Sunday Salon for 21 January 2024
Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.
How’s the weather?
We had a couple of days over freezing earlier this week. We’re to the point of the winter where mid to upper 30s feels like great walking weather. We dipped back into the deep freeze yesterday, so it’s a good thing we got a couple of walks completed. We’ll get back above freezing on Monday, but that will be accompanied by rain. So, I’m appreciating the coziness of my house and the energy of YouTube exercise videos.
What are you reading?
I’m nearly done listening to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, even though I haven’t had many walks which are my favorite time to consume audiobooks. I’m finding odd moments of the day to listen because I’m fully captivated.
I finished and reviewed The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll this week. I’m still experimenting with how I want to include that in my other planning structures.
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb was my first book read in 2024 and the first book that our book group discussed in 2024, on Thursday. I posted the review Saturday so that I could capture the thoughts of the group as well as my own. We really liked it and we’re so looking forward to the author’s visit to our community next month.
What are you watching?
I had two posts this week about things I watched, too.
I celebrated Cary Grant’s 120th birthday on Thursday with a review of Archie, the new bio-pic mini-series on BritBox that includes the history of his childhood in Bristol and several trips back to England in his later years.
Emma is the third of four movies featured in Jane Austen January, hosted by Erin at Cracker Crumb Life and Lisa at Boondock Ramblings. For my British Isles Friday posts, I’m enjoying the fantasy travel of exploring the film locations for each movie. One of the film locations for Emma was Mapperton, the seat of the Earl of Sandwich, a country house that I’m very familiar with.
Another Emma film location was Claydon House, a home to Florence Nightingale.
What are you doing?
I wrote another post this week (five posts in one week is a lot for me!). The Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl was Bookish Goals for 2024. That was a fun post to write, and I enjoyed reading other people’s posts on the topic, too.
How are you this fine Sunday?
It was sooo cold here last week — I was super glad I was staying at my parents’, so we didn’t have to pay the bill for the heating, ha.
I never read a book about doing bullet journaling, but used to find it kind of helpful. But it was also kinda work to keep it all going, and I ended up stopping. Do you think you’ll do bullet journaling? Or is it more taking inspiration for your own thing?
I’m going to experiment with it for a couple of months and, then, decide. I’ll try to remember to report on my experiment a few times in Sunday Salon.
That’s a great photo you included — Florence Nightingale was really amazing to see. It really demonstrates what a long time it’s been since that era. TV dramas often gloss this over.
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Glad you are finding some ways to exercise even though it is so cold. As a cold weather wimp, I hope you get some warmer temps again soon.
I have been embracing youtube exercise videos as well!
I watched a movie to go with each of the Jane Austen books I read long ago when a couple of bloggers sponsored Austen in August. This time of the year is perfect for a Jane Austen movie, I think.
I look forward to seeing what you do (or don’t do) with what you learned from the bullet journaling book.
It’s been so cold! I feel like we never got to acclimate to winter at all – it was just warm then all of a sudden the Arctic. Lol. I am so excited you are participating in Jane Austen January with us! I am enjoying your location posts!
Haha, I was so happy when it was 29 degrees yesterday. I was like, “Yes! I’m going running.” I’ve been trapped in the house for too long because it’s been below 0 and snowing.
The Midnight Library is on my TBR
Stay dry and warm!
Wishing you a great reading week
I hope it starts warming up for you. You Tube videos can be really good for exercising. I sometimes use them. Hope you have a good week! Stay warm!
That’s so fun that you watched Cary Grant’s biopic. I’d love to watch that. I hope it becomes available in the US. Or if it already is that I can find it. I have yet to watch Dick Van Dyke’s birthday spectacular.
I’m glad you’re enjoyed THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY so much that you’re finding time to listen to it even though you haven’t been able to walk. I love that book so much. SO MUCH.
Sorry it’s been so cold in your neck of the woods. It’s been cold her as well. We’re pretty cold here too, but not below 0 yet so that’s something at least.
I jumped over and read your Violin review since that book is here on my shelf. Sounds good but I am SO not a mystery person. I really hope I can get into it. We shall see.
I think you’ll love the coming-of-age part of the story.
I still haven’t read Midnight Library. It’s on my list to get to one day!
That’s quite a photograph of Florence Nightingale. That’s neat to follow the film locations of the Austen movies. I always like to know where films have been made.