Morning all! Thursday already? Why oh why is my summer flying by? The days are full and fast…. before I know it, Friday will be here and I leave for Wisconsin for the Mudruckus with two awesome daring friends. BUT – more on that tomorrow.
I slept well last night and while that may not seem like a big deal, it is. Mater (new dog) is like that having a baby in the house – sometimes at night he cries, and like a new mom – even if he does not cry from his space in the entryway… I listen for it. This morning I woke up surprised to see it was 6:30 am and I had woke up on my own – without noise or distraction. Usually I have been getting up between 5 and 5:30 am.
Now with coffee cup – I am eager to share that I just read on Shelf Awareness that Childrens/Middle Grade YA reads have continues to grow in sales all year…. some months in triple digits. That excites me so much. The future of books and reading will be in the next generations hands and I am always excited to see kids with books. YAY to our authors who are writing the books that are keeping these kids engaged and wanting to read. 😀
This morning I have work- I am biking in for the third day this week. Later I have dinner with friends and then a group of us are going to the movie Hope Springs! I am excited about a full day and a fun evening. 😀
My reading is still slow since July… so much going on in life and in my weekends but it is good stuff and I know once life slows down again my nose will again be in a book daily.
I hope your Thursday is wonderful! Any fun plans for the weekend?
Book Journey 
Yay for YA and kids books! I have a hectic day too today. My daughter has a synchronized swimming competition today and it’s a full day event. Have fun at the movies!
Thanks Laura.. busy days are both fun and exhausting!
I plan to see Hope Springs this weekend…can’t wait!
I have had my youngest grandson with me all week, with two nights as a sleepover. Last night was NOT a sleepover and I had a good long sleep….
I hope you enjoy it Laurel. would love to know your thoughts on it.
I hope your good night’s sleep means that Mater is finally adjusting. It tears my heart to hear an animal cry. You’ll catch up on reading later when the weather isn’t so good. Meanwhile it’s great that you can enjoy so many of your favorite activities.
I will talk more about Mater this week Barbara, I read something recently that really put my thoughts about animals into perspective.
There are so many great books out there! Busy is good if you are having fun.
I am having fun Jill… tired but loving life.
We have a senior dog in the house and she disrupts our sleep as well. I can’t remember the last time I got a good night’s sleep.
I’m going to see Hope Springs on Tuesday.
I hope you like the movie Kathy!
that is awesome about children’s/MG books!!
I’m not making much reading headway, either. Summer is too jamb-packed with LIFE! There’s a car show we might go to this weekend (of course) and a meeting for the last car show. But mostly I’m getting ready to camp the following weekend. It takes a lot of work to escape a few days and “do nothin'” Lol.
I go to a camp in the next week here but it is a working camp for me (more on that later!) It is hard to take time to read. 😀
Good that children’s books are getting more popular! I remember when we had a puppy, cried all night to be with someone until my parents gave in and let her on their bed. Of course it stuck and she generally shared the bed with them in future.
We do have a dog that shares our bed but is much smaller than this new one…LOL 😀 We will stop kenneling at night when we are sure there will be no overnight accidents. He is really being good so hopefully not long now 😀
At the ages of 1.5 years and 2.5 years old, my nephew and niece adore books at the moment, and I really hope that continues!
I love that kids are reading and that they have good books to read! 😀
It’s great that you have so many fun things going on, even if the reading does have to suffer. 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you think of the movie!
Thanks Alyce, I am just catching up on responding now…. the movie was fun.
That excites me beyond words because you know I work with these kids daily and try my hardest to get them to read!! The books for YA/Middle school keep getting better and better!
Me too Staci, I love that kids are reading and that like you said, there are good books for them to get their hands on – so much better than the selection when I was growing up!