I am a fiction junkie. I read all kinds of books, but a good novel is always my favorite reading material. It has also been my number one procrastination method this summer. I've lost many a daytime hour these past few weeks to "one more chapter." With just a few fleeting days of summer before Labor Day, I hope you're finding a little reading time, too. From my recent bedstand (hammock stand?!) favorites, there are two books — very different in nature and style — I'd highly recommend:
A quiet, yet grand family epic that fills you with images of Washington state and rich, compelling characters you wholeheartedly root for. Earnest and wonderful.
An entirely different kind of family story: Contemporary, quirky and filled with equal parts desperation, oddity and humor. Clever and funny.
But I've cut myself off from daytime reading at this point and am eking out the final touches of my 2013 calendar. I'll have them available at this year's
Kerrytown Bookfest, Sunday September 9.
In other book business, if you've been taking part in the amazing
Ann Arbor library's summer game, this Friday is the final secret shop and it will be stocked with a few
Sloe Gin Fizz items … so gather up your points and get ready to solve those clues!
So glad to see some Sloe Gin Fizz in AADL's summer game shop! Quickly sold out, of course. I was too busy buying cofee rather than finding the secret shop. Oh, but it was an easy clue and I found it lickity split, but didn't have enough points left for anything. You should have been playing, Nicole!! xoxo
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