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It’s a rainy weekend this weekend, and I have to say I sort of welcome it. It means no picnics this weekend, but I am enjoying the change. The other evening I was walking across my yard and I felt the weirdest feeling, the hint of fall in the air, nudging me, letting me know that summer’s end is right around the corner – already. Everything has felt so off this year, the seasons all out of tune with our family’s normal rhythms – no festivals or art fairs, no summer vacation up north, no summer nights spent with friends and family while the kids play in the yard and we jabber on. Now when we get together it is distanced, and we try so hard to steer the conversation from current events. And I went off on a tangent here, sorry! I blame the rain.
Read Last Week:
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I am still working on The Masterpiece, but I am irritated with Claude right now, and I need to take a break from him. I did download Mexican Gothic, and holy moly was it awesome! I completely devoured it, which I haven’t done with a fiction book in ages. I think you would have to enjoy magical realism to really like it, but it was amazing. I loved everything about it, but then magical realism is a favorite genre of mine. It reminded me of my beloved Mary Stewart gothics but with lots of extras. It was excellent! I also started reading 100 Things to do in a Forest, but for some reason I can only read it on my phone which I hate! I read enough of it however to know that I want to add it to our family library so I am ordering a physical copy and will finish it when it arrives.
Reading This Week:
It is definitely cherry season here in Michigan! I think today I might make a cherry clafloutis, or maybe tomorrow.. anyway, I am also starting this book. I love this cover! And it is set in Michigan, so bonus!
Posted Last Week:
Homeschooling Summer Edition: France, Part Two
Friday Favorites: Etsy Artists
My Homeschooling Journey so Far… and Curriculum Reveal!
Watching:
We are on the final episode of Picard, which I think we will finish up tonight. I liked it but not as much as Billy did, but then I don’t have decades of watching Star Trek behind me either. Lol. We are also watching Father Brown, Cursed, and Season 2 of the Umbrella Academy! I missed crazy Klaus.
And that is it from our little burrow this week! Stay safe everyone.
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
The scent in the air that comes with the first rain is so delicious! That smell takes me back to first days of school and fall! Love the feeling.
Enjoy the change of it, and anticipate more of it. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you love your books and your days. And cherries!
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Oo I totally agree! I love that rain scent. I love that change from summer to fall every year. 🙂
Thanks Laurel-Rain!
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I love the rain after it’s been dry but here in Scotland it can generally just be wet all the time!
I’m looking forward to reading Mexican Gothic, I’ve heard a lot of good things!
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I still need to read the other books you’ve suggested so stop suggesting more 😉 (Kidding!)
We were supposed to have rain all day from the tropical storm hitting Florida and the Carolinas but it looks like the storm was delayed so we won’t have the heavy rain until Tuesday, which is fine because now we can have a cookout for my mom’s birthday without worrying about the rain soaking our grill. Ha!
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Lol! Happy birthday to your mom! My husband’s birthday is Tuesday. 🙂 I hope you had a good cookout!
And lol!! I’ll try….. 🙂
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Happy birthday to your husband!!!
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Oh, I’m loving cherry season. I should make something with the cherries but I can’t just seem to stop eating them plain!
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Lol!! That is a perfectly acceptable way to eat them as a Michigander I believe. 🙂 they are just so darn good!
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It’s easy to start thinking about the things we miss. We meet on Zoom with my sister and her husband every week and we had to make a promise to each other not to spend the whole time talking about politics (ugh!) or the pandemic (ugh!) I can’t imagine that fall is already on its way though. Our summers go on forever.
I wish we had cherries here. Too hot, I think.
What a rave review for Mexican Gothic. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
We really wish we could watch Picard. But we’d have to subscribe to the special CBS channel, I think.
I hope you have a good week!
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Totally agree on the Ughs for those topics!
It’s early for this feeling here too – we are usually still in the dog days of summer. It was the oddest feeling. I was in Texas this time last year – I couldn’t get over the little sticker on my hotel room window asking to keep the drapes drawn during the day since it gets so hot. Lol. I was like yikes!! Lol. My Texas living friends told me I was lucky, I was there during a cold front too.
Oo I loved Mexican Gothic. I read it in a day and a half, which for me these days is a feat, especially with a five year old around. Lol.
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I felt that same thing on this side of the State too! I hope it was just a fluke this early. Will have to check out the Molly Fader book. Have a great week.
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So weird right!!! Just like a shiver of fall or something. Thank you, you too!!
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Rainy here too, but more time to read 🙂
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Yes! Reading on rainy days is so perfect.
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Yeah, it’s been cooler in the mornings I’ve noticed today. I’ve been taste testing cookies today; my teen is making birthday cookie presents for her girlfriends.
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Ooo a cookie day sounds wonderful!!! I would gladly spend a day taste testing cookies. Lol.
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It is amazing how soon fall will be here. And you’re right, this summer has been so weird and so different! I sure hope we get good news soon and 2021 is better!
I’ve heard so many good things about Mexican Gothic. I may have to try it.
I think I’m going to try Umbrella academy!
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It is so bizarre feeling. I can’t believe it is almost fall either! It is like wait, the last thing I remember really really doing was celebrating Wyatt’s birthday in March, one week before the shut down. It is just odd.
Mexican Gothic was amazing!
And I think you would love The Umbrella Academy.
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This year has been so bizarre. All of my plans got cancelled. Time feels like it’s going really fast and really slow at the same time. It sucks. I’m glad you liked Mexican Gothic! I’m on a waitlist for it. Have a great week!
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I agree – it feels like we are all suspended in time. I loved it!!! I couldn’t wait, I was so far down the waitlist lol, so I bought the kindle version, and I rarely buy books for myself.
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I totally get what you mean about the seasons feeling off… One of the walks we took in July was along the canal path – one of our favourite local walks – and given that we’re mid summer here, it felt distinctly autumnal (even Alexander commented on it!).
What a great feeling it is devouring a fiction book! I have heard many great things about Mexican Gothic, so lovely to hear you enjoyed it also.
Happy reading and a lovely week to you!
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Oh so weird that you felt it too!! In midsummer too. It was almost eerie. Lol.
I completely loved Mexican Gothic. I definitely recommend if you enjoy magical realism.
Thanks so much Jade and stay safe!
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Summer events seem to be quite a ritual there so I’m sure their absence is discombobulating.
Wishing you a great reading week
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You are right, they are rather a ritual here! I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it is true. Especially in the northern states – maybe because we only have a few months of good weather? Lol.
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I really don’t want to let go of summer yet! Winters are so long in Minnesota. Most of all I miss the long days of light since I am pretty much housebound when it is dark. Come see my week here, Happy reading!
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Yes! I love the long days as well!
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