My Sunday-Monday Post

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Hello everyone! We had a pretty average week around here – school, errands, appointments, etc. Yesterday though we explored John K. King Books in Detroit, which is a massive used bookstore. Four giant floors, all laid out like some sort of rabbit warren. It was exciting as well as a bit overwhelming! I will probably post more on it later this week. Then we had Mermaid Girl over last night to celebrate the Worm Moon. It had been so long since we had a moon party and Mermaid Girl actually asked us when we were going to have another one, so of course I obliged her! We had a blast! Today I have church this morning then I think we are going to catch up on some household things, not very exciting but necessary.

Read Last Week:

I LOVED The Magic All Around. So much, that I read it all in one day, something I rarely do anymore. But I was reading it every available moment I had, until I was done. I just loved the characters and the story. It was a pretty quick read as well. I also love Thimble Summer, although I am not quite finished with it yet. I will hopefully finish up this afternoon. This copy has the most endearing illustrations!

Reading this Week:

I am reading two middle grade books again this week. I have read them both before, but it is fun to revisit. I haven’t read the Konigsburg book since childhood so that will be like reading it all over again for the first time probably, but The Westing Game is one of my favorites, and I have read it many times.

I am gearing up to for my annual reread of Watership Down – I have a feeling it will be my read next week.

Posted Last Week:

Billy-isms and Winnie the Pooh

Wednesday Morning Coffee Catch Up- Birthdays, Cute Critters, and Old Books

Watching:

We finished up Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale and while it was really good, I found it so disturbing. Mob mentality and so much anger, it really bothered me. I had to intersperse watching it with Murdoch Mysteries and Death in Paradise to get through watching the whole series. We have also started Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency which is super weird and bizarre, but we like it. It is sort of violent in some scenes, but thankfully they are not too frequent. It is a very strange show but I want to know what the heck is happening! It is based off the Douglas Adams book The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, which I have never read but just might. I also now want a corgi, because there is an adorable little corgi in it.

Look at that sweet face!

And that is it from me this morning! Have a great day everyone!

19 thoughts on “My Sunday-Monday Post”

    1. It really is! It was really not very wheelchair friendly, even for a child size wheelchair, so I am going to have to go back. And really now that I am thinking about it, I need to spend hours there which would be boring for Wyatt anyway. LOL.

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  3. We are thinking of going to Michigan for our anniversary in May and I was thinking about going into Detroit, but my sister said it wasn’t a safe area. However, i really want to go to that bookstore, LOL! Have a great week!

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    1. That bookstore is awesome! So is Michigan but I am biased. Lol. As for Detroit, it definitely has its areas that are dangerous. It also has some really cool museums, restaurants, music venues. Midtown is probably the safest area. This bookstore is in an area that is mainly industrial, and on the fringe of Corktown, which is pretty cool. It’s definitely a city that is neighborhood by neighborhood as far as safety.

      Ann Arbor is a great town, Holland is also a great place to visit and is on the lake. It’s probably one of my favorite cities in Michigan.

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    2. So. I talked to my husband about safety of Detroit too. He agrees, Midtown and Downtown are safe. Downtown has lots of shopping along Woodward, and that is also where Comerica Park is where the Tigers play. The bookstore is not that far really from downtown. Just in case you do decide to bop over to the Motor City. 🙂

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  7. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    There is nothing like the smell of a bookstore or library! Well, another good smell was opening the box of books from a Scholastic book order! I read the Westing Game eons ago. Maybe, I should revisit it. I’m having a bit of a reading slump, and YA books are good for changing that. We are watching this really, really weird show with Noel Fielding (from the Great British Bake Off). It’s called The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin. I happen to really like Noel Fielding, but my husband just thinks he’s weird. It’s got a Monty Python vibe to it. 

    I hope you all have a wonderful week! Worm Moon…I completely missed it.

    https://marshainthemiddle.com/

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  11. I have serious bookstore envy! That looks amazing and the moon party sounds fun! Westing Game was one of my childhood favorites as well and I reread it a few years ago and think I enjoyed it just as much. I hope you’re having a great week!

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