It's Friday!

Fridays used to mean a lot to me when I worked only in the weekdays, now that I work Saturdays as well, Fridays are not as sweet. "It's Saturday!" is not quite the same as "It's Friday!"

There is still something to look forward to at least in the social media realm. #FridayReads is a favorite hashtag, People talk about what books they're reading. Perhaps due to the weekend, where presumably people will have time to read; it doesn't apply to me since I start a book any day of the week! My #fridayreads is "The Summer Before The War" by Helen Simonson. I adored her book, "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" - We discussed it a while back at our book club, and our session was quite lively and a lot of our members loved it!

I also just finished  "The Vegetarian" - a psychological thriller about a Korean woman who inexplicably stops eating meat and affects her husband and her family in strange ways. Read some advance praise for it.

It's a gorgeous cover, but oddly, I like this cover better, which I found from Portobello Books:

Usually, book covers don't mean a lot to me. Except when I know I have a choice and I strongly prefer one over the other. There was only one instance where I went out of my way to purchase a book with a different cover and it's for this book:


I really didn't like the cover on the right, but I wanted my own copy after reading it at my library. Thankfully I found the one on the left. It was considerably well-worn (bought it from an online thrift store), but I was pleased with the cover. The book is a hilarious take on motherhood. I read it when I was pregnant with my first child. Might have been the most inexpensive therapy for me.


**Have you chosen a different imprint to get the right cover of a book you liked? Share in the comments below!