Aug 16 2008
The Sunday Salon
I haven’t had much time to read this weekend; we’ve been extremely busy. We went to a BBQ at a friend’s house Friday night. It was a lot of fun - good conversation, and the kids had a ball playing Wii and swimming in the pool.
Tonight, we attended our friends’ daughter’s wedding. It was beautiful, but hot - it was an outdoor wedding, and it was 107 degrees here today!
Tomorrow, we head to my parents’ house to celebrate my mom’s 60th birthday. In the evening, we’re going to take the kids to see Space Chimps at the drive-in. We live in one of the few communities in the US to still have a drive-in theater - and the boys have never been. It’s a double feature with Kung Fu Panda, but we’ve already seen that, so we’ll just stay for the first film.
I have had some time for reading, though. I finished Stealing Athena (my review) and My Husband’s Sweethearts (my review) and finished listening to Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes.
The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin is my current audiobook. I’m not quite sure what I think yet. I didn’t care for the first story - which was quite long, although the actor doing the reading is truly amazing, doing many different characters and accents. The second story was a little better. The third is good so far. We’ll see - I guess I’m still forming my opinion about whether I’m going to like this one or not.
I’m reading Guernica by Dave Boling, and his writing is so beautiful and descriptive that I feel like I’ve been visiting the Basque region of Spain prior to World War I.
I picked up The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen because my daughter Natalie insisted that I have to read it. 
What are you reading on this Sunday in August?
Stephanie - It should be a quick read. Since Natalie often takes my advice on books she should read, I figure I should reciprocate.