Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive
Director:
Reading: Just finished Ali Smith’s brilliant Autumn and started Susan Coll’s The Literati. This humorous novel chronicles the main character’s challenges (demanding authors, MIA boss, clueless board of directors) as she tries to pull off a high-profile event hosted by the struggling literary non-profit she just joined two weeks earlier. Stress city!
Listening: Tapping into the most soothing channels on my Pandora and Calm apps. Lovely.
Watching: Return to Paradise, a spin-off of Death in Paradise, and just as fun. The Australian coast is gorgeous. Continuing with The Marlow Murder Club and the newest season of The Great British Baking Show.
Candice Huber / Membership:
Reading: Right now, I'm back and forth among Let's Move the Needle by Shannon Downey, Guerrilla Kindness & Other Acts of Creative Resistance by Sayraphim Lothian, and Craft Activism by Joan Tapper. Plus, my new edition of Crochet Nation arrived!
Listening: Started Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason. This spooky season, I've gotten really into books with older folks as the main characters solving murder mysteries.
Watching: Only Murders in the Building, of course! I also watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time probably since attending midnight showings in the 90s where we yelled at the screen, and the music still definitely rocks hard. I can't believe that was Tim Curry's film debut, he is so perfect! And I still yelled at the screen.
Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: Fonesca by Jessica Francis Kane. Back to The Green Equinox, which I did not finish in time for book club.
Listening: Baldwin, A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs. I'll probably get the print edition.
Watching: The clock tick down to the moment they announce the Nobel for Literature. Typically, I've never read anything by this year's recipient -- which seems a shame since László Krasznahorkai has written about a million books, and the way his work is described, "bleakly funny," is definitely my cup of tea.
SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: Lev AC Rosen's Mirage City arrived in my e-reader and I'm starting it tonight.
Listening: To kick off spooky season, I listened to The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. It was funny, gross, creepy, terrifying, moving, and a satisfyingly merciless takedown of the patriarchy.
Watching: Also to kick off spooky season and to celebrate a half-century of genre- and gender-bending weird wonderfulness, I watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the millionth time. It wasn't quite as much fun as a midnight showing in 1979, but it's still a thrill when Tim Curry taps his foot as the elevator descends.
Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: An adorable compilation of YA love stories inspired by Taylor Swift songs called 13 Little Love Stories. There are so many great contributors! I do wish it was a little more queer though.
Listening: TS12 (The Life of a Showgirl), of course! I really like it despite some cringy lyrics because most of the music is just catchy as all get out.
Watching: Love is Blind! It's a terrible season with mostly dislikeable people and I can't get enough.
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