Hello everyone! I am linking up with Deb at Readerbuzz, Kathryn at Book Date, and Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
The Books:
As for reading, I gave it my best, but I was defeated. I had a DNF. The Hogfather. I am going to try again next year, after learning more about Discworld. Lisa’s (at Boondock Ramblings) husband suggested I start with The Color of Magic instead, then read the Death line of books first. So, I will give it another shot!
Sorry Hogfather. We will try again next year.
This week I am reading the next in the J. Penner Adenashire series, A Fellowship of Games of Fables. I love Jez so I am excited to read her story! And, I must like these books because I almost never read past book one in a series!
The Screens:
So, we have been watching all the Christmas and holiday things we can find. We watched all the episodes of the Victorian Farm Christmas, Tudor Farm Christmas, A Garfield Christmas, and Bramble House Christmas, which is a Hallmark Christmas movie. I of course loved it. We also watched Paddington for the first time and realized, Billy is Paddington in person form! Ok, he just has a Paddington style coat, and loves orange marmalade. Everything we watched was perfect.
I also was busy blogging away.
Top Ten Tuesday: December Dragons
My Favorite Quotes From Every Book I Read This Year: Part One
Comfy Cozy Christmas and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea Link Up Post
The In-Betweens:
It was a slow week around here. It was not only arctic cold out, but Wyatt was feeling under the weather. So we took it easy, especially since he had a big appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Friday. The surgeon is very pleased with Wyatt’s healing, and has decided it is now time to schedule the next surgery, this one to remove the hardware they put into Wyatt to hold his hips in place as he healed. I am so not ready for another surgery, but he said springtime, and that it will be an easier recovery.
We also got lots of Christmas shopping done, mainly via the internet but Wyatt and I also took a secret trip to pick up a gift for Billy. I won’t say what it is here but I am excited. Saturday we also masked up and went to something called Echoes of a French Noel at the River Raisin National Battlefield near us, and had such a great time. Then this morning I went to the Potter’s Market with Chrissy and Kelly. I will do a coffee catch up post later this week, but we had so much fun!
Tonight we are having a comfy cozy movie night, with hot chocolate and treats in front of the little fake fireplace tonight, and I am so excited!
And that is it from me for now! I hope that whatever you do, you do something that makes you happy!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I DNFed Hogfather, too. I may try again next year. I’m going to try Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg as my holiday read this week. I hope it works!
I’m glad you are enjoying the J. Penner Adenashire series. And I’m glad everything you’ve tried on tv has been good.
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It was a tough read for me. I liked Susan and Death and their parts of the book, but all of the other characters and whatever… it felt like too much and I was overwhelmed. Lol. I hope you are enjoying Redbird!
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I hadn’t wanted to say anything because I didn’t want to influence you in any way, but yes, Hogfather isn’t a great choice to start Discworld with.
I started with the witches myself – not planned, it was just the first book I picked up at a train station – and from there it was history. That said, not all Discworld books are an easy read, I definitely have my favorites and Death is one of my favorite characters (along with the witches), so much so that I happily wear him on several graphic tees.
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Yeah that didn’t work out well for me. LOL. Next time don’t feel bad saying anything, influence me! Lol. I need guidance at times. I did really like the character Death and Susan in Hogfather. I was floundering with all of the characters though, there seemed to be so many and with titles as names.
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It definitely helps to start with earlier books because characters reappear, so it can get complicated.
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Ok that is good to know!!
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It’s hard to DNF a book, but sometimes, it’s better to do that than slog on through. I hope Wyatt is well on the way to being 100% again. Colds and congestion are the worst. My grandson is currently battling that. We have been staying in, too, though it’s not as cold as it was earlier in the week. It’s just that we haven’t had to go anywhere. I really need to finish decorating if I’m even going to do that. I keep looking around and trying to decide if there’s enough out or if I’d be happier with it all out. Stay tuned…hahaha! Have a wonderful week!
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Yeah I felt bad about it but I am going to try again with a new plan. But sometimes a book just doesn’t work!
Wyatt is doing better, but midway through Billy caught it. I am trying all I can to make sure that I don’t. Ughhhh! The worst part of winter is the germs.
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What is a DNF? Oh wait, does it stand for Did not finish?
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A Garfield Christmas!!! Man, I haven’t seen that in ages but have the best memories of it… I may have to hunt it down and indulge my inner child this year 🙂
If this was your first DNF of the year, I am incredibly impressed!
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We watch it every year. LOL. I am big on indulging my inner child.
It was not. 😦 I had a few others. I don’t usually mention them on the blog though.
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