Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango? #SundaySalon

Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.

How’s the weather?

Gray and cool.

I got a new raincoat yesterday. I discovered on No Kings Day that my raincoat no longer functioned as intended. My shirt was wet in several spots when I got home. That one is now in the trash because no one needs a raincoat that doesn’t keep out rain. Now that I have the new one, of course, there is almost no rain in the long term forecast.

What are you reading?

This is Nonfiction November, so I’m reading mostly nonfiction! Here’s my introductory post from Monday.

On my phone, I’m reading the next book for book club: Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing. It’s asking foundational questions about who we are and how we were educated.

In print, I’m reading Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley. Since Jane Austen was mostly at home, it’s really a biography.

The one novel I have going now is Heartwood by Amity Gaige which I’m listening to during my exercise sessions.

What are you watching or listening to?

I wrote about the history and my memories of “Bohemian Rhapsody” on Halloween, the 50th anniversary of Queen’s release of the song.

We finished the Downton Abbey series and the latest season of Only Murders in the Building. Next up, we’re watching the latest season of Unforgotten on PBS.

What are you doing?

We ignored Halloween, mostly. Our house is hidden behind dark and creepy trees and shadows so trick-or-treaters don’t venture to our door.

I’m watching other St. Louis writers start 30 days of novel-writing. I’m not doing that. After my novel crashed and burned earlier this year, I need a break.

How are you this weekend? Recovered from any Halloween activities?

Comments

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango? #SundaySalon — 8 Comments

Harvee on November 2, 2025 at 6:41 am said:

Our house isn’t exactly hidden from trick or treaters but they didn’t come to the door as our lights weren’t on. A large group of young people/teens roamed the streets later that night. Luckily, thye dispersed eventually, partly because a police car was parked flashing it’slights.

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Tina on November 2, 2025 at 8:08 am said:

We had over 100 trick-or-treaters and it was a blast. We set up in the garage so there would be light and had enough candy.

I am abliut to start The Art Thief, a nonfiction and buddy read with loads of books in my lineup for the rest of the year.

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Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out on November 2, 2025 at 9:53 am said:

Bohemian Rhapsody is the best song ever. I don’t remember a time I didn’t know it, my Dad played Queen a fair bit as I was growing up, and I have continued to be a fan.

Wishing you a happy reading week

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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz on November 2, 2025 at 4:08 pm said:

I didn’t realize that NaNoWriMo has reappeared as NaNo2 until just before the month began. I am going to wait until December to work on my novel again. I will use November to occasionally plan, I think.

Good luck with Nonfiction November. I read A Fever in the Heartland and I have recommended it to four people I know who I think will like it as much as I did.

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Anne@HeadFullofBooks on November 2, 2025 at 8:31 pm said:

Sorry to hear that your novel crashed and burned. That must be very frustrating. I’m reading both nonfiction and novellas this month. Though, so far this month, one day, I’ve read nothing.

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Olivia on November 3, 2025 at 6:15 am said:

Love Bohemian Rhapsody! Sorry to hear that your novel crashed and burned.

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hena on November 3, 2025 at 1:35 pm said:

We have a lot of young families in our area so most of our trick treaters stop by before it gets dark out. My eldest is over Halloween but the youngest still went trick or treating for a bit.

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Susan on November 5, 2025 at 8:40 pm said:

All I know is that I’m eating too much Halloween candy … and we didn’t have any trick or treaters come.
Heartwood is a pretty good audiobook! See what you think.

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