Recent book that I read and enjoyed but didn't review: The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons.
Latest library haul (these are the books I hope to read this month):
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Always Remember by Mary Balogh
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Love in Disguise by Dana LeCheminant
The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen
And After by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Some of my glad moments from June ... little things in life that brought me joy:
- Made six jars of strawberry jam using strawberries from my own garden! (Which taste SO much better than those big flavorless strawberries you find at the grocery store.)
- Saw a Kestrel on my walk one day AND a Double-crested Cormorant sitting near the river sunning itself. (It was a good birding moment.)
- Got my driver's license renewed and it didn't take all day to do it.
- Learned how to play a fun new game: Kingdom Builder.
- Some members of the Tabernacle Choir on Temple Square came and sang at my church a few Sundays ago and their voices were so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes.
I was just thinking about real strawberries, and how much my mother loved making jam and other treats with them. The organic strawberries in the stores here aren't as bad, but they're also expensive. I tried some hydroponic berries, out of curiosity, and they had NO flavor. People keep buying them though.
ReplyDeleteThe berries in my garden are small, but very flavorful! I don't know what they did to all the berries in the stores that made them so bland. But it's sad.
DeleteYour strawberries and jam sound amazing! What a treat to grow something delicious!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to it every year. Strawberry jam is my favorite.
DeleteThat's a great library haul. I hope you enjoy all of those books. The strawberry jam sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI checked out way too many books...again...but I do have this month off of work, so I should have more time to read.
DeleteI do love that Woody Allen quote. The truth of the words is indisputable.
ReplyDeleteI love that quote! When I saw it I knew I had to post it. :D
DeleteI hope you enjoy Love in Disguise!
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited to read Kit's story! :D
DeleteEnough home-grown strawberries to make six jars! Yum. The only one on your list I've read is the Ellery Queen. I'll be curious what you think or whatever other fun ones you find in that haul.
ReplyDeleteI've never read an Ellery Queen mystery before, but my parents used to watch the TV show when I was really little.
DeleteLove every new installment of Mercy Thompson! Hope you enjoy Winter Lost, too. I also loved Always Remember and What Lies in the Woods was a fun mystery. I just added The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White after seeing it here. I enjoy her mysteries as well. Yay for strawberry jam from your own strawberries! Yes, nothing like your own strawberry instead of the big, tasteless ones from the store! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to all those books! And picking my own strawberries is always so good...some years I even have enough to make strawberry pie and strawberry syrup, too.
DeleteI often spend Fourth of July in Provo and one of our family traditions is to go to Music and the Spoken Word on the Sunday before the 4th. The choir and orchestra performing patriotic music is absolutely exceptional. I'll miss that this year as we decided to stay home. Watching it on tv just isn't the same!
ReplyDeleteHearing their amazing voices in person is something else! It's like hearing angels sing.
DeleteOooh yum, strawberry jam. If I lived next door I would so make you some scones to go with it. 😁
ReplyDeleteMmm...scones and strawberry jam! What a delicious combination. I definitely wish we were neighbors...then we could share yummy food...and books! :D
DeleteI read Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven in 2021 and gave it 4 stars. It's really good. I hope you enjoy it too. Off to check out The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons.
ReplyDeleteFantasticland looks like just the kind of summer read I love; glad to know you enjoyed it so much. :D
DeleteYour homemade strawberry jam sounds delicious!
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