It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 8-5-24

Picture of bookshelf with text: SPEAKING OF BOOKS

I’m still here and still reading! Just an overnight trip this weekend for my youngest sister’s surprise birthday dinner party at the Fat Crow in Newfane, Vermont. She’s so private she’s not even on Facebook, so no family pictures will be shared here! We had a three-hour drive or so, so was able to finish listening to my current audiobook from the library before it expired the next day.

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Leaves already falling in the first week of August???
Wood-fired brick oven for pizza. We could watch them throwing the dough from our table.
Nice selection of draft beer and ale
Pesto Pizza

Currently Reading

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

I’m trying to finish The Once and Future King for Big Book Summer before starting the new King Arthur book by Lev Grossman. The ebook from the library expired on me, and I guess other readers are doing the same thing, because this time three people were waiting for it.

So I borrowed the big hardcover from the library instead. Just finished Book Three this morning! It’s really four books put together as one. The final book, The Candle in the Wind, is the shortest, it looks like.

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Recently Read

Summertime Guests by Wendy Francis

Summertime Guests (HarperCollins, 2021) by Wendy Francis

“Engaging…Add this to beach reads along with those by Elin Hilderbrand, Nancy Thayer, and Dorothea Benton Frank.” — Booklist

Wendy Francis was our special guest author at Mocktails & Beach Reads at the library last week to promote her latest book, Feels Like Summer. She’s a local author that I try to keep up with, but Summertime Guests from 2021 was one that I had missed.

Currently Listening To

Recently Listened To

You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King

You Like It Darker: Stories (Simon & Schuster Audio, May 2024) by Stephen King,
narrated by Will Patton

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER. – Publisher

Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes

Book 1 in the Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series

This cozy has been on my audiobook backlist for a while, and I happened to be in between audiobooks, with the way my holds came in all at once, and I misjudged how long to postpone them for.

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