What are your weekend plans? I’m starting to read Summer Reading Guide 2021 books in earnest, and I have some serious tidying to do. But first I need to finish this great book recommended by a What Should I Read Next guest and our producer Brenna!
I hope you enjoy these interesting reads and fun things to get your weekend started.
My favorite finds from around the web:
- All Epistolary Novels Are Mysteries. I like this framing.
- I am swooning over this puzzle table!
- 43 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2021. So many books I’m looking forward to!
- Everything Your Coconut Milk Can Do. So many great ideas!
- Amanda Gorman Will Be Youngest-Ever Inaugural Poet. Anyone else blown away by Amanda Gorman? Be sure to check out her first children’s book, coming out in September.
- Related: Amanda Gorman’s books are topping best seller lists and they haven’t even been released yet. This is wonderful—and after that performance, not a tiny bit surprising.
- Zora’s Spirit and the Town it Saved. Important literary history.
- At my house we’ve been enjoying this classic game from my childhood. I’m so glad we finally added it to our game cabinet this season!
- Melinda Gates Is Donating $250,000 to Fund a Literary Award Just for Women. The award also has a wonderful mentorship component.
- Yes, the Pandemic Is Ruining Your Body. Dire title but we need to be aware of how our overall health has been impacted by the pandemic.
- Here’s 33 writers on why they write. Great inspiration.
- A Julia Child TV Series Is Coming to HBO Max. Interesting development!
Don’t miss these posts:
- 16 books to cozy up with this winter. It’s the perfect time of year to get lost in a good book.
- 5 favorite recipes for soup season. Soup is a go-to for our family on those chilly, busy nights!
- 13 books you’ll just HAVE to talk to someone about. I love when this happens.
Have a great weekend!
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I’m hoping to get a little sunshine and maybe finally trim up my overgrown bushes! Also I’m just about done with beard with me and moving on to beard necessities of the winston brother’s series by reid.
Oh my goodness! I love Sorry! We play it at least half a dozen times a week. It gets heated at times, too – haha!
My cousins and I played it last year until my 20 year old cousin called my brother a f-ing MF-er and then we had to switch to a different game because my grandpa got irritated.
In a day full of emotion, and pride in our country again, Amanda Gorman reduced me to ugly sobs. What a beautiful poem, and beautiful recitation! I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes in the future.
Anne, We take our Sorry! seriously at our house! To new players it feels like a game that depends on luck but fans know that there is serious strategy involved! We love playing this with houseguests because the learning curve is small and everyone seems to enjoy playing it.
I’m finishing West With The Night, just started Leave The World Behind, and will (finally) dive into Don’t Overthink It over the weekend.
I was just playing an interview excerpt with Amanda Gorman a bit ago. My 6-year-old son perked up and said, “I know who that is: the girl in the yellow coat!” ❤️ I hope she becomes a household name.
I just read a glowing review of Dog Flowers and put it on my TBR list.
I miss playing Sorry with my children! Sometimes we would put a Skittle or m & m or other small piece of candy on random squares at various times. If you land on that square, you get the candy. Fun times! Enjoy!
We play Sorry at our house frequently too! It’s so nice that all of our kids (ages 4-13) can play and enjoy it!
Thanks for posting the woman of color link, so many good books coming out! I am actively trying to read more woman of color books, so many good stories outside my own experience.
Amanda Gorman, was such an inspiration! Her reading was just beautiful, we need more poetry in the world.
The Julia Child series looks intriguing.
Amanda Gorman was just incredible. I immediately pre-ordered her book of poems from my local indie!
I took a course in college where Zora Neale Hurston was featured, and we took a trip down (from Indiana) to Eatonville and the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in January of that year. We didn’t fall into Hurston’s grave but did seek it out (pretty low key and we definitely weren’t looking for snakes in the grass). That was a fun article to read and remember.