Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive Director:
Reading: Royal Liars by Lindsey Duga. Having not read the first book in this duology, there’s a lot of storyline and relationship journeys I’m missing and catching up on. Still, it’s been an enjoyable, distracting read. About to jump into Autumn by Ali Smith for my book club. I’m really looking forward to the change of genre, though the British setting will be a continuing thread.
Listening: It’s the dry season in Western North Carolina, so the sound of rain last night and this morning is very welcome. Because of the hurricane last fall we have so much downed wood that we’re concerned about forest fires. Let the rain keep coming!
Watching: I am glued to Sullivan’s Crossing, based on the novels of Robyn Carr, whose work also inspired the TV series Virgin River. This soapy series delivers on gorgeous Nova Scotia scenery and lots of heart-filled conversations and drama. Every Friday is reserved for the newest episode of The Great British Baking Show, the best show ever.

Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor. And much anticipated: The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories by Virginia Woolf.
Listening: The audiobook version of Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser.
Watching: I've been introducing my folks to the Criterion Channel in an effort to wean them away from the YES network.

SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: I finished Elizabeth Mavor's A Green Equinox for my book club. What starts as a very brittle and British comedy of manners detours into a strange fever dream (literally) and then into something else altogether. The new Virginia Woolf book (yes, you read that correctly) The Life of Violet arrived yesterday.
Listening: By blessedly eerie coincidence, the song of the week presented itself as I was reading A Green Equinox. "Into My Arms" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Watching: I still find great comfort in watching British people murder each other, but I switched from miserable detectives to the far sunnier The Marlow Murder Club. It's cozily set in "The Best-Kept Village of Buckinghamshire," and features a retired archeologist, a professional dog-walker, and a vicar's wife who for some reason are given free rein by the police to grill their neighbors, borrow/steal case files, mishandle evidence, and probably doom the future trials of all the murderers they catch.

Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: Through Our Teeth by Pamela N Harris - I finished it yesterday and can't stop thinking about it!
Listening: The rare silence in my house and outside on this cozy rainy morning
Watching: I love an awards show, so I was very into the Emmys the other night. It definitely added a few new shows to my Watch List