Reading: Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal, a Pride and Prejudice story set in Pakistan. So far this read is really engaging and culturally enlightening. I look forward to seeing who will be the Pakistani Mr. Darcy to Alys Binat's Elizabeth Bennet (and will he dive into a body of water while wearing a white linen shirt?)
Listening: Enjoying ambient summer-themed music, and neighborhood birdsong.
Watching: Death in Paradise and the beginning of summer unfold across western North Carolina..

Candice Huber / Membership:
Reading: I randomly picked up The Examiner by Janice Hallett to flip through the ARC, and I haven't been able to stop reading it, so it has taken over! It's such an interesting format, reading e-mails and messages and coursework to try to discover what happened with this class of students. It's so compelling!
Listening: Just started Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle because the audiobook cast is FIRE.
Watching: Still binging through Vampire Diaries, and it's hitting the spot.

Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: Having just finished Her Side of the Story, I am now on to The Forgotten Notebook, also by Alba de Céspede. Still working on Carpentaria by Alexis Wright, (my summer doorstop book), and my "Take a mental break" book is Still Pictures by Janet Malcolm. This posthumous collection of memories and musings born of a shoe box full of old family photos is poignant and beautiful. Malcolm's writing is picture-perfect, pun intended.
Listening: Running through my copies of the Arkangel Shakespeare performances. Somehow, mowing the lawn to A Midsummer Night's Dream is not so bad, even if it is in the mid-to-high 80s.
Watching: At the suggestion of SP, The River (1951), based on the Rumer Godden novel of the same name..It has a beautiful, shimmery quality to it and I found myself searching for information on the Indian actress, Radha, who leaves an indelible impression.

SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: Next on my list is Alice Winn's WWI epic In Memoriam, with Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement and New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut--both from film critic and historian B. Ruby Rich--scheduled to arrive soon.
Listening: New music from Hurray for the Riff Raff (The Past Is Still Alive) and Billie Eilish (Hit Me Hard and Soft), newish music from Irish singer CMAT (If My Wife New I'd Be Dead), very old music from Gram Parsons (Burrito Deluxe), Elvis Costello (Imperial Bedroom) and the greatest hits of the late, great Françoise Hardy.
Watching: I plowed through the second half of the third season of Bridgerton. And since that felt pretty much like eating a basketful of Easter candy in one sitting, I figured it was the perfect time for the season premiere of House of the Dragon.

Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: I'm in a tortured-women-memoir phase right now, apparently. I just finished Sociopath (Patric Gagne) and Men Have Called Her Crazy (Anna Marie Tendler) and they were both fascinating!
Listening: I love Bob's Burgers musical episode and I've had Friend Zone stuck in my head for a week.
Watching: Old seasons of Newhart! We're in the void of no new summer TV so the oldies are a nice distraction.