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Ugh! I still feel like I’m catching up from ALA. That is not a bad thing! We had an excellent time. I’m a mostly sedentary person working on being more active but I doubled (or even whatever X8 is) my steps while in Chicago! I walked 16 miles over the course of four or five days. No complaints as I still managed to lose a pound while eating the most delicious pizza and cupcakes the city had to offer!
The reading has been a bit slow the past few weeks. This is what happens when I spend a good amount of doing only one activity. So this week I’ve been cross-stitching, playing games on my tablet, and picked up Fantasy Life for my 3DS. I am obsessed with that game! It basically blends Final Fantasy and Harvest Moon and those are my two favorite ever games! I’m sure reading will pick up again. I just have to work through a small slump.
Here’s what we’ve been up to on the blog this week:
Previously on Once Upon a Chapter:
- [18 Jun] The Sunday Post {6/18/17}
- [19 Jun] Ghostly Interests by ★★★
- [20 Jun] Task It Tuesday {6/20/17}
- [21 Jun] Discussion: My Blogging Truths
- [23 Jun] Foodie Friday: Creamy Chicken Stew
- [26 Jun] GoodBye Days by Jeff Zentner ★★★★★
- [27 Jun] Task It Tuesday {6/27/17}
- [28 Jun] Discussion: ALA Annual Conference 2017 & Chicago Recap
- [29 Jun] Voyager by Diana Gabaldon ★★★★★
- [30 Jun] Foodie Friday: Hawaiian Pizza
- [1 Jul] Stephanie’s June 2017 Book Report
So many books!!
Day one book haul
My signed books. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was donated to my library on Tuesday.
Books I Mailed Home
Part of the length of time for reading this is my slump. I am struggling a bit with this read a little bit. I want to preface this by saying I work for a company and it’s my job to make sure we get all the funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities. I’m about 70 pages in and there’s a child with autism and a child with Down’s syndrome. I’m all for characters with IDs but this one is striking me funny. I’ll power through it because I have enjoyed Thayne in the past.
I’m looking forward to reading this one. It’s not often you hear about plus size heroines. I’m really curious about how this will play out. I’m really hoping I’ll be able tom be able to relate the main character.
kimbacaffeinate
Wow, awesome haul and I love that you indulged but lost weight from all that walking!
Stephanie
It felt good to be able to accomplish that! I have many months of good reading coming up thanks to ALA!
Beth W
I’m so glad you had a great time at ALA! And what a haul!
Stephanie
Me too! It was a good time. I know right? I even walked away from several books that sounded interesting. This is the smallest yet and I am a-ok with that!
herding cats & burning soup
Yay for a good time being had! Woo on all that walking, though. Holy cow! Hope you’re having a good week!
Stephanie
It was a lot of fun! Yeah, lots and lots and lots of walking. I am! I hope life is being kind to you as well!
Samantha
I used to LOVE harvest moon!!! I was so sad when we got rid of our gaming systems. I played that and animal farm so much! Enjoy your book haul!
Stephanie
They are such great games and my favorites as well! Thank you! I am hoping to start diving into them soon.