Hi Tracy, good to know. I think I will look around to see if I can find and watch Noises Off. I like both actors (and Carol Burnett!). I just looked it up on IMDB and the trailer of it looks a bit funny. The movie says it came out in 1992. This might help me track it down. Thanks.

Susan, You asked if I thought Noises Off! is worth seeing. We have watched it several times and we enj0y it every time. Michael Caine is wonderful, but it is also very good as an ensemble effort. It probably depends on what type of humor you like.

Hi JoAnn, thanks. Yes, hooray for the wonderful ice machine. I’m often hooked up to it for hours on end, lol. It works well. It’s good your family can use it for decades.
I can understand about foregoing GR reading goals. I don’t like how it tells you your X books behind — oh no no. I think a book a week is what I read as well. It seems good. I try to lowball my goal setting … which seems to work okay.
Wow good to know your folks in Central NY got over a foot of snow recently. But not much in Conn eh? We’re supposed to get more snow tomorrow. I hope we get lots as it makes it fun for cross-country skiing — (for my husband). I admit I haven’t been outside much, lol. Happy holiday season to you! Cheers.

Thanks Kathy. Yeah I think the knee recovery might take around 12 weeks and right now I’m in week 3 … but at least most of the hard part is over!
And I can understand about staying away from the alzheimer’s topic … I have been there too. It’s a brutal thing. Fingers crossed some treatment will eventually be available. Hope you have a great holiday season. Cheers!

Hi Tracy, yeah there’s much beautiful snow here, ha. But I haven’t been outside much at all since the knee surgery.
I’m glad to hear about the movies you saw … is Noises Off worth seeing?
And I hope Glen’s appointment went well at the eye specialist. Man the retina is so important … who knew?
I should look for you on Goodreads. I didn’t realize you were on there. It’s good you set a goal but aren’t overly crazy about it.
I admit I’m a bit curious about dementia novels since my parents had it a bit too. I’d like to see if authors handle the topic with the sensitivity that it deserves. We will see. I’m on the hold list for that book Before I Forget.
Wishing you a great week.

That’s great about Rod’s shoulder and arm. That’s hard to get such a good recovery. That’s wonderful.
Good job on your Peloton bike. 30 mins is a good routine. And I can see where watching shows would help. We finally finished Season 4 of The Morning Show. Each season gets crazier than the previous. If you can stomach that, you can watch Big Little Lies, lol.

My reading slowed down in November (lots of travel and family events) and I haven’t paid much attention to December releases. I’m hoping to read a few 2025 titles I never got to, or possibly some backlist from my shelves. We’ll see. As for number goals, I gave up on them a few years ago. It got to where I was avoiding long books and choosing shorter books based on length alone. I still maintain my book-a-week average, but checking the numbers was stressing me out. Especially when goodreads kept telling me I was X number of books behind!

Your photo is so pretty! No snow yet on the CT coast, but my daughter got a couple of inches slightly north of here. My family in central NY has had plenty – over a foot on Thanksgiving and it keeps on coming! Happy December 🙂

Before I Forget sounds like an important book but alzheimers is an illness that affected a very close relative so I tend to stay away from that subject. But I am hearing there is good news on the alzheimers front in termscof slowing down the progression.

Hope you are having a great December.

Yes, Rod was happy with his shoulder replacement. It was actually a reverse replacement. He broke his arm in three places (fell off a bike) and they had to do the reverse in order to get a good fit. He just had his 5 year follow-up and all looks good.

I’ve been watching shows while riding the Peloton, so I may give Big Little Lies a try once I finish The Handmaid’s Tale. I can easily ride for half an hour if I’m watching something entertaining on my iPad. I’m also going to get back to The Bear and The Morning Show.

We had a quiet Thanksgiving and watched three movies on Thursday and Friday: Dark City (1998, with Kiefer Sutherland, Rufus Sewell and Jennifer Connelly, a noirish sci fi film), Noises Off (1992, with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, a farce based on a play by Michael Frayn), and an MST3K episode, Invasion USA. Today Glen went to an appointment with his retina specialist, and we had to get up at an ungodly hour.

Re setting reading goals, I always do that at Goodreads and like seeing how many books I have read, but I don’t worry about the end result.

I am interested in Before I Die even though both my parents had dementia in the years before they died. I am not sure how that would affect me, but the book sounds like a worthwhile read. I will wait until cheaper copies are available though.