What are you up to this weekend? Around here we’re planning on fall things like making our favorite pumpkin bread and raking leaves. I also need to reshelve the enormous pile of books that’s still teetering on my desk after recording our Fall Book Preview unboxing! Thankfully I thoroughly enjoy that particular flavor of tidying up.
I hope you have something to look forward to this weekend, and that this collection of interesting reads and favorite things helps eaes you into that weekend frame of mind.
Fall Book Preview
The 2024 Fall Book Preview is here! Our full fall reading experience includes our 12-page digital booklet and our live event video: now it’s all ready and waiting for you to enjoy immediately, no delayed gratification required, click here to sign up and get your access.
My favorite finds from around the web:
I offer gift links for articles whenever possible (you may still need to create an account with the publication); if there’s no gift link and you’re not a subscriber, check to see if your library carries the publication or use a service like Pocket.
When Is It Okay to Not Finish a Book? (The Atlantic gift link) Food for thought for those who struggle with DNFing.
The Most Sought-After Travel Guide Is a Google Doc. (Thrillist) We are big Google Doc compilers and sharers! I loved this. “It’s about getting the right recommendations, and not just from people who share your taste, but who have been to the city enough to have reliable intel.”
How to fix a chronic three-star situation. (What Should I Read Next) I help a perpetually dissatisfied reader troubleshoot her reading life.
This Cable Stitch Short Sleeve Sweater is so cute and versatile for fall and a steal at that price! I have it in two colors. (I’m 5’9″ and a size small.)
How to Write a Recipe. (Cup of Jo) I enjoyed learning about Jenny Rosenstrach’s process and am currently perusing my library copy of The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple. (I love when I can check a cookbook out from the library first so I can decide if I need it for my own kitchen collection! This one looks like a keeper.)
An extremely practical guide to this year’s cold, flu, and Covid season. (Vox) I wish I didn’t need this, but since I do I’m glad to have it.
Are You Cool Enough for the Latest Sally Rooney Novel? (Esquire) “As influencers and celebrities vie for advance copies, buzzy books like Intermezzo are going viral long before publication. But what does it mean when a book becomes a status symbol?”
This response to the Esquire piece had me nodding along: Why ARCs as Status Symbols Are Bad for Business. (Publishing Confidential) “What about the authors who have written excellent books but are left hanging because there is nothing in the budget for them? Or, what about books from small publishers that deserve attention but are overlooked because influencers and reviewers feel obligated to highlight big titles?” (This truth is constantly in my mind as I curate titles for our Summer Reading Guide and Fall Book Preview.)
These Vionic Newport loafers have been a great addition to my wardrobe, and they’re on a great sale right now.
What I’ve been reading lately: the new and the notable. (MMD) September Quick Lit is heavy on the audiobooks.
If You Feel Like You’ve Lost Your Style, Try The One-Hour Fix. (The Wardrobe Edit) “Here’s a task that will take you around an hour, doesn’t involve buying anything and will give you a handful of outfit formulas that you can deploy throughout the season ahead and leave you feeling prepared and ultimately LOVING what you’re wearing.”
AP photographer finds beauty at the Paralympics by capturing what’s ‘not there.’ (euronews) “Emilio Morenatti, 55, is the AP’s chief photographer for Spain and Portugal, renowned for his powerful and empathetic visual storytelling. Having lost a leg in Afghanistan in 2009, his personal journey has hugely influenced his approach to his art form.”
Don’t miss these posts:
20 banned books I find myself recommending all the time. Banned Books Week starts this Sunday.
The favorite mugs I’ll be reaching for during Serious Cozy Drink Season (and all year round). When it comes to great mugs, there’s always room for one more!
10 of my favorite books to read over and over again. There are so many good reasons to revisit a favorite book.
Have a great weekend!
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Love all of these, especially the “call your mother” mug. I just ordered them to be sent to my college daughter and my living far from home son. I put on the gift message “Happy Autumnal Equinox!l” This phrase has been a family joke for years. When he was in 1st grade my son was in my classroom for one period a day. When we started talking about the first day of fall he said to his friends, “My mom has a fancy way to say 1st of fall and you’re going to have to learn it.”
So many great tips here! The one hour style fix is definitely something I will do this weekend. I’ve tried a couple of different ways to pull out something the night before so that I don’t need to make that decision in the morning, but the one hour fix is a great idea that I will implement this weekend.
I dug into your mugs of the season post, and saved several of them as gift ideas.
What are those delicious pizzas in the top photo? Did you make them? I was hoping to find a link for the recipe but can’t find it in here. The olive one intrigues me and makes me hungry.
It may be a stock photo, where you use a photographer’s photo for a small fee? A common practice for people who seek attractive images to match their written text. Friday night is pizza night in my household, so I think it’s a perfect image for today’s post. They are very yummy looking pizzas, I agree! The one on the left looks like a dessert pizza to me, probably blueberry and mascarpone cheese. You should be able to find a recipe online.
I was interested in the pizzas as well! I think those are blueberries and lemon curd on the pizza on the left. I would love to know, though!
Re: The Atlantic article
I have long been a user of the “Recognize the limits of time” advice. So much so that my shelves & stacks contain a fair number of books that have been hiding away for just that reason. In January I chose a selection of fiction & nonfiction to revisit (defined as finish or toss) in 2024. In the two months that I added the “Lean on the library” strategy to this project and both finished and enjoyed FIVE more books doubling the number of books read for this project. It’s been a great insight for my reading life.
One of my favourite blogs of the week,down here in wintry NZ!
I didn’t know there was a new Weekday Vegetarians! I’ve loved all the recipes from her last cookbook. I will definitely be picking this one up.
I just spent several hours reading and rereading(!) your list of favorite books to reread. The hours were spent because of the many comments with lists and checking on Amazon what the few I did not recognize are about. It was a fun walk down memory lane.
This happens frequently with your lists of books. The most wonderful list would be a list of your lists. If your archive of these were available to your readers, then perhaps we would also be able to read the informative comments that accompany these lists. (Maybe this is not a good idea. I’ll be too busy researching and listing books I won’t have time to read.)
I love these missives — I want one of those Penguin mugs! and the Banned Books reminded me of the life changing aspect of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morison — a truly great read I read when in the 7th or 8th grade and NEVER forgotten. And was interested in your Favorites Lists — should make one of my own would help me in downsizing through the 11 36″ wide and 7 foot tall bookcases in my house that I need to address….
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