I hate summers, but this one is being remarkable tough in so many ways. The main issue has been my father, who had a scheduled – but serious – heart surgery last Wednesday. My family and I have spent long hours there in hospital with him, and I don’t know what’s wrong about the place, but it leaves you exhausted. Luckily, he is the best of patients, and has been following all the prescriptions and doing all the exercises the nurses and doctors command, and he is at home now, with a long way ahead to make a full recovery, though.
I have begun a couple of books these days, which is not a reading habit that I have, but I suddenly found myself in the hospital, the day of my father’s surgery, with nothing to read and long hours ahead in the waiting room, so I started the last novel of Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Hombres Buenos, still not available in English), which my father had just finished the night before, already hospitalized. It starts well and it’s set in the nineteenth century, a time that I know quite well due to the Law text books that I have to study, and also thanks to some historical fiction novels that I have enjoyed in the past.
Besides, I started a book that I purchased at the beginning of the year: As you wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, by the actor Cary Elwes, which is a delight. If you love The princess bride (the film and the book), not reading it would be inconceivable 😉 My father is also a fan of the film, so these last days I’ve been telling him anecdotes that I’ve read on the book and we had had a lot of fun.
With all the drives up and down the hospital, I have been disconnected from the blogging world and I forgot that I had organized a joint reading with my Spanish fellows! You know that I run a reading challenge for people to read in English, and I organize activities from time to time. We are reading With every letter, by Sarah Sundin, and it is still free on Amazon, if you want to join us. We are commenting the book on twitter with the hastag #WithEveryLetter.
And that’s all for now. I took this afternoon off, and hopefully I will come back to my daily routines tomorrow.
Hope you have a nice week!
From Isi 
I didn’t know anything about your father’s surgery. I hope everything’s right! About the books on the picture, we’ll start talking about “With every letter” very soon. By the way, I think I’m going to use your English blog to practice and improve my writing skills. So you can correct my mistakes whenever you want! Lots of kisses.
You didn’t have to know, Jesús, because I haven’t told anything until now, that he is at home.
Thanks for using my blog for practising, but I think it would be wiser if you check my blogroll; they are American and British bloggers and you’ll learn a lot from them, just as I do 😉
I’ll start With every letter right now, hope we enjoy it!
I have only read one Arturo-Perez, but I loved it. I have two more at home, so I should read more from this author!!