Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025

 

1. History can be fascinating.

2. There are so many good science books.

3. In difficult times, it can help to read about heroic people.

4. In difficult times, it can help to learn more about bad political systems.

5. In difficult times, it helps to think about what's good for all.

6. In difficult times, it can help to read about the problems. 

7. In difficult times, it can help to read some philosophy.

6. Hurray for poetry!

8. Why did I wait so long to read this?

9. I like small gentle stories sometimes.

10. Nature stories can be comforting.

10. Sometimes classics are classics for a reason.

11. I want to read more science fiction and fantasy.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.       

The Sunday Salon: What Mad Universe

 

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

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 also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

I enjoyed a great week, at Power Pump class, at Barre, at Yoga, at Step class, at book club, mass producing granola, visiting with my sister, talking with friends, writing every day (thank you, Joy, for a great idea) and, oh yes, of course, reading and reading and reading. 

We were supposed to be at my husband's brother's 75th birthday party this weekend, but because of anticipated icy roads (we don't know how to drive on roads like this), the party was postponed. We are shivering here, with temps reaching down into the 20s F each night.

What I Read Last Week:

The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers (Newberry)

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Nonfiction)

What I'm Reading Now:

The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Classic)

What Mad Universe by Frederic Brown (Science Fiction)

Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn (Nonfiction)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: Our Hibiscus Blooms!

Goals for 2026

Bite by Bite: Nourishments & Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto: 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. 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:

Step class.

Good Thing #2:

Homemade pizza in

the air fryer. Two thumbs up!

Good Thing #3:

We started planning 

for my dad's birthday party.

He'll be 100

early next year.

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.