So it’s Tuesday – whoops! I usually post my weekly recap of what I’ve been reading first thing Monday morning, but this is just a really busy week and I was in the zone yesterday. I just sat down at my computer and started working straightaway and – to be perfectly honest – didn’t think about this post at all. I’m lucky I thought of it today, really. This whole week is unusually hectic, with multiple errands to run, a choral concert for Peanut, a baseball game for Nugget, packing Peanut for a field trip on Friday and a weekend away with her Girl Scout troop, and wrangling details of a big family project we’re in the thick of right now. (Not to be mysterious, but – I’ll be able to tell you about it next month, I hope.) And as with any unusually busy week, the week leading up to it is busy too as I try to organize everything in advance so as to beat back the inevitable overwhelm.

With all of that, I’m actually surprised I read as much as I did. On Monday last, I finished The Color Purple and was absolutely blown away by it. More to come in a Classics Club review, but – wow. Then continuing my pattern of alternating between a Classics Club read (I’m down to three-and-a-half left to go, as of press time!) and a lighter palate-cleanser, I picked up The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim. This was a re-read for me; I’ve actually read it a few times, and it gets better with every round. Perfect spring reading, too – especially because there is a fence on my way home that is draped with wisteria at this time of year, and I always think “wistaria and sunshine” as I drive past it on my commute.

I wrapped up The Enchanted April (really must watch the movie this month…) on Saturday and picked up East of Eden off my library stack. It’s a 601-page tome, so I’m expecting it to take me most of the week, but I’m trying to get in at least 100 pages of reading each day, and as a result I’m halfway through already. It’s definitely keeping me turning pages – and I can’t believe it took me so long to get around to this; it’s been on my TBR for ages. Not to tempt fate, but at this rate I think I should get through it before the weekend and things are looking good for finishing the Classics Club Challenge – only three books to go after East of Eden – by my deadline of July 27.

Last weekend was pretty relaxing – resting up for this busy week – but we did get out to the trails for some fresh air. The eagles at our local park have THREE chicks!

How was last week in reading for you?