Well, summer is in full swing here! It’s been a busy but fun week – we did have some rainy days, but the rain broke enough to go for some nature walks. We found a berry thicket that has three kinds of berry bushes in it. One is past season, one hasn’t ripened yet, but we picked huckleberries and snacked on them on the way home. We’ve got our inflatable pool out at the moment because it’s quite hot for here – around 30 today – and my kid loves being in the water! I’ve gotten a little bit of reading done this week, but still not very much.
Just Shelved
I finished both of these audiobooks this week and I really enjoyed both of them. Why Women Grow is a great book about both gardening and the various challenges in the lives of the women Vincent interviews, and how they each found gardening helpful. Famous Last Words is a new Gillian McAllister thriller, and I really enjoyed it. It’s left me wanting more!
Currently Reading
Nature on the Doorstep by Angela E. Douglas
Most of these are from last week, and I’ve not made progress on any except Grounding. But I did start Our Little Lies – it’s a thriller, which I was in the mood for, and I know nothing about it. So far it’s a bit slow, and I don’t love it, but we’ll see how it goes!
Up Next
Through the Garden by Lorna Crozier
Summer World by Bernd Heinrich
The Midwinter Witch (Witch Boy 3) by Molly Knox Ostertag
Better by Arianna Rebolini
Garden to Save the World by Joe Clark
All of these are still on my list from last week, lots of library books I’ve not so much as touched this week! I suspect a few will be getting returned unread…..
That’s my week! I’ve been working a lot on a binder of school review pages for my kid’s homeschooling, which we are behind on, so that’s taken most of my spare time this week. Tackling Math next, so wish me luck! How was the last week for you guy? Any great reads to share?
A weekly post that encourages bloggers to share what they have read in the past week, what they’re currently reading and books they’ve recently added to their TBRs. Originally started by Sheila at Book Journey, it is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. I also link up with The Sunday Salon post each week hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz (and sometimes include some of her content prompts).
Your summer with berry picking and swimming in an inflatable pool sounds delightful. I’m glad it has arrived there.
So many wonderful nature books on your various shelves. I need the comfort of nature reading.
Yes, it’s enjoyable so far! We’re very behind on homeschool, so there’s still school most days – but I’m hoping if we can zoom through and mostly catch up over the summer, if we keep up the pace next year we might actually get a summer vacation! I love nature reading. I just read Why Women Garden, and it was exactly what I was looking for. I’m also enjoying Grounding by Lulah Ellender – one I’d recommend, though it seems harder to find over here (it’s a UK one).