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Yes, my planning weeks usually run Monday – Sunday, but I have a busy week and wanted to get this posted early; this is an 8-day week (if someone figures out how to get a 25-hour day, let me know!). Our town sponsors the Concord Festival of Authors, with events in Lowell and Concord from [...]
Mid-October in New England … time for leaf-peeping (and raking!), apple picking, and sweater wearing! Do your reading habits change with the seasons? I find that I read more in the fall and winter, the couch and a warm throw are really inviting when the days get chilly! I don’t think the types of books I read [...]
First, I want to thank everyone who joined me in planning The Week Ahead during August and September. I’ve enjoyed keeping up with you all, including:
Ti at Book Chatter and Other Stuff
Bree at The Things We Read
Shannon at Confuzzled Books
Stephanie at And Life Goes On …
I gave everyone one entry for each The Week Ahead [...]
It’s time for me to sit down and plan what’s happening for me this week – bookish and otherwise. There’s a whole lot of “otherwise” this week – the two older kids start swim team so we have 4 hours in the pool plus packing (“where are my goggles!”), drive time and me in the [...]
It’s that time of the week – when I sit down and figure out (roughly, sometimes very roughly!) what my week will look like. Here’s what’s on tap this week:
Monday 9/8- Following this post is a post about my latest giveaway … author Joshua Henkin has generously offered a copy of his novel Matrimony, which [...]
There’s still time to join us in planning “the week ahead”, and to enter to win a Page-A-Day Book Lover’s Calendar. I picked up the calendar from our local bookstore, so I’m ready to send it out to the winner at the end of September. Find the details here.
A snapshot of what may, or may [...]
I’ve had some wonderful responses to my The Week Ahead series of posts. I’ve done them off and on over the past two months, and I realize how much it helps me to lay out a plan for the week; I feel more committed to at least heading in the direction of the plan, even if [...]
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