Happy Superbowl Sunday everyone! Having been born in New Jersey to a New York Giants loving family (my parent’s were season ticket holders for over thirty years) I am super excited for the big game later! Along with yelling and screaming for the Giants, I plan on making a version of this Cheesy Pull Bread for an appetizer (with mozzarella and pepperoni, to be dipped into a marinara sauce) and these Sweet and StickySeseame Chicken Wings for dinner! This is the first year that my two girls have really sat down to watch the games with me (hubby is not so much a football fan) and so it’s been fun to see our team go all the way to the Superbowl! Don’t worry Downton Abbey fans – I’ve DVR’d the show tonight so won’t miss out on any of the PBS Masterpiece goodness while watching the game!
As far as reading, it has been a good week for me. I finished The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian and posted a review of the book on my blog earlier in the week. I then picked up and finished The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey, which was a very clever modern day retelling of Jane Eyre and I hope to post that review shortly. I also squeezed in Susan Hill’s book The Woman in Black and hope to see the movie (just now out staring Daniel Radcliffe) and plan to write a book/movie review about it.
Before all the football goodness happens, it is still early in the day and the kids have just headed off to Chinese school with my husband, so I hope to get some reading time in before the big game. Above is my big stack of books I hope to get through over the next few weeks. With the exception of Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman, all of the books were sent to me for review by very generous publishers. I think I’m going to start The Lost Daughter by Lucy Ferriss first, as it’s publishing date is right around the corner.
So guys, are you going to watch the Superbowl tonight, or are you going to take that time to relax with a book instead?
I’ll be watching! But hope to also get some reading time in. We won’t be able to stay at the game for the whole thing since tomorrow is a travel day. Why DO these things have to be on Sunday?!
Same with the Oscars! I HATE that they start so late on a Sunday evening! I think those of us on the East Coast get screwed when it comes to stuff like that…
It sounds like you’ll have the perfect week if your team wins.
Even if they don’t win Kathy, I’m still proud of them for making it all the way to the superbowl! The game of football reminds me of all the Sundays that I spent with my parents, watching the Giants as I grew up. Even though my parents are gone, I still smile to think about all those fun games we watched together!
I’ll be watching during the commercials, and reading during the game! :–)
Funny, isn’t it usually the other way around when reading/watching tv!?
We’ll be rooting for the Giants, too. Because my Packers lost, and then our back-up team, the 49′ers lost, and there’s absolutely no way we’d ever cheer for the Patriots. So it’s kind of the Giants by default.
Default fan or not, glad to have you on the team!!
I haven’t watched the Super Bowl in years, but I think if I were going to root for a team, I would root for the Giants. So, my husband and I are going to head to the movies tonight, which we assume will not be that busy. Hope you enjoy the game.
I’m a British Kiwi living in Taiwan so I can’t say that watching the big game will be a large part of my day today, but it does sound like a whole lot of fun! I love the social and festive aspects of big sports games. Hope you all have a great time!
Also, the fact that your kids go to Chinese school has piqued my interest. I don’t have kids yet but given my hubby is Taiwanese then when we have kids we’ll be looking at raising them bilingually. It’s a mini-obsession of mine, all things language!
Kath – like you, I’m married to an Asian – my husband is Chinese, born and raised in Hong Kong, so we decided that we wanted the kids to go to Chinese school on Sundays to learn about the culture and language, especially since most of my husbands family lives far away and they aren’t exposed to the culture all that often.
I am so not into sports and didn’t watch the game. But I did get some writing done and hung out with my girls, who are also sports appreciation-challenged.
That was one heck of a game last night wasn’t it? I was so happy. I can’t stand the Pats.
The kids and I went to see The Woman in Black on Saturday (I reviewed it today). I did not read the book unfortunately. I thought Radcliff was a little wooden in the movie but it certainly was creepy!
Yes Sandy, it was a great Superbowl game (& I really enjoyed the halftime show too)! I will atop by your blog to check out your thoughts on The Woman in Black.
I need to “check out” your recipes, even though it’s post-Superbowl (I do not do much blogging on weekends). Yay Giants!
I love how your daughters go to Chinese school. Enjoy your reading!!
Susan, since my husband is Chinese (born and raised in Hong Kong) we feel it’s important for them to go to Chinese school to learn a bit of the language and culture. My oldest daughter (9 yrs old) already can write over 200 characters!