A short update this week – we’re currently in Michigan visiting my family. We just got back from a mini-trip up north, and I’m looking forward to better weather this coming week – the forecast looks lovely! It was beautiful up north, but very cold. I’ll post about our entire trip soon, and take the opportunity to tell you a bit more about my beautiful home state.
This week I shared the ten authors I’d really like to meet, my experience visiting Machu Picchu, and a book review of The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez.
READING
I’m reading A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson. I’m slogging through this one a bit. I’m interested in Teddy’s life, but something about this one makes it not nearly as “unputdownable” as Life After Life. I’m finding it very putdownable.
WATCHING
The West Wing, The West Wing, and more The West Wing. I’m also rejoicing that The Mindy Project has been saved by Hulu – whew!
LISTENING
I’m listening to My Journey With Maya by Tavis Smiley. I heard about this one via Tavis Smiley’s Daily Show interview, and it seemed like a good memoir to get on audiobook.
Is now a good time to admit that I never watched The West Wing? Is this a re-watch for you or a first watch? I’m debating that or The Wire or House of Cards next on the drama front and can’t decide which to start first.
Also: Sorry to hear that about A God in Ruins. I loved Life After Life (I know it was a love-hate for a lot of people), and have been so excited for this new book, but keep hearing mixed things.
This is a first watch for me! I was very late to the party for The West Wing, but I’m loving it so much. I highly recommend it! I’m in season 4 right now (of 7) and I think it’s going to be up there with Gilmore Girls as my favorite drama series.
I have such mixed feelings about A God in Ruins so far – I still have hope that I’ll end up liking it once I’m done. It’s not that it’s bad – it’s just not nearly as captivating as Life After Life.
I did a little dance when I saw that the Mindy Project will return!
I hope you have lovely spring weather this week Emily.
Me too – thank goodness for Hulu! It’s such a fun show. :D
Ha! I also found A God in Ruins very putdownable, and even though the end redeemed it a bit, I didn’t love it at all.
I can’t wait to hear more about your Michigan trip. I always end up going back in the winter (for Christmas) and I miss going up north in the summer so much.
My brother is 16 years younger than me, so I try to get home frequently to spend time with him (he’s 14 now). But this was my first time being able to plan camping/outdoorsy stuff in my own home state, it was a lot of fun!
Hooray for Michigan! It’s finally 80 degrees today, and I’m loving it. It takes forever to get warm (and stay warm) here. :) I’m working my way through The West Wing for the third time. Such an awesome show!
It’s so beautiful now – looking forward to the warmer week!
And I can’t believe it took me this long to start watching The West Wing – I’m fully obsessed. Will be re-watching it many times myself, I’m sure!
I wasn’t in love with A God in Ruins when I first picked it up, but then I revised my expectations and tried again, and I liked it a lot better. It helped so much to let go of Life-after-Life-related expectations.
I’m definitely trying to keep my expectations in check too. I am really enjoying parts, and then others just drag. And some of the time changes are getting confusing! I’m glad to hear you ended up liking it though, and Shannon @ River City Reading also said the ending was good, so you both are giving me motivation to finish it. :)
All hail West Wing! That is all. Hope you continue to have a great trip!
Amen to that!!
(And thank you! It’s continuing to be very lovely.)
“Very putdownable” have got to be some of the worst words to an author’s ears. So sorry it’s not working out for you!
Kerry and I are in the Never Watched West Wing Club (we’re a party of two). I hope to get to it someday!
I just finished it today and I ended up liking it. I just cannot for the life of me put my finger on why it was such a slog to get through! I’ve been thinking about it a lot – going to try to address it when I review it.
I was a 3rd member of the NWWWC until a few months ago. As fun as it would be to be in a club with you and Kerry (could we have membership cards?) I recommend we find a different alliance because it’s the BEST SHOW EVER and I highly recommend it. I’m obsessed with it.