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[honor_reid]

Has it been a week already? Time is flying by, and I have been very busy here lately. Lots of appointments and running to and fro. We didn't really do much for Memorial weekend but maybe just relaxing was just what we needed. We are also prepping to redo the cabinets in the kitchen. They are from the 70's and a medium wood color, and at this point

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[asphaltcowgrrl]

Great reading week! I need to start reading some of the classics, I think. There are so many I've never even touched.

Good luck with the cabinets! I hope they turn out well. As for the red velvet cake, it's one of my very favorites. However, for me, it's more about the cream cheese frosting than the cake, I think. Although, Starbucks has a red velvet swirl loaf cake every February that's pretty good.

Can you tell I'm hungry? :D

[honor_reid]

I have never had a red velvet swirl loaf I usually order the pumpkin loaf. But I will have to give it a try.

Some classics are great. I am already thinking which one I might want to read next.

[asphaltcowgrrl]

It's really good!

Awesome. Enjoy them! What have some of your favorites been? I want to re-read Brave New World. Read it in high school and hated it. But now that I'm older, I wonder if I'll connect with it more?

[honor_reid]

Some of my favorite classics are Jane Eyre, anything by Jane Austen. I am also thinking of rereading some Elizabeth Gaskell, either North and South or maybe Mary Barton. I remember liking both of those.

I have never read Brave New World, I read 1984 when I was younger but missed out on any other classic dystopian novels. We read Grapes of Wrath in high school, which I hated, and I am pretty sure I would hate it today if I tried to reread it. I am not a huge John Steinbeck fan.

[gilda_elise]

Looking forward to seeing pictures of your cabinets when they're done. Maybe before and after? Ours are about the same age, and I'd love to redo them. Four of them hang over the counter separating the kitchen from the dining area. I'd love to replace the doors with ones with glass inserts.

The only book of Dickens that I really have liked is A Tale of Two Cities. Usually, he's way too wordy for me. Glad to hear that you enjoyed Little Dorritt.

[honor_reid]

I love doors with glass inserts. They are always so pretty.

Dickens is so wordy. I had to break up Dorrit into one or two chapters a day in order to not get burnt out. It will probably be a while before I read Dickens again. But I am glad that I finally got around to reading Little Dorrit.