Hot, steamy, grass dying, plants drooping, dogs panting, sweat down back, cicadas in the night. Summer in the South.
2014 Reading List:
30. Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
29. Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter
28. Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens
27. Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
26. The Gift of Wings, Mary Henley Rubio
25. Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age, Bohumil Hrabal
20-24. The Comfort of Muddy Saturdays, The Lost Art of Gratitude, The Charming Quirks of Others, The Forgotten Affairs of Youth, The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds, Alexander McCall Smith
19. The Homesman, Glendon Swarthout
18. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
17. The Hollow Hills, Ransom Riggs
14-16. Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Veronic Roth
8-13 44 Scotland Street, The Sunday Philosophy Club, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, The Right Attitude to Rain, The Careful Use of Compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
7. The Blythes Are Quoted, L.M. Montgomery
6. Moonkind, Sarah Prineas
5. The Goldfinch, Donna Tart
4. The Golden Day, Ursala Dubosarsky
2-3. The Haunted Hotel, The Queen of Hearts, Wilkie Collins
1. The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
Re-read:
5. The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkein
1-4. Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne’s House of Dreams, Rilla of Ingleside, LM Montgomery
What a lovely shot!!
Yeah, it's hot all right.
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You should come over and sit on the porch sometime!
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And don't forget fireflies & the smells of honeysuckle &/or magnolias. Sweet tea -no smell but such a taste.
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So true, esp. honeysuckle.
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