Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive Director:
Reading: The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin. A bookish book for a bookish sort like me! Against the backdrop of WWII in Nottingham, England, a former bookseller, Emma, begins work at Boots’ Booklover’s Library and her world and heart open up to new possibilities. A cozy read with depth that I’d recommend to for any booklover, especially those interested in learning more about the British experience during this time.
Listening: To wind and rain for days, and to our furnace kicking on for the first time since spring. The seasonal transition has begun in earnest.
Watching: As the clock ticks down to the newest season of the Great British Baking Show, I bide my time enjoying Under the Vines, a big-hearted series set in New Zealand wine country, and Signora Volpe, a crime series set in the beautiful Italian countryside.

Candice Huber / Membership:
Reading: In between books right now - just finished The Nightmare Before Kissmas, which was absolutely delightful! My next read is Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella for my international queer SF/F book club.
Listening: I am only one hour away from finishing Fourth Wing! I'm listening to the dramatized audiobook version, and it's SO well done with a full cast. I'm not sure I would enjoy it as much if I was reading it on paper.
Watching: Still the usual - Big Brother, Only Murders in the Building, Snowpiercer. And, in my quest to watch influential shows from the 90s/00s, I have just started The West Wing.

Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: I'm back to skipping between three books. The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera for fun. Re-readingSummer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner for book club. And, because I sadly never got around to it before he died this week, Yalo by Elias Khoury. It's the novel of his I've been avoiding because it is a deep dive into violence and coming of age in a world at war. But I'm feeling braver now, so I am determined to read it through.
Listening and Watching: The sound of the mitre saw, the power drill, and the hammer, and a careful eye on where I was putting my fingers during my first attempt at a home repair project.

SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: Books and Bookers: I finished The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, which just made the 2024 short list--the first time for a Dutch author. It's billed as a twisty, Highsmith-ish psychothriller but I found it to be a deeply personal story of history, justice, and desire which seemed twisty enough for me. I'm at the tail end of Anne Enright's The Wren, the Wren (the winner of the 2023 prize), which weaves together family history, poetry, and absolutely stellar storytelling.
Listening: A couple of years ago, Andrew Bird set Emily Dickinson's poem "I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain" to music and then got Phoebe Bridgers to sing it with him and the result is about as perfect as you think it would be.
Watching: In a fit of nostalgia (yes, I am that old), episodes of Bewitched--Darren 1.0 of course. However, Team Endora now and always.

Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: First Do No Harm by the delightful Lt. Joe Kenda for an event this weekend.
Listening: I'm almost caught up to current on Handsome and am sad that I'll have to wait a week between episodes now!
Watching: I have gotten fully sucked into Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Please discuss it with me.