Linda-Marie Barrett:
Reading: Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner, one of SIBA’s April Read This Next picks. Colton Gentry is a country music star who, overwhelmed by grief over his best friend’s death in a mass shooting, and too much alcohol, tells an arena of country music fans his unfiltered opinion on guns. After his career immediately crashes and burns, he begins the task of starting over, again, in his hometown in rural Kentucky. A wonderful, big-hearted read.
Listening: To the sounds of lawn maintenance equipment starting up for the first time since early fall. Ah, spring.
Watching: Death in Paradise, which is ever-charming, though another example of a British mystery series with a per capita death rate that boggles the mind and doesn’t scare away the tourists who keep coming for (the final) vacation.

Candice Huber:
Reading: Still on An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson. It is delightfully dark.
Listening: Just finished The Seep by Chana Porter. It was creepy and funny and sad all at the same time. A real emotional roller coaster!
Watching: We have finished Avatar the Last Airbender and have moved onto The Legend of Korra. Also started The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, which is hilarious if you love irreverent British comedy as much as I do!

Nicki Leone:
Reading: In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. And I just started The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk.
Listening: Done with Hero and the Crown, on to The Blue Sword (which I like even better).
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: Finally, finally nearing the end of Carson McCullers: A Life. I'm glad I read it (it's excellent), but I'm glad I'm about to finish reading it. Next on the list is a 2023 reissue of Sarah Caudwell's 1981 mystery, Thus Was Adonis Murdered. Witty and erudite, Caudwell has long been considered a "mystery writer's writer," and though that doesn't apply to me it's definitely a good way to get me to pick up a book.
Listening: Sometimes you just need to return to the source, which for me means Dusty Springfield. She invariably leads somewhere interesting.
Watching: A dreadful new thriller-ish show that for some reason I felt the need to watch every episode just to make sure it didn't pull a switcheroo and get good at the end. It didn't. Way to stick the landing! My 2024 project of films I've never seen by women directors continued with Chantal Akerman's brilliant, strange, fearless Je tu il elle (1975).

Andrea Richardson:
Reading: One Way Back by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. I've been trying to think of what to say about it for several minutes now and can't encapsulate my feelings well enough to do it.
Listening: A sweet old lady cat that I am babysitting this week purr her little head off while I work next to her.
Watching: The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin on Apple TV. It's honestly not very good but I love Noel Fielding enough to deal with it.