quick check-in + books

[topaz119]

Check-in: It’s in the low 70s, there’s no humidity, it’s sunny and breezy. My skinned/bruised knees are reaching the dramatically colored stage but mostly don’t hurt. Plus, it was frittata morning, so L & I chopped and stirred and chatted companionably, and now we’re out on the oceanside porch with the fruits of our labor and mimosas. It’s glorious.

Books: I’ve actually been reading a fair amount over the summer—some of Jenny Colgan’s more recent efforts, a Kate Clayborn trilogy, some Claudia Gray (Star Wars and Austen (not in the same book!)), random other genres, Borge fiction and non. For details, I’m here on Goodreads (happy to friend/follow back btw).

In the last week…

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Neon Gods, Katee Roberts == Hades/Persephone, modern AUish, quite possibly the most charming kink I’ve read, in or out of fandom.

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Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron, Julia Quinn == a graphic novel that has wiiiiild mood swings. We’ll see how it goes.

A Season For Second Chances, Jenny Bayliss == light, contemporary romance about a restaurant owner/chef who leaves her rat bastard of a cheating husband and takes on a house-sitting job in a picturesque British village, as one does. It seems more of a winter read so I may postpone subsequent chapters.

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There are many, many books on hold so we’ll see what comes in next.


I’m going to wrap up here and go exercise my cranky knees so they don’t get any more stiff so have a lovely day wherever you might be. ❤️❤️❤️

Comments

[turps]

I do like reading these hints on beach week. It's so obvious you have amazing friends and getting together must feel like second nature.

[topaz119]

So, this is a little off-topic, but after D's funeral, a fair number of Beach people stayed through the weekend and gathered at L's house and one of her neighbors, who's been around for a long time came over the night we made pizza and looked at L and I half-tripping over each other in the kitchen and asked, "is this what Beach Week is like? the two of them egging each other on to crazier and crazier food?" and all the kids yelled YES, and you know, we couldn't argue. :D