The Sunday Salon: It's My Birthday!

 

I am glad that you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Welcome! 

What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we book bloggers have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

It's my 69th birthday on November 1st! I'm delighted to be healthy and happy and to have family and friends both in real life and here online! 

We had a blowout in Houston on the way to East Texas last week. And, yes, it began to pour down rain, and, yes, the spare was dry-rotted, but we managed to find a place to get a new tire, and we popped into the wonderful Arandas Bakery next door while we waited. I decided this is the perfect birthday cake for me!

What I Read Last Week:

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (Book Club)

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford (Fiction)

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Children's Fiction)

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, 

and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Evan (Nonfiction)

What I'm Reading Now:

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and a Medical Miracle by Rachel Clarke

Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right

and Its Historic Consequences by Joan Biskupik

Butterflies of Houston and Southeast Texas by John L. Tveten

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nonfiction November has begun! 

What nonfiction did you read in 2025? What nonfiction did you like best? What are your favorite types of nonfiction to read? 

The first week's writing prompts are hosted by Heather at Based on a True Story. I hope you will join in!

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: My (Hopefully!) Last Hyper-Busy Week for a While

Nonfiction November 2025: My Year in Nonfiction

The Scariest-Spookiest-Creepiest-Bleakest Books I've Ever Read to the End

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic, and now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:

Good Thing #1:

I love my Aqua Zumba class in the spring 

and summer and fall, but do I have what it takes to 

swim outdoors in the winter?

I did it---outdoor temperature: 49 degrees.

Good Thing #2:

My aunt found the fudge recipe

she used when I was little...

on the back of a comic book.

Good Thing #3:

I'm getting ready for our Thanksgiving trip to Chicago

by borrowing a friend's red wool cape.

I like it so much I think I might

see if I can buy it from her.

Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.