#2674 Saturday with Sandy

I decided to switch out my no-task/lazy/lounge day this weekend from Saturday to Sunday. I want to watch the NFL Championship games tomorrow, so I did some stuff today. Not much, it's true, but some.

There were a couple of things that I felt were the most important tasks. One was to take my car to the shop for an oil change and tire rotation. Thankfully, MT was building something for a client at our house today, so he was able to follow me to the shop so I didn't have to sit around there while they worked on my car. The other most important thing was to finish my pages for the book club meeting this afternoon. I was a little bit behind, but it was easy to catch up because the book is very good. I still dislike the title, Cloud Cuckoo Land, but the writing is phenomenal. 

Confession: in the past couple of days, I've purchased four new books, three ebooks and a physical book. Well, one of the books was free, an Amazon First Read for January. Two of them were inexpensive, less than $3 each. One of the books is The Prince of Tides, a book I have read multiple times (back in the day) and that I couldn't resist having on my Kindle. I think that makes eight books I have acquired this month. I need to be stopped. Also, I see from the library app that I will have a book arriving early next week that I've had on hold for awhile, so I'll start reading that book next week when I get it. 

Another thing is that I am kind of curious to re-read All the Light We Cannot See. I read the book six years ago and I only gave it three stars on Goodreads. I remember not liking it very much. It is written by Anthony Doerr, who is the author of Cloud Cuckoo Land, which I am really enjoying. My book club friends mostly all loved Light and say that if I like the storytelling and writing style in CCL, I might want to try Light again. The question is when will I have time to re-read the book when there are so many new books to be read? 

Sigh

I vacuumed, swiffered, and dusted my house. We haven't had a lot of rain or snow and my backyard is a lot of dirt since the grass is dormant. The dogs run in and out in and out all day, shedding their hair and bringing in dust. It's a constant battle. 

Lately I have been interested in the late Andre Leon Talley. I've listened to a couple of podcasts with and about him, and today I watched the documentary The Gospel According to Andre on HBO Max. Talley was a fascinating fellow. For most of his life, he was interested in fashion and style. He worked for Andy Warhol's magazine, Interview. He worked for Women's Wear Daily. His last job was as the fashion editor for Vogue magazine. He knew all the designers. He was incredibly influential in the industry. I'm not really into fashion, but I am interested in people who live their dream and break the mold. It was a wonderful documentary, and I'm glad I took the time to watch it. 

And tomorrow there will be football! Two games will be played, with the winner of each game moving on to play in the Superbowl. The first game will have the Cincinnati Bengals against the Kansas City Chiefs. The second game will be the San Francisco 49ers against the Los Angeles Rams. I don't know that I'm rooting for any particular teams. I hope the games are as good as the games last weekend. I don't see how they could possibly be as good as last weekend, but I'll watch anyway. 

And I'll read.