Reading— Current Situation

Broken wrist equals limited activity.  The most I have done since the end of May is read and play a video game.  Things are looking up and I am gradually getting back to the usual activities like housework and cooking and the mundane things of life.  Before I broke myself I had launched a new routine that was working well for me and I am trying to get back to that routine but I don’t mind telling you that sitting for weeks on end takes its toll on strength overall so it is a slow go.  

All the sitting has just made my knees worse so I was speaking to the physical therapist about it, since the wonky left knee played a monumental role in my fall to begin with.  She looked at my knee X-ray and declared me NOT a hopeless case so she had told me to get on a routine to build up the muscles around my knees.  So I have been using my pedaler and today I began an online Pilates course that felt really good as I used to do Pilates and it is wonderful.  I also ordered an elliptical machine so I could just get some walking in.  It is too hot to walk outside and, knowing Texas, when it is cooler we might have snow.  I hate the weather in north Texas.  There, I said it.

I am still reading in addition to these other things and am currently reading “Wildwood” by Colin Meloy.  It was a gift from Bean and is a 541 page chunkster of fantasy genre.  It is an easy read and has lovely illustrations but it has a bit of a dark side as well.  There is a lot going on with a baby being stolen by crows, an army of irritated coyotes, a girl named Prue and a boy named Curtis and who know who else!  I will review when I am done.

I was perusing the recommendations on Goodreads the other day and noticed a title by one of my daughters favorite authors, Mary Downing Hahn.  The title of the book is “The Doll in the Garden A Ghost Story”.  It arrived today and I am going to crack it open in a bit.  It isn’t long so I doubt it will take me too long and I will review.

It looks like, for me, 2020 is going to be a year of reading YA and kiddie lit.  That’s ok.  They are good too and I am enjoying it.