Linda-Marie Barrett:
Reading: ˆThe Saddest Girl On The Beach by Heather Frese. Set on North Carolina's Outer Banks, this novel's "saddest girl," Charlotte, seeks solace after her father's death by staying with her best friend's family on Hatteras Island. Gorgeous descriptions of Pamlico Sound, particularly its natural landscape and wildlife, complement a moving story. Also reading The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle for the Professional Booksellers School.
Listening: To restful soundscapes on my Calm app.
Watching: Death in Paradise and the newest season of Madame Blanc.

Candice Huber:
Reading: About halfway through An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson. If you read A Dowry of Blood, you'll want to pick this one up also!
Listening: Beyonce's Texas Hold 'Em on repeat. I can't wait for her full country album!
Watching: Rewatching Avatar the Last Airbender (the cartoon) since my partner has never seen it. And only a few episodes left of the X-Files!

Nicki Leone:
Reading: In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. I finished Daniel Coyne's The Culture Code with mixed feelings, but there is some good stuff in there. And I just started The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk.
Listening: The audio versions of some old favorite Robin McKinley stories.
Watching: Not much time for TV this week, I did turn on the news periodically, and lasted about twenty minutes before I turned it off and went out in the garden to pull weeds..

SP Rankin:
Reading: Well into Mary V. Dearborn's truly excellent new Carson McCullers: A Life, a complex portrait of the writer and singular soul which draws on a wealth of previously unavailable source material. I loved Alison Bechdel's latest work, The Secret to Superhuman Strength, a funny, moving, and beautifully drawn account of her lifelong pursuit of physical fitness.
Listening: I mentioned the singer/composer/musician Krystle Warren last week, and she continues to fill the house. Some songs in particular get stuck on repeat, like her wryly bouncy Eleanor Rigby-inflected take on William Blake's poem, "The Clod and the Pebble." (I realize that sounds pretentious but that is entirely MY fault, not hers.)
Watching: A little bit of late-to-the-party catching up: Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, and Anatomy of a Fall. I enjoyed all three (mostly), loved two of them, and absolutely can't stop thinking about one of them. Episodes of The Love Boat have replaced HGTV at breakfast.

Andrea Richardson:
Reading: A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn - preparing for our store's upcoming event with her this weekend. It's as fun as her books always are!
Listening: Pop punk covers of Taylor Swift. I have a feeling admitting my listening habits to y'all every week is going to get embarrassing.
Watching: Ryan Gosling's I'm Just Ken video from the Oscars every time it appears on social media, because it's the best thing I've seen in weeks.