Good morning, blogging world! Welcome to The Sunday Salon, our great big reading room where we touch base occasionally to share tidbits about our blogging and reading lives.
My back flared up on Thursday, so the past couple of days have been shrouded in pain, pain pills, ice packs, and then heating pads.
I did manage to read quite a bit, which you can do in some surprising positions. I could also blog, as long as nothing took longer than 30 min. or so.
Here are some of my blog posts this week:
Accidental Choices: Reading, etc.
So those are my blogging adventures. Now let’s talk books.
Books Read & Reviewed-Click on Title for Reviews:
1. Child of Silence, by Abigail Padgett (TBR Stacks!)
2. My Mother’s Daughter, by Rona Maynard (TBR Stacks!)
3. The Girl in the Green Raincoat, by Laura Lippman (e-book)
4. I Remember Nothing, by Nora Ephron
Now, drum roll, please! Here’s my statistical wrap-up for January…I know, a day early, but I don’t expect to finish any more books today or tomorrow…I’m taking some time off!
Books Read in January 2011
Total Books – 15
Total Pages – 4,073
Genres: 3 Romance, 5 Mysteries, 4 Memoirs, 1 Lit. Fiction, and 2 Contemporary Fiction
This is my first wrap-up post, made possible because of the way I’ve arranged my books read, reviewed, and challenges. Hope to visit your Sunday Salons…feel free to stop by here!
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Wow, impressive, Laurel-Rain! That’s a great start to 2011.
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Thanks, Clare…I mixed in quite a few TBR books this month, which has made those stacks go down! Hurray!
Glad you could stop by.
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You’re off to a much better start than I am this year. I’ve read a whopping two thus far and might finish three, if I’m lucky.
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting, unfinished person…I’m trying to read at least one book a week from my Old TBR stacks…and so far, so good.
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I do hope your back is better. It sounds like you were in quite a bit of pain. I should do monthly round ups. I am at least keeping a running list and will have read 31 books in January (which was more then I had planned). Happy Sunday and I do so hope your back is improved.
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Thanks, Jennifer…hope you have a great Sunday here. I’m spending a lot of time on the sofa…which is fine, since it’s raining today anyway.
Great job with the reading!
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I’m sorry to hear you’ve been in pain. 😦 I hope you feel better soon!
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Thanks, Amanda…I’m hoping so, too. I’m glad that I can read when I’m “couch bound.”
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That’s the only good thing about being laid up with a bad back – you can at least get a lot of reading done.
I loved I Remember Nothing – listened to the audio book read by the author, and it was great.
Hope you feel better soon!
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Yes, Becca, I agree about that upside to back pain. Also, that Nora Ephron has written some great books (and movies!).
Thanks for stopping by.
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You got a lot done already this year – impressive! I hope your back feels better soon!
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Thanks, Colleen…loved visiting your site and imagining myself visiting NYC.
Glad you could stop by.
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I hope you’re feeling better!
You had a wonderful January!
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Thanks, Aths…glad you could stop by. Have a great week!
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I’m sorry to hear about your back! Feel better!
You had a great month!
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Thanks, Yvonne…glad you could stop by. Have a good week.
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That’s a great start to 2011, well, the reading part not the back hurting part! Feel better. 🙂
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Thanks, Amy…I hope you have a great new week (and month).
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Fifteen books! That’s fantastic! Sorry to hear about your back, at least it gave you an excuse to get some rest and read.
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Thanks, Ash…I can report that it’s better today. I can tell because I haven’t had a pain pill since 7 p.m. last night. I’m trying to avoid them as much as possible so I can assess how things are progressing. Today I hope to take a short walk!
Yes, I couldn’t believe I read that many books, either. Of course, Ash, some people read twice that in a month! LOL
Thanks for stopping by.
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Congrats on so many books read! I hope your back is feeling better soon. Reading is always the high point for when I’m not feeling well too.
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Yes, when I don’t feel well, I don’t feel guilty for lying about and reading…LOL
Thanks for stopping by, Alyce.
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What a great month January was for you! Minus the back pain, of course. Hope by now you’re feeling better!
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Yes, it was….thanks for stopping by, Trish, and I am feeling better.
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