What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's a good opportunity to visit other blogs and join in conversations there.
What I Read Last Week:
Congratulations, By the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness by George Saunders (Nonfiction)
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (Fiction; Japanese Literature Challenge; Novella)
What I'm Reading Now:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fiction)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Children's)
The Adventures of Cipollino by Gianni Rodari (Picture Book)
I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:
I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.
An in-person interview with Rushdie sounds fascinating.
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Hibiscus is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have the first hibiscus flower. I must look at Kitchen. I'm interested in Japanese fiction after reading Butter and a few others.
ReplyDeleteAh, that hibiscus is pretty!
ReplyDeleteI can't actually remember now if I've read The Brothers Karamazov... I think I did try it as a teen, right before I went to uni, but I don't think I actually got far, ahaha. Hope you're enjoying it!
I have only gotten to chapter four. I need to pick up the pace.
DeleteThe Rushdie would be interesting. Three cheers on the hibiscus -- it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour hibiscus is lovely! The first bloom is always the most beautiful with the anticipation of watching it mature. Wishing you many more flowers to come.
ReplyDeleteHibiscus in January! You are very lucky! Enjoy your garden and Texas weather.
ReplyDeleteI love hibiscus! Your grandchildren are so cute. I read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books many years ago. They were all so good!
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas cactus bloomed, a little late, but then I did rescue her from the garbage!
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DeleteHibiscus blooms and kids basketball - all fun!! Have a good week, Deb.
ReplyDeleteI also love Hibiscus. Your grandchildren are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely week! Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe Hibiscus is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful hibiscus! I hope the grandkids enjoy the basketball. We have the choice between a soccer game or a basketball game tomorrow -- we may skip both to have a cozy Sunday, instead.
ReplyDeleteBecca and I are reading On the Banks of Plum Creek now. Such a good series.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy seeing your three things. That's a beautiful hibiscus.
I enjoyed Kitchen too. A few years back I was on a Japanese fiction kick and read a lot of wonderful books. Happy Belated Birthday to your Dad! A wonderful milestone! My Mom turns 91 in March! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to still have our parents, I think.
DeleteLove the hibiscus! Have a wonderful weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteYour hibiscus is so colorful. And such happy smiles on the faces of your grandkids. Happy week.
ReplyDeleteYour grandchildren are so cute. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteYour 3 good things look great to me. Love seeing the hibiscus when all I see outside is wind and snow. I was totally born in the wrong state. I hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteWe could use you here in Texas! Come on down!
DeleteI think the interview with Salman Rushdie would've been interesting! The hibiscus is beautiful! Didn't know it bloomed in winter. Have a wonderful week, Deb!
ReplyDeleteSalman Rushdie has paid a very steep price for freedom of expression. Tragically so.
ReplyDeleteThe hibiscus is beautiful but Isn’t it a bit early for it to be blooming? I thought it was still Winter there?
ReplyDeleteIt’s quite extraordinary that Rushdie is recovered enough to continue touring.
Wishing you a happy reading week
It is winter here, but it has been unusually warm. We rarely have freezes.
DeleteGreat for the hibiscus. We also grow some. You have to trim it very very strongly out of the growing season - I don't know when that would be for you, as it is blooming now. Ours had so many blooms last year. And as soon as the bloom falls, pick it and dry it, it makes great tea
ReplyDeleteGood to know.
DeleteIf I liked Salman Rushdie as much as I did when I read Midnight Children, I would have loved to see him. But, the views he presented in Knife made me lose much of my respect for him. Still, how exciting to see such a famous author.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to access your review to Kitchen, but the link on my log points to a page which “doesn’t exist.” Please help me find it, because it was one of the first pieces of Japanese literature I read, which immediately transfixed me. I’d love to read your take on it.
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8255532403. I am sorry it was hard for you to access.
DeleteI used to have a beautiful hibiscus at the first place I rented by myself. It was huge and grew over my head. It was the same color as yours. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThose are indeed some very good things!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous spring is in sight! We're in 'blizzard conditions' again today. Hope the kids are having fun with basketball!
ReplyDeleteWow Rushdie. Glad you got to see him. His book Knife is pretty powerful. And very sweet about the kids' basketball games. Love that!
ReplyDeleteYour hibiscus looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Salman Rushdie was super interesting! You get really good speakers at your book events (the benefit of being near a large city).
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool you saw Salman Rushdie.
ReplyDeleteYour grandchildren look adorable and your hibiscus is beautiful.
The Brothers Karamazov looks interesting.
That's great so many authors come to talk in venues near you. What a good opportunity! Love the hibiscus, are you needing to cover plants this week? We are getting freezing weather again.
ReplyDeleteYour hibiscus is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTo hear Salman Rushdie in person would be amazing. Your hibiscus is beautiful and so are your grandkids.
ReplyDeleteWow - I didn't have internet last weekend. Happy birthday to your Dad!!
ReplyDeleteWow to Salman Rushdie! I haven't read any of his later works, but I would go to hear him speak if I could, too. Wow to flowers in bloom, also! We're getting hit with our first real snow of the season here in Massachusetts today and tonight.
ReplyDeleteI tried to get a Top Ten Tuesday post done this week (would have been two weeks in a row) but Tuesdays are tough blogging days for me, so I didn't finish it in time. My Sunday Salon post was just as late today as my Tuesday post would have been, but tomorrow is a Monday holiday, so I went ahead with it, even though it was so late!
I think it's great even if things run a little late.
DeleteMy husband has been reading tons of Salman Rushdie so he would have been interested in that one. The hisbicus looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tina. You get to see so many wonderful authors! The grands are getting big and looking so adorable. Lovely hibiscus. One of my favorite plants. We had a yellow one when we lived in Nebraska. A little tropical sunshine in the Midwest. :)
ReplyDeleteNice assortment of good things. I've read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books but not for many years. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteLooks like some great reading, Deb. I can't believe how big the grandkids have gotten. Time passes so quickly. Pretty flower. Hope you have a wonderful week!
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Really nice post. Have you started reading Rushdi's short stories? I haven't, but I have it by my bed.
ReplyDeleteNot yet, Rae.
DeleteThe cover of Cipollino is adorable and I will think of him every time I see that word in the grocery store.
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