It’s not often most people get to say this but I am SO HAPPY about this Monday. Enough so, that I’m going to stray off the bookish topic to explain why. Most of you know that I live in Seattle but you may not know that currently my husband and I live in a small rental house and that we’ve been looking for a house of our own for a year. Who knew Seattle was one of the most competitive housing markets in the U.S.? We didn’t but we’ve learned it the hard way by looking at over 150 houses, bidding on and losing three houses we liked, and writing a cover letter to one seller trying to explain why we were the best people to buy their house (and as a writer, losing that house really hurt).
That’s the bad news (and bad it was) but now we found a house and as of today we closed on it. WE. OWN. A. HOUSE again and I am mighty happy about it. It was built in 1958 and has never been updated so it will be a little while before we can move in but that’s all right. Who knows, house renovation posts may sneak into this blog!
For now, it’s enough to say that I’m a bit scattered. Add to that, it makes me skittish when I go too long without a book I love so I’m feeling a bit off. Here’s what I’m taking a chance on this week.
Another wacky cover and title which I’m hoping goes better than last week’s reading of Rabbit Back Literature Society.
I’m always a sucker for a play on words and from the looks of it this title says it all. It’s supposed to have a psychological component mixed in with a criminal element.
Very exciting about the house. I’m a little jealous. Love the Pacific North West.
I’m so excited for you! And I love mid-century design; I can’t wait to see pics 🙂
Congrats on the house!! So happy for you!
I love house renovation stuff, so would love to see such posts. I didn’t do much to my house for a long time and then when we painted the walls one year I was so excited! (More excited than paint should cause…) We’ve painted the outside and put up a pool with connecting deck, and stained the deck, landscaped. So much fun!
The Sasquatch book landed in my inbox this morning (along with a pitch to review it). I’m still up in the air to say the least.
I’m so, so excited for you and your house – please share the renovation journey with us! Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac reads a little more like short stories than a novel and is definitely strange, but I enjoyed it.
I’m planning to get to Unbecoming in the next week or so too! The wordplay in the title appeals to me too. I’m hopeful it’ll be a good one 🙂