How are you spending your first days of October? I’m looking forward to some time outdoors, and to reading up a storm in preparation for future projects. (It’s a tough job…)
I hope you enjoy this collection of interesting reads and fun things to carry you into your weekend.
My favorite finds from around the web:
- Jane Austen’s Novel, Persuasion, Will Be Adapted Into a Movie. I’ve been asking the universe for a REALLY GOOD Persuasion adaptation for a good long time and … maybe this could be it? Fingers crossed!
- How To Hand Wash & Dry Clean Your Clothes At Home. Need-to-know info as we head into sweater season.
- V.E. Schwab on the ‘defiant joy’ of her epic novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Great interview. I loved this book!
- Eater Staffers Pick Their Favorite Smitten Kitchen Recipes. “Our editors cook more now than ever — and keep returning to Deb Perelman’s blog to do so.” Yep, me too.
- It’s October so clearly I need this print from the ever-quotable Anne of Green Gables.
- Netflix Picks Up Song Exploder for New TV Series. The trailer looks so good! It’s the perfect podcast to adapt to TV.
- Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream. “There are risks to being Black in the outdoors; I am simply willing to assume them.”
- 13 Books We Love Set in the Library Because Libraries Are the Best. If there’s ever been a book list with my name on it, this is it.
- Isn’t this doormat the cutest?
- True justice is not numb to emotion. It would never ‘justify’ tragedy. “Rather than going by the book, justice allows us to question the book itself.” A thoughtful op-ed, written by my friend.
- Ramona Forever. “Ramona has always been reimagined to meet her world.”
- How Do People Picnic Around the Globe? Great ideas for anyone wanting to mix things up. Also: outdoor heaters are already scarce?!
Don’t miss these posts:
- 31 spooky (but not too scary) books for your fall reading list. ‘Tis the season!
- Let’s talk about stress baking. I’m curious if anyone has been doing more stress baking this year.
- 6 Fall Style Essentials. I’m so ready for sweater weather.
Have a great weekend!
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Loved the piece about stress baking. I bake because I love it, so I bake often, but it is especially soothing when I’m stressed. I also stress clean, and both the process and the result help me call down! 🙂
Also… You had me at Ramona. I love Ramona and so does my 5 year old daughter!
I just re-read the Ramona series as an adult. (I loved them as a child!) My daughter is 5 but we haven’t introduced her to chapter books yet. I may start! She certainly has some Ramona-esque traits to her!
Aw, I actually really love the 1995 film version of Persuasion.
Me, too! I don’t love the circus at the end, but other than that, it’s a lovely depiction of the novel.
Me too! Amanda Root was so good as Anne Eliot— a difficult and subtle role to play— and rereading the book right now, I’m finding the film was so true to the novel. The film isn’t as “Hollywood” as some other adaptations, but the acting is superb.
Oh Ramona, love her. I will look forward to the Persuasion. I loved that book the first time I read it. I was so impressed by it and surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Have you read Captain Frederick Wentworth’s Persuasion (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6710502-captain-wentworth-s-persuasion) by Regina Jeffers? I read it quite a long time ago now but liked it. Nothing too earth-shattering but the same story from Wentworth’s perspective. There seems to be a fan fiction for every Austen novel out there. I also recently read Mr. Rochester (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29773957-mr-rochester) by Sarah Shoemaker, “Jane Eyre” from Edward’s point of view.
Ramona was a favorite when I was a young girl. Had a cup of coffee with pj
Pain pie spice creamer this morning, yummy.
The Historian, as noted in the library section of this post, is wonderful. I read it a few years ago and then passed it on to my husband at the start of Covid. He, not really a reader, loved it. When he finished, I re-read it. Unfortunately, her follow-up book was a huge disappointment so can’t recommend that. But The Historian is rich with character development, beautiful language, settings, etc. and spooky enough for October or any time.
I read the Beezus and Henry books as a child. My mother began working in an elementary school library in the 70ies. She introduced me to the Romona books. It then became a tradition for me to give her the new book every Christmas. What great memories!
These writings provided a welcoming and wonderful Saturday morning. Thank you!
Wow, the link to Out There, No one can hear you scream.. so good to learn other perspectives.. I, and I expect much of your audience, have much to learn.
Agreed. So much to think about. As a woman, I have been scared to be alone in isolated areas before, but I’d not considered fully what having racism layered on top of that fear would add to the equation.