out. Is that weird?
I love fall. I love pumpkin-flavoured things (though I rarely use pumpkin in cooking; an issue I need to remedy ASAP). I don’t really decorate much for fall – Christmas is the only holiday I “go all out for” and even that’s pretty boring and basic, but I love nature’s decorations! Bring on the pumpkins and the colourful leaves.
To each his own! I LOVE bookstores, even though really it makes no sense. I should love libraries more- spending money on books when you could get them from the library is stupid. But I just love all the new books, beautifully displayed…. of course the used bookstore wasn’t quite like that! But I loved it as well. I guess I just love books.
Elisabeth, I could envision some pumpkin muffins in your future…
We do have a couple of used bookstores and I tend to look there first when looking for a specific book. That being said -I do like bookstores in general.
The last book I read was ” A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers. It’s about a monk in a fictional world looking for a purpose and his encounter with a wild Roboter. It’s short and really sweet. probably my favorite read this year.
I’ve heard of the Becky Chambers books but never read any. And, now that I know about this used bookstore I’ll look there more often- much cheaper than buying new books!
I love bookstores too! I like “cute” bookstores though. We have a half priced bookstore fairly near my house (used books) which is very just ok. It’s like in a strip mall, no character, etc. I really only go there for specific circumstances, but it can be a good deal! It’s just not that fun to browse with the big fluorescent lights, etc. We went to this amazing bookstore in Maine that had so much character, wood floors, and older building- I always think of that one. I think it would be so fun to put a great bookstore in our town’s little downtown, complete with super comfy chairs and a coffee shop! But I’m not really the entrepreneur type, lol! And I feel like a small independent bookstore is probably not really where the money’s at these days, either. Ha. But I think it would be a hit in my town! We don’t have any.
OMG, I love your pumpkin bowl! How cute is that?
Yeah, it’s funny how I am so happy to have my fall decorations at now but come mid-November, I will be tired of them and ready for my Christmas decorations!!
Right now, I’m reading The God of the Woods by Liz Moore but not making enough time for it. I really want to spend lots of hours this weekend reading. (In between all the football watching, of course!)
Ooh, what did you get from the used bookstore? I just bought four fairly random ones mail order from a shop in Derbyshire because I know the shop and they are struggling. I think we saved them for at least a while between us!
Pumpkin Oatmeal out of a pumpkin bowl…. could it be any more “pumpkin season”? (Tell me where this quote is from LOL)
I love when books that are so gripping have sequels!
So true about how when we change things up for Fall, they look fabulous! Then when post-Thanksgiving blahs emerge, the holiday decorations are so much better. Thank goodness we still have seasons, right? 🙂
NOT a bookstore person anymore, thanks. Libby and the library ftw. I have Been Converted. (Well, I still use Apple books but not nearly as much! Saving a bit of $$$ is always a good thing…) Hope the used bookstore was fun. 🙂