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Happy New Year!!
I love the start of a new year, with all its potential. My focus for the next few months will be on my health, since the past three years have been rough for me, with one relapse of my immune disorder after another. I spent most of the past few months lying on the couch, but with some extreme changes to my diet recently, I started to feel better on Christmas Eve and was able to enjoy the holidays with my family. It was just my husband, me, and our younger son for Christmas Eve, and we enjoyed a seafood feast with filet mignon on the side! Then we watched The Polar Express.
On Christmas morning, the three of us opened presents. Of course, I got a fabulous stack of books, plus some polka dot sneakers that make me smile.
Our older son and his girlfriend arrived in time for lunch and our traditional watching of The Snowman, and my mom and her husband arrived a couple of hours later. We had a nice dinner together and opened more presents.
Two nights later, we enjoyed a wonderful tradition with our oldest friends, our Cookie/Grinch Party. The “kids” are all grown up now and with partners, but we still enjoy gathering together to decorate cookies and watch The Grinch (the original, of course). Unfortunately, our older son got sick–just a cold but always a worry since he has the same immune disorder that I have–so they had to leave early and missed the cookie party.
And my husband and I enjoyed our usual New Year’s Eve traditions last night: a delicious steak dinner, two movies at home (reviews to come), and joining in the countdown from NY at midnight. I was thrilled to be able to make it till midnight! And now I am ready to start the new year.
On the Blog
Fiction Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin – I loved this warm, moving story of a lifelong friendship.
Fiction Review: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu – an excellent, unique novel told in interrelated stories over generations, about the creativity and resiliency of humans in the face of disaster.
Books for Christmas! – photos and video of the books we gave and received in our family this holiday season.
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On Video
A to Z Hot or Not Book Tag – my quick review of an alphabetical list of bookish topics and whether I am “hot” or “not” on each one. This was fun!
Friday Reads 12-22-23 – my pre-Christmas update of what I was currently reading.
Christmas 2023 Book Haul – a quick overview of books given & received in our family.
Friday Reads 12-29-23 – my last reading update of the year (though I squeezed in one more book after this).
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Our son, 29, is feeling much better now and finished reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (one of his older standalone novels). Now, he is rereading The Written by Ben Galley in preparation for reading book 2, Pale Kings (a birthday gift).
I will be finishing my 2023 reviews and beginning my year-end wrap-up posts this week!
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What are you and your family reading this week?
Source: https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2024/01/its-monday-11-what-are-you-reading.html
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