Away for the weekend again, but a relatively short (under 3 hours) drive home tonight (Sunday) after a family party this afternoon. We’ve been staying in an old, only partially refurbished hotel that must have seemed really nice 50 years ago.
This is the little balcony outside our room:
The view of the lake from the balcony:
The much better view of the lake from the hotel parking lot:
I have tomorrow (Monday) off for the new Juneteenth holiday. I’m going to use it to do stuff like get my hair cut and catch up on undone chores, after a busy week of work and socializing.
Currently Reading
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite has been on my TBR for a while, so it came to mind for the Massachusetts Center for the Book Reading Challenge this month: Read a book set in a country you’ve never visited.
Is It Hot in Here? by Zach Zimmerman
Recently Read
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett comes out on August 1st. Loved it! I read it as an advance reading copy through NetGalley, but would like to own my own copy.
Currently Listening To
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth (Recorded Books, 2020) by Tamsyn Muir, narrated by Moira Quirk
After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman’s shoulders.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol is the third entry in Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries.
Starring a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.
Sunday Salon is to encourage conversation about books and book-ish things, but can expand into many other topics. The weekly link-up and Facebook group are hosted by the busy bee Deb Nance of Readerbuzz.
This post is also linked up It’s Monday, What Are You Reading, hosted by The Book Date.
How nice that your room had a balcony with a view! Tom Lake sounds fabulous! After checking it out, I added it to my TBR. Thank you for sharing!
Enjoy your Monday off. I’ll be working tomorrow.
Interesting view from your hotel balcony! You remind me that I have a bunch by Martha Wells on my Kindle waiting for me to find time for them. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
Sounds like a nice weekend in a beautiful place! I’ve heard good things about My Sister, the Serial Killer, and would love to read the new Ann Patchett.
Where are you heading in PA next weekend? That’s our neck of the woods 🙂
Sue
2023 Big Book Summer Challenge
Honesdale, PA!
I thought My Sister the Serial Killer was ok, but not great. I’ll be interested to see what you think of it.
I’m reading When death draws near (crime novel) and Murder on the Caronia (more crime).
I’m quite eager to read Tom Lake. Yours are the first thoughts I’ve seen about the book, so now I’m more eager to read it than ever.
There’s something delightfully cooling about being able to see a lake, I think. Hope you had a great time.