I’m looking forward to catching some breezes this weekend after days of decluttering closets and dripping in the July humidity. Here’s to some fresh air!
Enjoy your weekend!
I’m playing catch up on books. I’ve just finished reading Demon Copperhead (IndieBound), the book that everyone was talking about last year. I couldn’t put it down. I’ve been reliving Demon’s story since I finished a few days ago. Barbara Kingsolver worked her story telling magic once again.
Tom told me that Ruth Reichl had a new book called The Paris Novel (IndieBound). Ooh, she has a novel! I was online checking it out before he finished telling me about it. I quickly learned that it wasn’t her first novel. Talk about playing catch up! I’ve been hoarding Save Me the Plums (IndieBound) so that I don’t run out of her books. Now I have two novels to read. There can be benefits to being behind on things — discovering new books by a favorite author.
Here’s what I have to share this weekend.
- Here’s more on The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl, including a description of the book and two interviews with her about the book:
- The Paris Novel (Good Reads)
- Ruth Reichl On The Paris Novel, Her Newest Book (Cherry Bombe)
- Ruth Reichl’s ‘The Paris Novel’ is a coming-of-age story set in 1980s Paris (NPR)
- I love this Emily Dickinson line posted by swissmiss (Instagram)
- 100 Best Books of the 21st Century — This could keep us in books to be read for a long time. (The New York Times)
- Niçoise Salad — Grill a little extra tuna to make this salad. (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
- Goodness: Teen and Holocaust survivor who met volunteering become ‘dynamic duo’ — A story of a wonderful friendship and a young man who understands if you don’t know about the atrocities of the past you are doomed to repeat them. (The Washington Post)
About the photo: A fishing bobber washed up on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor.