The dog days of summer are upon us, and it’s hotter than blue blazes (why only blue?) pretty much everywhere. We’re at the point in the season where it’s muggy enough that the air has to wring itself out every afternoon and we get a bit of a shower, then it stops and it’s just hot and muggy again. How are things at your end of the swamp?
This week’s reads started out with a bang, and ended with a giveaway – which also counts as a bang – but middled in more-or-less OK. This coming week definitely has promise as I’ve already read the first two and enjoyed them, and I’m in the middle of A Case of Mice and Murder and so far loving the mystery – even if I did have to increase the speed of the narration just a touch.
This weekend’s cat picture is of George at his annoying and demonic best. Those eyes of his are a startling green in that orange face, but I had to take more than half a dozen pictures to capture them even partway open just once. He was teasing me, the little brat, but we love them no matter their behavior – even if on occasion we wonder “why was that again?”
Current Giveaways:
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Sparkle Time Giveaway Hop (ENDS TUESDAY!!!)
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Summer 2025 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book PLUS EVENT-WIDE AMAZON/PAYPAL PRIZE in the Late Summer, Dog Days & Back to School Giveaway Event!
Winner Announcements:
The winner of the Graduations, Etc., Early Summer Giveaway Event is April
Blog Recap:
A- #AudioBookReview: The Dallergut Dream-Making District by Miye Lee translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
B #BookReview: The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully
C #AudioBookReview: Marginalia by Mary Robinette Kowal
B #BookReview: If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Late Summer, Dog Days & Back to School Giveaway Event!
Stacking the Shelves (661)
Coming This Week:
The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi (#BookReview)
Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon (#BookReview)
Sip Sip Hooray Giveaway Hop
Stitched to Skin Like Family Is by Nghi Vo (#BookReview #Hugo Review)
A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith (#AudioBookReview)
I always enjoy your cat pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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