It's Monday 1/28! What Are You Reading?

Super busy week last week! My husband was still away on a business trip to Germany, my older son moved back to his girlfriend's for spring semester mid-week, and I worked WAY too late each evening! When my husband is home, he and I have a relaxing evening routine that we both enjoy. I close the laptop by 7:30 pm and lie on the couch. He and I watch two TV shows together and have some herbal tea and a bit of dark chocolate. We turn the TV off at 9:30 and go up to bed, where we read for an hour before turning the light off at 10:30. This works out just right and helps me to unwind in the evening and get enough sleep. But without him here, I tend to keep working until 8 pm or later, then I'm exhausted (due to my chronic illness) and my mind is still "on" and I end up staying up too late reading, so I'm even more worn out the next day. It's a vicious cycle! So, it's nice to have him back now and be settling into our routine once more. Though I'm still staying up too late reading...

Here's what we've all been enjoying reading this past week:

• I am still reading True Enough by Stephen McCauley - because I needed something warm, fun, and funny after the excellent but difficult Being Mortal, and I knew Stephen would deliver! Last year, I read and loved his latest novel, My Ex-Life, and also got to interview him for Shelf Awareness and then meet him in person at Booktopia. He has a real talent for writing insightful but humorous stories about real life. Just what I needed! This novel is about a 40-year old wife, mother, and TV producer who is feeling dissatisfied with her life and a gay man who is feeling similarly unsettled and is working with her on a project. I'm enjoying it.
• On audio, I am listening to All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater, a favorite author of mine. It's....very different. Someone on Facebook described it as surreal, and that says it all. I'm not even sure how to describe it! It's about a Mexican-American family who live in the Colorado desert in 1962 and can perform miracles. Pilgrims visit them in search of miracles, but there are very odd side effects. I'm not a huge fan of magical realism, and this is definitely that, but Stiefvater's writing talents are keeping me listening.
• My husband, Ken, is reading a paperback I gave him for Christmas: Edge by Jeffrey Deaver. Though we both love Deaver's Lincoln Rhymes series, this is a stand-alone novel, so we were intrigued by it. He did take it on his trip but didn't read much and was exhausted when he tried to read, so he started over at the beginning Saturday!
• Our son, Jamie, 24, is now reading the FINAL book 14 of The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. I was wrong when I said he finished the series with book 13 - there is one more, weighing in at a hefty 1168 pages! He loves this series and has been looking forward to the conclusion. He says this last book is wonderful and action-packed right from the first chapters.

Blog posts last week:

Favorite Movies Watched in 2018 - my annual roundup of my favorites & list of everything I watched, with reviews.

Nonfiction Review: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - a powerful, important book about illness, end of life, and dying.

What Are You Reading Monday is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date, so head over and check out her blog and join the Monday fun! You can also participate in a kid/teen/YA version hosted by Unleashing Readers.

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What are you and your family reading this week?