Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday.
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.
Welcome back to Monday! Hope you had a great week. I'm gearing up to host Thanksgiving on Thursday, plus NaNoWriMo is still ongoing, so not a lot of reading happening in my world. I passed 30,000 words on Sunday, so I'm on target to finish on time if I keep up the right pace. Here are some photos from this last week:
Sweata weatha
Theo's new jacket
Made banana bread for the Lil' Princess who came home on Saturday
Rick's Place's first art show
More interesting wallpaper
found showing houses
This review will go live later today.
This review will appear on Tuesday.
Need to get back to these in December once NaNoWriMo is done.
Upcoming virtual book tours:
- Resparking Creativity by Fatemah Mirza & Sumayyah Rafiq - November 20 (review)
- The 12 Months of Christmas by Sheila Roberts - November 21 (review)
- The King Who Lost His Colors by Glen Liset - November 27 (review at TC&TBC)
- Scrapper's Christmas Story by Maria J. Andrade - December 4 (review at TC&TBC)
- The Location Shoot by Patricia Leavy - January 31 (interview)
I will be running a giveaway of my books there after Thanksgiving.
Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.
Nothing last week because I truly want to finish NaNoWriMo. I did, however, pre-order the latest biography from a cast member of Little House on the Prairie. Dean Butler, who played Almanzo Wilder, has a book coming out in June 2024.
An illuminating, insider’s journey through the world of Little House on the Prairie and beyond, from Dean Butler, who starred as Almanzo Wilder, the man Laura “Half Pint” Ingalls married—on the iconic show still beloved by millions of fans as it reaches its 50th anniversary.
With a foreword from Melissa Gilbert (Laura) and Alison Arngrim (Nellie)!
Cast just before his twenty-third birthday, Dean Butler joined Little House on the Prairie halfway through its run, gaining instant celebrity and fans’ enduring affection. Ironically, when the late, great Michael Landon remarked that Little House would outlive everyone involved in making it, Butler deemed it unlikely. Yet for four decades and counting, Butler has been defined in the public eye as Almanzo Wilder—a role he views as the great gift of his life.
Butler had been cast as a romantic lead before, notably in the made-for-TV movie of Judy Blume’s Forever, opposite Stephanie Zimbalist. But Little House was, and remains, one of the most treasured shows in television history. As the eventual husband of Laura “Half-pint” Ingalls—and the man who would share actress Melissa Gilbert’s first real-life romantic kiss—Butler landed as a central figure for the show’s devoted fans.
Now, with wit and candor, Butler recounts his passage through the Prairie, sharing stories and anecdotes of the remarkable cast who were his on-screen family. But that was merely the beginning of a diverse career that includes Broadway runs and roles on two other classic shows—Moondoggie in The New Gidget and Buffy’s ne’er-do-well father, Hank, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Coming of age during a golden era of entertainment, Butler has evolved along with it, and today enjoys success and fulfillment as a director and producer—notably of NBC Golf’s Feherty—while remaining deeply loyal to Little House.
The warmth, heart, and decency that fans of Laura and Almanzo fell in love with on Little House echo through this uplifting memoir, a story, in Butler’s words, about “good luck, good television, and the very good—if gloriously imperfect—people who made it so.”
With a foreword from Melissa Gilbert (Laura) and Alison Arngrim (Nellie)!
Cast just before his twenty-third birthday, Dean Butler joined Little House on the Prairie halfway through its run, gaining instant celebrity and fans’ enduring affection. Ironically, when the late, great Michael Landon remarked that Little House would outlive everyone involved in making it, Butler deemed it unlikely. Yet for four decades and counting, Butler has been defined in the public eye as Almanzo Wilder—a role he views as the great gift of his life.
Butler had been cast as a romantic lead before, notably in the made-for-TV movie of Judy Blume’s Forever, opposite Stephanie Zimbalist. But Little House was, and remains, one of the most treasured shows in television history. As the eventual husband of Laura “Half-pint” Ingalls—and the man who would share actress Melissa Gilbert’s first real-life romantic kiss—Butler landed as a central figure for the show’s devoted fans.
Now, with wit and candor, Butler recounts his passage through the Prairie, sharing stories and anecdotes of the remarkable cast who were his on-screen family. But that was merely the beginning of a diverse career that includes Broadway runs and roles on two other classic shows—Moondoggie in The New Gidget and Buffy’s ne’er-do-well father, Hank, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Coming of age during a golden era of entertainment, Butler has evolved along with it, and today enjoys success and fulfillment as a director and producer—notably of NBC Golf’s Feherty—while remaining deeply loyal to Little House.
The warmth, heart, and decency that fans of Laura and Almanzo fell in love with on Little House echo through this uplifting memoir, a story, in Butler’s words, about “good luck, good television, and the very good—if gloriously imperfect—people who made it so.”
You can pre-order the book here.
That's it from me this week. Hope everyone who celebrates it has a blessed Thanksgiving!
Lots of great looking books on your pile.
ReplyDeleteI’m sure those sweaters will help the puppies stay warm.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with finishing NaNoWriMo
Wishing you a happy reading week
Oh I loved Little House! I read the books over and over again, and watched the show as well. Still love it!
ReplyDeleteHave a great Thanksgiving! Congrats on doing so well at NaNoWriMo. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark. Now, I just need time to read them.
ReplyDeleteShelleyrae, that they allow us to put the sweaters on is amazing. Thanks for your NaNo wishes.
Crackercrumblife, I'm also a huge Little House fan. It is the 50th anniversary of the show next year, and events are planned from coast to coast.
Thanks, Kathy. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.
Thanks for visiting today, everyone.
How sweet you got your furry kids in sweaters in one picture! Good luck completing your NaNo writing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving and Happy Reading!
Luckily they are good about us dressing them, Martha. Thanks for the writing and Thanksgiving Day wishes. I appreciate you stopping by.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are doing great on your NaNoWriMo project. That is awesome! I love the photos of your dogs. My mom used to dress up her dog in a sweater for the cold weather too. My dog never tolerated any time of covering though, unfortunately. I hope you have a great week and enjoy your Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteLittle House on the Prairie: a classic I still need to read!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Literary Feline. I've never made it this far.
ReplyDeleteEmma, I have to admit I was a young adult before I got into Little House.
Thanks for visiting, you two. Sorry it took me so long to visit everyone's blog this week. Lots going on.